Episode 13: Student Blogging

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Hot Topic: Screen Time: How much is too much?

As with most things, use common sense and find balance!

• Kids And Screen Time: What Does The Research Say?​
• The Balance of Screen Time​
• The New Guide to Managing Media for Tweens and Teens​
• Tweens, Teens, and Screens: What Our New Research Uncovers
• Screen time; Quality versus Quantity

Student Blogging Platforms

Why blogging?? - Post class updates, homework assignments, and news for parents
Blogs are also great for students to express their thoughts and receive comments from others, to practice digital citizenship, and to write for an authentic audience.
If you are looking for your students to receive feedback  share the link on Twitter with the #comments4kids hashtag.

Seesaw

• Must have Seesaw account.
• Enable Blog
• Password protect or wide open
• Approve Blog posts
• Connect blogs with other classrooms and accessible within Seesaw without having to type in link or bookmarking
• Blog post is labeled with student’s first name and profile picture--not comfortable with that?  Post as the teacher instead.
• Pictures, annotation, audio, video, text
• Free

Weebly for Education

• Drag and Drop
• Add pictures, videos, audio etc
• Weebly supports an unlimited number of blogs within your website, with full comment moderation features allowing an open, moderated, or closed conversation.
• No advertising
• 40 student accounts for free ($10 for 10 more)

Tech Nuggets

• Libraries of Life App  and Triggers
  
• ​Recap
• My Simple Show
  
• Podbay

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