[Yr7-10it] Blogging for Students

[mppascoe at tpg.com.au]

Hi everyone, 
 
For my Year 9 ICT class, I want to have them Blog about each of their
completed projects, including a screenshot of their finished product. 
 
I was hoping to use Google Blogger, but can't get it working on the school's
network. 
 
We have unblocked the following URLs: 
 
http://www.blogger.com/  
 
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/
 
as well as these pages for their individual Blogger Accounts:  
 
 <http://ppa2011student01.blogspot.com/>
http://ppa2011student01.blogspot.com/
 <http://ppa2011student02.blogspot.com/>
http://ppa2011student02.blogspot.com/
 
.... through to  
 
 <http://ppa2011student30.blogspot.com/>
http://ppa2011student30.blogspot.com/
 
the students can get in, but the editor just lags forever, and they cannot
input any information. 
 
Has anyone had similar problems and know how to solve this? 
 
I am now in the process of setting up EDUBLOGS accounts for my class of
students, to try and use that platform instead. 
Is Edublogs good? Has anyone used it? Any Tips and Traps? 
 
Has anyone used Blogging on Moodle, and is that any good? 
 
Thanks, 
Paul Pascoe
ICT / Mathematics Teacher
St Francis Xavier College Berwick

http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/passyworldofict
mppascoe at tpg.com.au