This is the backstage area for an after-school middle school enrichment activity I'm hoping to facilitate called "Web Ninjas"
Graphic re: advantages of blogging:
Blogging w/ students:
http://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2010/07/31/are-you-ready-for-the-challenge-in-september/
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/12/26/the-best-sources-for-advice-on-student-blogging/
Register a class blog:
How to use posterous for a class blogs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YDFlZx0GL0
Tumblr as a class blog:
http://9btallislab.tumblr.com/
Howard Rheingold's teaching notes:
http://howardrheingoldsteachingnotes.posterous.com/
Re: working transparently, communicating w/ parents & families:
http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2010/08/transparent-algebra-parent.html
http://edutechintegration.blogspot.com/2010/08/7-technology-alternatives-to-standard.html
@gcouros ' page on classroom blogging:
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1yyy9W1fylB291-OifEwZ7MtOVGXz21IzCLiZ8rXtsZQ&hl=en#
Tools worth exploring:
http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/42991/Teachers-and-Students-in-Control-4-Media-Creating-Sites