Use the Jetpack WordPress plug-in to find out who is reading your student blogs

One of the coolest things about having students blog in the classroom is that they are writing for an authentic purpose. If your students have a public blog, teachers, classmates, friends and family overseas, and the entire world can read their words. I find my students are excited knowing that other people are reading their… Continue reading Use the Jetpack WordPress plug-in to find out who is reading your student blogs

How to protect your students from inappropriate comments getting left on their student blogs

Student blogging can be a lot of fun, but as a teacher, you need to be thinking about student privacy. Yes, it’s fun to let your students create and administer their own blogs. This can be a great media literacy lesson were your students create a variety of media text (i.e. websites) for different purposes… Continue reading How to protect your students from inappropriate comments getting left on their student blogs