Many times, I write blog posts to “write it off my soal” (from German ” sich etwas von der Seele schreiben”).
Many times these blog posts are staying in my draft folder. They are accumulating and I am wondering what to do with them.

Should I finish writing them?
Should I delete them?
Do they need to stay [...]

Going to a conference with hundfreds of concurrent session, can get easily overwhelming.

Who said what, when and where?
What was that link to the presenter’s handouts?
What about the video clip that was so effectively used in the presentation?

While at conferences I have gotten used to directly typing presentation notes into a blog post. Being able to [...]

Around the World with 80 Schools is making waves around the world.
Check out some of the sites that have blogged about the project. Thank you bloggers for spreading the word!

Bulgaria

Teacher Blog

Israel

Israel Teacher Ning

Portugal

Around the world with 80 Schools :: ZarcoEnglish

England

Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom:: Around the World with 80 Schools Project

USA

School ‘langwitch’ teacher to [...]

Once you have set up your blog, looked at other classroom and students’ blogs, talked about safety, blog commenting and writing, you might want to have a few other blogging activities for your students up your sleeve.

Sue Wyatt from Australia conducted a Student Blogging Competition. Her blog is full off ideas, examples and activities that [...]

I am making the individual blogging unit posts available as pdf files for easier download.

Blogging-unit (All posts)
1 blogging with Elementary School Students
2-creating-an-outline-for-blogging-unit-plan
3-introduction-to-blogging-lesson-plan
4-blogging-lesson-plan-online-safety
5-blogging-lesson-plan-commenting
6-blogging-lesson-plan-writing
7-setting-up-the-blog-and-getting-started
8-logistics-of-formatting-a-blog-post

There are many different venues and companies you can set your classroom blog up. The most popular options are:

Edublogs
Blogger
WordPress
Classblogmeister

Once your blog is installed and your account set up, you will need to create additional users for each one of your students. Screenshots below are taken in WordPress 2.7.

Click on Users and “Add New User”

Enter a [...]

We are finally getting ready for the ACTUAL writing part with our students. Until now you have prepared your students by:

exploring other student authored blogs
talking about online safety, online identity and cyber bullying
making the difference between social and academic commenting clear

As with commenting, talk with your students about the difference between social and academic writing. [...]

Difference between social and academic commenting.
You could create a blog for your young students, in order to allow them a safe online space where your young students can socialize and “practice” in an online environment. This type of blog fosters a virtual kind of classroom community that can spill over (positively or negatively)  into the [...]

There is a BIG online world out there! You get to be part of it via the computer, a cell phone, AIM, an Xbox, Wii, or on Social networking places like Webkinz, Build-a-Bearville or Club Penguin. When you are older , places such as MySpace and Facebook will become part of your online network. The [...]

Check out Kim Cofino’s  Lesson Plan One from her Blogging is Elementary post and her thoughts on introducing and examining quality student blogs.
Here is my plan of getting the kids started:
1. Have students explore Our ABC Blook on Blogging to get an idea of what blogging means for some other elementary school students.

2. Develop [...]