Since 2005, Edublogs has been hosting blogs and providing custom blogging platforms to individual teachers, school districts and hundreds of thousands of students. We’ve grown to become the largest, most trusted, best supported and widely used way for teachers and students to engage with the world of blogging.
A quick overview of Edublogs
Edublogs can do a lot, and it would be impossible to list everything in one place. To help you get introduced to all of the different features, we’ve created this quick overview. Edublogs are:
- Safe and Reliable – Blogs can be completely private or open to the public. Since we only host education related content, Edublogs are allowed by most school filters where other blogging platforms are not.
- Student Friendly – It is as simple to add to and update a blog as it is to send an email. Teachers can easily create and manage as many student blogs as needed.
- Rich With Features – A few of the most popular features include discussion tools, video embedding, Facebook and Twitter integration, and calendars.
- Customizable – With over 100 different themes which allow for control of colors, images, and layout.
- Research-Based – Engage students in their learning and enhance instruction through collaboration, student portfolios, and endless classroom uses.
Why blog in schools?
| Blogs strike the perfect balance of providing information anytime and anywhere, social networking and interaction, and the ability to openly share thoughts and achievements.One popular way to use an Edublog is to make regular updates about assignments, events, and anything going on in class.
Blogs like these keep students and parents informed and extend the classroom to any place with access to the web. Students love to blog too, and doing so can engage students in their learning and extend collaboration with classmates and even people all over the world! Edublogs are great for group projects, ePortfolios, school newspapers, reflection journals, class websites, and much more! For even more ideas, click on the image on the right or the link here for our top 10 ways to use Edublogs to teach! |
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Famous for our amazing help and support – from experienced teachers!
We are serious about providing the best support you will ever receive on the web – all of our help and support materials are made for teachers by teachers.
We’ve got comprehensive videos, manuals, help forums, and even live support sessions and webinars. Pro and Campus users can also email our support team directly from their blogs – and we promise to always reply in 24 hours or less. On school days, our response time is often much less than that!
Not only do we support you with all of the technical aspects of blogging, but Edublogs users are all members of a growing international community of educators. We are constantly sharing and learning from each other as we strive to provide our students with the best educational and technology experiences.
Don’t just take our word for it
See what educators around the world have to say about Edublogs…
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How does Edublogs compare to other blogging tools?
It’s important to make the right decision when choosing a blogging platform for your class, school, university or district.
There are a range of genuine blogging providers, and the chart below offers you a comparison between what they offer as opposed to Edublogs – roll over the ‘?’ on each point for more detail.
Edublogs
The World’s largest education blogging platform, focused on teachers and students with educational support and features
Blogger
The original blogging platform, now owned by google, offering blogs to anyone
WordPress
A blogging platform focused on ‘expressing yourself’ and ‘publishing’
Who is the service for?
A safe and secure environment?
– accessible by most schools – blocked for adult content – blocked for adult contentFunctionality and features
Help and Support
Classroom tools
Blog and user management tools
Custom themes, custom plugins, LDAP integration and other functionality
So, what’s the next step?
Creating and managing student blogs
One of the most powerful features of Edublogs is the ability for teachers to easily create and manage blogs for students.
These unparalleled tools allow teachers to decide if students can post freely to blogs or if any posts and comments must be approved first before being made public. These features also give teachers the freedom to log in as administrators on student blogs to help set up new themes or make changes whenever needed.
Flexible and powerful, our management tools will provide you with all of the oversight that you may need.
Choosing between Edublogs Free, Pro, and Campus
We offer three excellent blogging services. The chart below details what features you will find in each.
Edublogs Free
Free, easy and basic option, great for students
Edublogs Pro
The ultimate blog package for individual teachers
Edublogs Campus
Designed for institutions, manage and control as many blogs as you need – from a single class to 10,000+ blogs
(Plus add extra features to unlimited student blogs!)
Features
+ on unlimited student blogs + on unlimited student blogs + on unlimited student blogsHelp and Support
Classroom tools
Blog and user management tools
Custom themes, custom plugins, LDAP integration and other functionality
Getting started is quick and easy. Click on the large box above that corresponds with the service that you would like to try.
Remember, we are always just one click away to answer any questions you may have. Please contact us should you have any need!
