Two effective blogs for classrooms include Voice Thread and Think Quest. Both are popular educational blogs, which promote communication amongst a global community of teachers and learners.
Voice Thread is designed for use by stages K-6, although I think it would be suitable for years 2-6, given the content and lay out. Benefits of using this blog include:
1. Students gain exposure to blogs produced by schools all over the world. This would be useful for projects on cultural identity, or simply as a means of engaging students with exposure to people of the same age, in different places.
2. Schools can critique, collaborate and sher work with one another. This is a motivating factor for students who like an audience.
3. Blogs from different schools can by teachers as a model of what they should expect from their own students.
Think Quest is another effective blog, which can be used for research projects. The website is advertised to students of all ages, however the topical nature of the site would make it most beneficial for students in stage 3, who are resoinsible for independent rsearch. The site would benefit students in the following ways:
1. Provide a scaffold for conducting independent and group research projects.
2. A plethora of student projects are online for review, which can help teachers and students to identify an appropriate standard of work.
3. Studennts can not only post their own projects, but also use the work of others to learn more about topics.
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