Links+and+Resources

Classroom Blogging Tools

 * [|Class Blogmeister]** - Free classroom blogging tool that offers blogs for teachers and students. Class Blogmeister provides teachers with a control panel for monitoring student blogs and comments. You will need to email David at Class Blogmeister in order to get a teacher registration code to create a classroom blogging account.
 * [| Edublogs]** - Free blogging tool for teachers. With a teacher edublog account, students can comment to your blog entries and you can invite students to be guest blog authors.
 * [| Gaggle]** - Free blogging and email services for teachers and students. Gaggle will filter and block blog posts and comments with inappropriate words.
 * [| Imbee]** - Free blogging and social network for teachers and students. Adults must be verified through Imbee before they can create student accounts.
 * [| Learnerblogs]** - Free blogging tool for students. With a student learnerblog accounts, students can have their own blogs for class activities.
 * [| TypePad]** - Fee-based blogging tool for teachers and students.
 * [| Word Press]** - Free open source blogging software. This is the software that runs Edublogs and Learnerblogs. You can create a free wordpress account or you can download the wordpress software to install on a site/district server.
 * [|More Blogging Options]** - This page explores these blogging tools, and more, with expanded opinions.

RSS Aggregators

 * [|Bloglines]** - Free aggregator that will display blog posts and play podcasts in its own interface. For classrooms, the feature of sharing folders of RSS feeds can be useful.
 * [|Google Reader]** - Free aggregator and search tool for blogs.
 * [|Netvibes]** - Free aggregator that will display blog posts and play podcasts in its own interface.