Blogs+for+you+to+check+out

=Check out these blogs!=

LiveJournal || [] || Not specifically for education easy to use, not especially secure || tblog || [] || A free blogging site; includes templates – too many ads for me to recommend it || Blogger || [] || Free; features for educators, has privacy and control features || EduBlogs || [] || Set up specifically for teachers and students; a lot of people use this – it can be very slow || 21 Classes || [] || Free: Independent student accounts, control of content & students’ accounts, control of student entries, privacy settings and anti-spam, control over who can post, templates, supports video – tools for compression; team blogs || Stenhouse Blogs || [] || Book club || 7th & 8th Grade blog || [] || this is a good one: instructions, videos, a place for class scribe || Awesome Readers and Writers || [] || Not current; looks like only the teacher’s comments are here, but it’s not a bad way to start || B2 – A Classroom Blog || [] || 6 & 7 year olds || The Journal of Harriet Tubman || [] || a fictional blog to help students learn about Harriet’s life || Kindergarten Tales || [] || a Kindergarten blog; includes audio || Mr. C’s class blog || [] || Good examples, rules included, kind of cluttered || Mrs. Cassidy’s Class Blog || [] || With first-graders: comments are world-wide (which is kind of the point LOL) || Mrs. Yollis’s Class Blog || [] || 3rd Grade || Mrs. Young’s Summer Reading Camp || [] || Set up for grades 3-6; well-designed, but not a lot of student participation || Sarah Plain and Tall Blog || [] || Teacher-posted questions, student discussion || Sargent Park School’s Math Zone || [] || Not too many comments, but a well-thought-out site ||