Comments on: 6 Reasons To Get Your Students Blogging http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/4/6-reasons-to-get-your-students-blogging/ Educational Technology in the Classroom (K-12 Education) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mr Kuronekohttp://blog.classroomteacher.ca/4/6-reasons-to-get-your-students-blogging/comment-page-2/#comment-11511 Mr Kuroneko Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:49:14 +0000 http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/?p=4#comment-11511 Hi Chris,I find self-hosted wordpress the way to go. Complete freedom to install any plugin / theme, but then the issue is whether your server can handle multiple students logging in and posting at the same time. (We've moved up from shared web hosting to a virtual private server because we found cheaper shared hosting just lagged too much, but we're also now paying more...)School Tidbits looks pretty cool. Is it a self-hosted wordpress account, or are you using your own domain name with a service like WordPress.com or Edublogs.org? We use blogging as part of our course work and a few students continue to blog afterwards, but mostly our students blog because they have to (for marks.) In terms of making your site more interactive, we're always asking ourselves the same question. We have our eye on the Q&A premium wordpress plugin (http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/qa-wordpress-questions-and-answers-plugin) because we're hoping to get our students using our class website as a place to study and get help from each other. I just haven't had a chance to install it on our <a href="http://educircles.org" rel="nofollow">educircles network</a> yet. Hi Chris,

I find self-hosted wordpress the way to go. Complete freedom to install any plugin / theme, but then the issue is whether your server can handle multiple students logging in and posting at the same time. (We’ve moved up from shared web hosting to a virtual private server because we found cheaper shared hosting just lagged too much, but we’re also now paying more…)

School Tidbits looks pretty cool. Is it a self-hosted wordpress account, or are you using your own domain name with a service like WordPress.com or Edublogs.org? We use blogging as part of our course work and a few students continue to blog afterwards, but mostly our students blog because they have to (for marks.) In terms of making your site more interactive, we’re always asking ourselves the same question. We have our eye on the Q&A premium wordpress plugin (http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/qa-wordpress-questions-and-answers-plugin) because we’re hoping to get our students using our class website as a place to study and get help from each other. I just haven’t had a chance to install it on our educircles network yet.

]]> By: chrishttp://blog.classroomteacher.ca/4/6-reasons-to-get-your-students-blogging/comment-page-2/#comment-11490 chris Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:32:05 +0000 http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/?p=4#comment-11490 Currently I have this great idea of setting up an educational blog which is self-hosted. I was hoping my students would really like to blog but currently only a few of them are interested. Any suggestions on how I could possibly improve my site to make it more interactive with the users? This is my site - <a href="http://www.schooltidbits.com" rel="nofollow">School Tidbits</a>. Currently I have this great idea of setting up an educational blog which is self-hosted. I was hoping my students would really like to blog but currently only a few of them are interested. Any suggestions on how I could possibly improve my site to make it more interactive with the users? This is my site – School Tidbits.

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]]> By: Ciaranhttp://blog.classroomteacher.ca/4/6-reasons-to-get-your-students-blogging/comment-page-2/#comment-10231 Ciaran Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:16:49 +0000 http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/?p=4#comment-10231 Hey,I myself am a blogger on internet marketing related topics and I fell into it after leaving university. I absolutely love it now, and would have loved if we had of used it when we were being thought. Not only does it allow you to express yourself (which is very soothing) but with it comes a whole host of computer and internet related knowledge that can help with your future career.C Hey,

I myself am a blogger on internet marketing related topics and I fell into it after leaving university. I absolutely love it now, and would have loved if we had of used it when we were being thought. Not only does it allow you to express yourself (which is very soothing) but with it comes a whole host of computer and internet related knowledge that can help with your future career.

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]]> By: Mr Kuronekohttp://blog.classroomteacher.ca/4/6-reasons-to-get-your-students-blogging/comment-page-2/#comment-9985 Mr Kuroneko Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:47:16 +0000 http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/?p=4#comment-9985 I find some of our students like blogging and doing their work online and some of our students prefer to use pencil and paper when keeping a writing journal. (It's more like a diary that way.) Having said that, a lot of our students have really engaged in our blogging projects. I find some of our students like blogging and doing their work online and some of our students prefer to use pencil and paper when keeping a writing journal. (It’s more like a diary that way.) Having said that, a lot of our students have really engaged in our blogging projects.

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