[Year 12 IT Apps] Blogging for Students

[Ciotti, George W]

Have a look at Tumblr.
It is very easy to set up and maintain and has everything one needs to blog.
Cheers

George Ciotti 
Studio 673 P/L
Mob: 0412934782

On 26/02/2011, at 7:44 AM, "mppascoe at tpg.com.au" <mppascoe at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>  
> For my Year 9 ICT class, I want to have them Blog about each of their completed projects, including a screenshot of their finished product.
>  
> I was hoping to use Google Blogger, but can't get it working on the school's network.
>  
> We have unblocked the following URLs:
>  
> http://www.blogger.com/ 
>  
> http://3.bp.blogspot.com/
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/
> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/
> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/
>  
> as well as these pages for their individual Blogger Accounts:  
>  
> http://ppa2011student01.blogspot.com/
> http://ppa2011student02.blogspot.com/
>  
> .... through to 
>  
> http://ppa2011student30.blogspot.com/
>  
> the students can get in, but the editor just lags forever, and they cannot input any information.
>  
> Has anyone had similar problems and know how to solve this?
>  
> I am now in the process of setting up EDUBLOGS accounts for my class of students, to try and use that platform instead.
> Is Edublogs good? Has anyone used it? Any Tips and Traps?
>  
> Has anyone used Blogging on Moodle, and is that any good?
>  
> Thanks,
> Paul Pascoe
> ICT / Mathematics Teacher
> St Francis Xavier College Berwick
> http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/
> http://www.youtube.com/passyworldofict
> mppascoe at tpg.com.au
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