Safe Blogging: Kidblog.org Amy Boehman-Pollitt amy.pollitt@fcps.org Frederick County Public Schools, MD October 2010
Resources http://kidblog.org http://sites.fcps.org/trt/kidblog http://kidblog.org/Grade3reading Guest (to view only) Password: conference
Safety Features Creating Accounts for Kids Teacher Control – posts and comments Private blog Teacher – private comment Ease of navigation – limited student dashboard No ads Video
Creating Accounts
URL to the blog becomes: http://kidblog.org/MrsPollittsClass/
200 users per class. Create multiple classes per teacher account. Create generic usernames for students
Privacy Settings
Students: Writing Posts
Teacher: Approving Student Posts
After you click blog post title…
Students: Add Comments
Teacher: Approve Comments
Teacher: Post Private Comment