Blogging Students

 After watching the videos for this class, I want to stretch my students writing capabilities through technology. I've known for a while that my students write much better when they know that they have an audience. That is what led me to have them blog last year. Last year I used Edublogs with my students because I knew that it would be a safe environment for them; however, the ease of use with blogger is making me re-think the situation. I know that if it were easier, many more students would blog...and they'd be more creative with their blogs and blogging. I dropped the wiki this year because so many of them liked Edmodo better. The students thought the wiki was much less user friendly.  Spring semester is the time that my PreAP students begin their blogs, so I'll have to make a decision soon, and this year my novels class will be blogging too! :)