Why Blog?

My school is turning to WordPress for its student blogging and the kids will be recording all that they do in online blogs for peers, teachers and parents to enjoy. It’s been said by many now but individual students publishing school work for a whole community to interact with has been a game changer for many schools. Engagement increases naturally though tangible, ‘real-wrold’ appreciation of their work.

Here’s some english kids talking about their blogging:

And here’s some Grade ONE kids!:

Teamwork.

One issue has been raised about how they might run a project as a team using WordPress and contribute to the same online space. So to help, here’s my Team Blog Setup steps for both laptop and iPad users.: (JPG links to 2-page PDF)