Kidblog is a website that allows teachers to create class blogs for students. Teachers can monitor student blogs and no email is required. Teachers guide students to practice 21st century skills like writing, collaboration, and communication. In Spanish class, the teacher uses Kidblog to have students record voices using Garageband, do quizzes, and reflect on lessons. Students' motivation and skills have improved with blogging.

1. Kidblog
By: Maria Elena Leslie

2. Picture provided by Kidblog site
Kidblog is built by
teachers and for
teachers.
Teachers can create a
class blog and add
student accounts.
No email accounts are
required.
Teachers can monitor
student blogs within the
classroom.
Teachers prepare
students for 21st
century
skills.

3. Picture provided by Kidblog
1. Go to http://kidblog.
org/home/
2. Click on “Create a class”
2. Fill out info. Under
“Display name”, write your
name (ex. Mrs. Leslie). Fill
out boxes (ex. under “Class
name” put, “Mrs. Leslie
Class A”)
3. Click on “Click to create
a class”

4. Logging into Señora Leslie’s Class

5. Advantages of using a blog
● Create classroom discussions
● Reflect on learning
● Practice writing skills
● Student communication with peers and teachers
● Publishing a post in safe academic environment
● Embed recordings or videos in blog posts
● Students have their own voice in the blog space

6. How can I use Kidblog in my Spanish Class?
Allows me to:
● Use Garage Band and record students’ voices
● Quiz the students
● Check a post and respond to students
● Reflect on a lesson
● Assign homework/projects
● Create homework/quizzes

7. How to upload files?

8. Spanish Speaking Rubric

9. Picture provided by Kidblog
My webpage on Kidblog:
http://kidblog.
org/SenoraLesliesClassA
/

10. Conclusion
● Students’ motivation has increased since I started using blogging in
the classroom.
● Students’ writing and speaking skills have improved.
● Blogging has allowed students to collaborate and learn from each
other.
● Students are excited to work on our next project.
● Students met my objective, because they apply two of the 21st
century skills - collaboration with their peers by reflecting on each
other work in their blog page, and articulating their thoughts and
ideas in a variety of forms using oral and written skills.
● I am going to share this project with my department and encourage
my colleagues to give it a try as a way to reach our school
department goal for this year which is to improve students’
pronunciation.

11. WWW.KIDBLOG.COM
WWW.GARAGEBAND.COM
HTTP://WWW.DOE.MASS.EDU/FRAMEWORKS/CURRENT.HTML
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