I, Joy Kirr, am a middle school teacher, author, and speaker. My 7th grade ELA (English Language Arts) classes are working to improve their lives through student-directed learning - without marks throughout the year. This is a log of my learning experiences... Want to have me speak with your staff or facilitate a workshop? Here is my PORTFOLIO.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Which blog tool?

Today I saw a tweet from @gallitzvi regarding her students' e-portfolio. She has her students on Weebly. Mine are on Kidblog. I'd like to know what each can do... Can students keep their blogs for years to come? Is there a fee for Weebly? How user friendly is each? Are there teachers out there who have used one or the other and can comment here for me? Thanks!
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  1. Denise KrebsMay 3, 2012 at 1:00 PM

    I've never used Kidblog, but yesterday two students made a Weebly site for genius hour: RockytheBengalCat.weebly.com

    They really liked it, and it seemed easy to pick up. I'm thinking of using Weebly for student digital portfolios like Gallit does.

    Thanks for asking this good question! I hope you get some feedback.

    Denise

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  2. jyaneffMay 3, 2012 at 3:40 PM

    Weebly! I teach 7/8 English and had the kids make their own website using this . It was very easy to manage .

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  3. AnonymousJuly 2, 2012 at 12:08 PM

    Some of my students used Weebly for their mystery project and found it very user friendly. It's free but of course you can upgrade:)

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