Edu What?

 Hello!  I don't know about others but it took me a moment to wrap my head about Edublog.  Per my usual process, I created a account and started clicking buttons.  I got all the way to creating  blog in Edublog and then got stumped along the way on the My Class tab.  It was difficult to build my own class for a visualize but that would involve some other people and email addresses.

So, I took to YouTube and found the Edublog playlist.😊

This video explains the purpose of Edublog and many advantages for incorporating into a learning environment.  The free version allows educators to create a customized blog or website space.  There is also a Pro option that starts to unlock more plugins, mobile themes, class tools, and storage capacity...and then the Campus account, well, even more!  It looks like Edublog has a suite of clientele in K-12 through higher education. 

I actually stumbled onto the playlist after watching a video by Practical Tips for Teachers, who was using Edublog as a website for a class. The video is a little slow but does a great job of demonstrating how to create a classroom website.  I don't know about the part of sharing the website with parents, but I guess that is a thing in K-12.  I'm used to all of that being private in higher ed once you start interacting with the helicopter parents.  What about privacy of the other kids??  Just thinking if my student posted something that I wouldn't want another parent to read or see.  Perhaps there is a privacy area on Edublog that I didn't discover yet.

 

Overall, this is a powerful free resource that I am glad has been discovered!  I'm trying to think about how it might be applicable in my current workplace. Has anyone else used Edublogs before?  I'm curious if EME6414 has ever used Edublog to manage all of the course blogs? 😊