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A webspace we call home - setting up and running a successful classroom blog


I have been running Creative Blogs for nearly three years now and there are over 20 schools mostly based in the Northwest using the service (hosted Wordpress MU). One of the biggest issues for any school taking on an institution-wide blogsite is that there is an extremely wide range of awareness and skills amongst teachers in working online. Sometimes the decision to implement a site has been taken by a small group of decision makers, and this can create its own tensions. Sometimes staff feel already under pressure with time and targets and starting a school blog project might be just another straw on an already creaking camel's back. I strongly believe that a well run school blogsite can offer tremendous benefits to a school community and the way in which it communicates and learns, without necessarily impacting significantly on workload.

I've decided that this summer's project would be to compile a guide to running a succesful classroom blog. I'll edit the results into a paper and make it freely downloadable to all and sundry. Hopefuly it will be of use to individual teachers setting up their own blogs, or to schools wanting to run a campus project.

If you'd like to contribute to the wiki, please email john@creativeict.co.uk

At the moment it's a blank canvas, but I'll start adding structure over the next few days.

Thanks,

John

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