Blogging in Primary Schools
“You know that people can actually see the work that you’ve done, rather than keeping it to your self in your exercise book.” Abbey, a pupil
Why blog?
• Give pupils a real audience
• Share good work etc.
• The ability to comment encourages collaboration, peer-review, peer-assessment etc.
• Writing with an audience encourages editorial correctness, self-review etc.
• Involve parents and family
• Control over your own ‘website’
• Engaging & Motivating for pupils
• Teach eSafety
Suggested activities
• Post a poem or story and ask for comments.
• Invite student comments / posting on issues (school / news etc.)
• Publish examples of students’ work.
• Create an online class diary.
• Link with another class (different school – country?) to share and comment on school, experiences, interests etc etc.
• Post thought provoking questions and invite answers.
• Show off and celebrate good work.
• Personal blog about pupil’s interest, holidays, life etc.
Primary School Examples
Advice for teachers
Free BloggingServices:
Educational Blogging Platforms (paid for)
Making the News
Example MTN Stories
Teachers TV films about Primary blogging
eSafety
Use an alias / nickname – don’t blog under pupils own name.
Never publish personal info, personal photos
Don’t publish school info that you wouldn’t want in the public domain
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