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 * involve the youngest in blogging?

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Why?
Transform Learning: The [|KinderKids Classroom blog] is a blog for a Kindergarten classroom in Deerfield, NH. Notice the learning, the children get to write their own blog entries and receive feedback from other students, friends and family. They incorporate podcasts into their blogs to allow the viewers to hear them sing songs and tell us about their class. Students are reading, writing, singing, speaking, typing, and sharpening their technology skills. And sharing them with a very wider audience.

How?

 * Have your young students create a virtual tour of their neighborhood using a blog. They can work together with older "buddy" students. People from the community can comment in with their own "snippets" about each location.
 * Teachers and students and can keep a running commentary of what's going on in their classroom. Plan for the upcoming week or reflect on the past week as a class and post your thoughts. Post student-drawn work and/or stories by kids. (Can really go with a Dipity.com embed)
 * For an author study or a themed event like Read Across America, have students blog about books they are reading or hearing about. Allow other kids to comment on the reviews.
 * Compose and blog a poem - or post a picture poem for each student
 * Teacher blogs for student extra learning - videos, podcasts http://gcs.infostreamblogs.org/tthompson
 * Teacher blogs to document student activities -http://www.ogps.wa.edu.au/preprimary/

Resources:
There are many blogging platforms available - this presentation used 21Classes: http://21classes.com Example setup in about 15 minutes: http://sharonbetts.21classes.com

[|Supporting Wiki in using 21 Classes]

a great series of videos about [|blogging in the classroom] and kids online. Here is a Sydney classroom’s blog: [|Wormbins]. their [|class video on worm farms]