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Why Teachers And Students Should Blog: 18 Benefits of Educational Blogging

Posted on March 14, 2018April 15, 2023by Kathleen Morris
There are many benefits of educational blogging. This updated 2019 post unpacks 18 reasons why teachers or students should have a blog. These advantages are summarised in a free PDF poster. Find out about the importance of teaching students to blog in the 21st century classroom. Kathleen Morris

This post unpacks 18 reasons why teachers and students should have a blog. I summarise them all in a PDF poster which you’re welcome to use in your classroom or on your own blog. There are many benefits of educational blogging and I invite you to add your own ideas.

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Student Blogs: Digital Portfolios

Posted on April 25, 2013April 25, 2013by Kathleen Morris

As we have introduced a 1:1 netbook program in grade four this year, I have changed my approach to student blogs. Rather than having a system where students can earn their personal blog, all students in my class now have a blog as a digital portfolio. As always, we began the year focussing solely on […]

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Tips and Topics for Student Bloggers

Posted on August 2, 2012August 2, 2012by Kathleen Morris

Recently, I wrote two posts about quality student blogs. You can find them here and here. I have also written a guide to setting up student blogs here. A new group of students in my class are almost ready to earn their own blogs. I wanted to compile the tips I offer my students in […]

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Quality Student Blogs Part Two – Post Topics

Posted on June 19, 2012by Kathleen Morris

Last week I wrote about how students with their own blogs can be guided to create quality posts. After I published my post, I showed my class the less ideal post example I used about dogs. It was so interesting to get their opinions on the fictional post. Seeing their “shock” at the lack of […]

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Quality Student Blogs Part One – Posts

Posted on June 10, 2012by Kathleen Morris

As I have written about before, I have a system in my classroom where students can earn their own blog. Adapted from Linda Yollis’ idea, I have found the system to work well in both my grade two and grade four classes. Recently, six 4KM and 4KJ students were the first to earn their own […]

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Setting up Student Blogs

Posted on January 15, 2012August 2, 2012by Kathleen Morris

I’ve been asked a few questions lately about setting up student blogs so I thought it would be timely to update my post from 2010 about the process I use. 2012 will be the fifth year that I have been blogging with my class and the fourth year that I have had some student blogs. […]

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