1. Safe Blogging: Kidblog.org Amy Boehman-Pollitt amy.pollitt@fcps.org Frederick County Public Schools, MD October 2010

2. Resources http://kidblog.org http://sites.fcps.org/trt/kidblog http://kidblog.org/Grade3reading  Guest (to view only)  Password: conference

3. Safety Features Creating Accounts for Kids Teacher Control – posts and comments Private blog Teacher – private comment Ease of navigation – limited student dashboard No ads Video

4. Creating Accounts

7. URL to the blog becomes: http://kidblog.org/MrsPollittsClass/http://kidblog.org/MrsPollittsClass/

9. 200 users per class. Create multiple classes per teacher account. Create generic usernames for students

10. Privacy Settings

12. Students: Writing Posts

15. Teacher: Approving Student Posts

18. After you click blog post title…

20. Students: Add Comments

25. Teacher: Approve Comments

27. Teacher: Post Private Comment