The document discusses Bullitt County Public Schools moving their blogging capabilities to WordPress to allow teachers, administrators, and staff throughout the district to have their own blogs on a centralized system. WordPress MU allows for multiple blogs to exist within one installation and be administered from a single dashboard. The district has provided training and resources to help teachers set up and utilize blogs for communicating with parents and students by posting things like lesson plans, newsletters, and contact information.

1. Bullitt County Public
Schools
"Bullitt Blogs"

2. From "Easy Webs....."
Example 1
Example 2

3. .....To Wordpress
Users' Needs:
Space to be more creative
Blogging capability
Space to add documents including
newsletters, handouts, and lesson plans

4. Wordpress MU
WordPress Multi-User (WordPress MU, or just
WPMU) - allows multiple blogs to exist within one
installation and able to be administered and
maintained in a central spot.
WordPress MU makes it possible for those with a
website to host their own blogging community, as well
as control and moderate all the blogs from a single
dashboard.

5. Everyone in District on the Same
Page!
Beginning with the District website, to the school websites,
to the teacher websites / blogs.
Bullitt County Public Schools Website

6. School Wordpress Sites
Brooks Elementary
Crossroads Elementary
Freedom Elementary
Lebanon Junction Elementary
Maryville Elementary
Nichols Elementary
Pleasant Grove Elementary
Roby Elementary
Shepherdsville Elementary
Bernheim Middle School
Bullitt Lick Middle School
Bullitt Central High School

7. Teacher Blogs
Teachers are encouraged to use their blog as a customer
service tool in order to effectively communicate with
parents.
Various principals have different requirements from
building to building.
The common district requirements call for the teachers
to include contact information for parents and post a
copy of each week's lesson plan on their blog.

8. Just a Sampling of some of our Great
Teacher Blogs on Wordpress...
Team Sites - Individual Blogs -
Elementary Elementary/Secondary
Lebanon Junction Fifth
Grade Julie Hobbs, 4th grade
Mt. Washington Fourth Allison Stump, 5th grade
Grade Melissa Daunhauer, 3rd
Old Mill Third Grade grade
Freedom First Grade Josh Meredith, MS Math
Mt. Washington First Grade Darrell Vincent, HS Physics
Pleasant Grove First Grade Angela Cunningham, HS
Social Studies

9. Even Superintendent, Tech Support staff,
and Building Administrators are blogging!
Keith Davis, Superintendent
Susan Jenkins, TIS
Christie Turbeville, TIS
Keith Barnes, TIS
Marcella Minogue, Principal
Terri Lewis, Principal
Cheri Lineweaver, Principal
Christy Coulter, Principal

10. Wordpress Resources
A manual was written to help teachers get started with
step by step instructions for posting information on
their blogs.
The manual can be found on the BCPS Technology Site
under Wordpress Resources.
http://ww2.bullittschools.org/technology/?page_id=443