Other Blogs to Try

In the right column of this page, I've added some of the blogs from this group, and linked to the group blog from Monday. I also added a couple of my blogs so you can see some different elements. This was done by going to 'Add a Gadget', choosing 'Blog Lists' and typing in the URLs. A key point is that you MUST add the 'http://' to the URL when you add it to the list.

If you run across other blogs you may want to add to this list, your administrators for this blog are:
Judith Sotir jsotir@waubonsee.edu and Michelle Wargo wargomb@sbcglobal.net

I've made you all administrators in case you are interested in adding gadgets or developing this blog. You can post or comment to any of the posts listed. I will monitor this blog for a while, so if any questions come up, just put them in a post.

If I come up with additional information or ideas, I'll post them as well.

Welcome to the Blogsphere!

More sites to try

I realized how different the K-8 environment is regarding social networking sites,where blogs and wikis fall under. The two below are developed for education:

http://pbworks.com/academic.wiki This is a site that would keep student work safe, and is especially designed for educational use.
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers

These two are academic blog sites (if regular blog sites do not control at the level you seek)http://www.21classes.com/shop/features
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial037print.shtml

Additional resources for finding and creating blogs, and adding embedded materials to blogs:
http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/3082114
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13856639/Helpful-Resources-for-Finding-and-Creating-Education-Blogs
http://widgetbox.com Additional widgets and gadgets to add