I'm running a little ahead of our syllabus, I know. This is not an attempt to rush anyone else -- I'm a slacker at heart...believe me. I'm being harrassed by 3rd graders to post this thing! A small band of them appeared at the Rick Riordan book signing yesterday and I'm clearly getting bullied.
My hesitation to post is based on safety concerns. I'm using http://www.blogger.com/ and currently have the permission for "Blog Readers" on Anybody. I know I can limit the readers by clicking the Only people I choose option, but it's kind of a pain to add all the emails. My school database has mostly parent work email addresses and I might miss a home access.
Maybe I should have tried the Edublogger site -- does it have more safety, security or comment review features?
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4 comments:
Good start! Having everyone be able to read the blog has its' advantages as far as connecting to new people and having their relatives check in on learning. If kids post or you post kids work I would use code names and not include pictures. That helps keep everyone safe.
I do recommend turning on comment moderation, which means no comments will appear unless you approve them. In Blogger if you go under Settings and Comments - you can turn on comment moderation.
Edublogs also has that feature.
Edublogs does have some nice features, including upload space, but some people prefer blogger. I suggest trying them both out and seeing what you like the best.
Keep up the good work!
I'm moderating now! It's the perfect world, I'll only allow positive posts and delete the negatives. Now if I could moderate my diet better.
I understand the diet thing. I am on weight watchers myself and this weekend is going to be murder on my points. :)
Robin
Hi Sally-
Moderation is great for keeping off unwanted comments...and you will definitely get them if you leave wide open. Even with moderation enabled, if you want your students to be able to post on their own, their going to need accounts. On Blogger it requires a Google account to setup a Blogger account. That means you would have to setup a Google account for each student to have their own identity (unless Robin knows a different way:), and then you can add them as users that can post comments on blogs. The way I got around this with my teachers was to create one Google account for the class and have all the students (and the teacher) log on with that profile. They each could have their own blog under that profile, and then I have them put their first name at the bottom of any comment they leave to identify themselves. There are downsides, but it is an easy way to get up and running.
Mark
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