Blogs

The Top Blogging Platforms For Teachers

1. Edublog.com is the number one site for education blogs. It lets you create and manage teacher and student websites. You can customize your design and even add photos, #videos, and podcasts. Learn more about this free, private, and secure website platform in their engaging edublogging video

2. WordPress.org is a free blogging site and a good choice if your blogs go public. Although not as simple to use as platforms designed specifically for educators, it has some good features, such as numerous plug-ins that allow you to do almost anything you want with your blog.

3. Blogger.com is also a free blogging site and is relatively easy to use .

4. Kidblog.com is a safe, secure publishing platform . It’s free for up to 50 students per class. Some of the features include no advertising, privacy, password-protected, no personal information needed from students, and simple to use so students spend more time publishing.

The main reasons why teachers use blogs :

• Teachers can use blogs to publish assignments, resources, and keep students and even parents up to date on class events, due dates, and content being covered.

• Teachers can also use blogs to help students’ master content and improve their writing and reading skills.

Top 10 reasons for students to blog