Blogging: Links and resources
There are a huge number of amazing education blogs in existence and there are new blogs being created every day by enthusiastic classroom teachers looking to make and maintain connections with the wider world, provide an authentic audience for their students and create a fifth classroom wall to include and involve families in the learning.
I know that some of these new bloggers are struggling with questions such as what to post, how to involve parents and communities and how to keep their blog not just alive but vibrant.
This page endeavours to give you some places to go, to see great blogs in action and to hear from the bloggers about what keeps them blogging and how they choose what to post.
Places to start.
Using blogger - a snaphot of the popular Google Blogger from Software for Learning on TKI.
Other suggestions of blogging software also available in Software for Learning on TKI.
Why use a blog? TKI link for teaching
Why let our students blog? Rachel Boyd.
Challenge yourself to blog - Students edublog challenge.
Inspiring Stories.
Going on a learning journey with a blog. - Kimberley Rivett
Secrets of the best class blog in the country. - Stephen Baker
A blog, an iPhone, a school visit and its impact. - Mobile blogging - Catriona Pene
Lots of blogs!
A list of New Zealand education-related blogs, podcasts and wikis.
Interface list of Teacher Blogs.
NZ Edublabberings - Rachel Boyd's inspirational teaching blog.
Blogging Tutorials.
Forum Discussion - Blogging 101
Blogging 101 - An enabling elearning event.
