Edublogs-Tierney+Cronin

//**edublogs**//: http://edublogs.org/

**INTRODUCTION:**
Edublogs.org is a blogging service that specializes specifically in blogs for educational purposes and educational institutions. The site is designed for students, teachers and educators, as well as entire schools, districts or universities. Users can maintain a free blog on the site with limited features, storage space and advertising displayed on the blog by the site. A Pro paid plan is available which allows more storage space, allows the user to remove the advertising on up to 30 free blogs, and adds more features.

**INCORPORATING IT INTO THE CLASSROOM:**
The Pro plan is ideal for individual teachers to add and maintain student blogs for their class. A Campus plan is available for schools, districts and universities which offers a blogging platform usable by an entire institution. The Edublogs.org blogging platform is extremely flexible and diverse. The site has the ability to change themes, add plugins, and manage users. The blogs produced have a very professional look and feel, and the site has a number of pre-built themes which can be applied to the user's blog. The Dashboard is similar to comparable sites and allows the user to maintain users, manage posts and manage comments. Users are also able to change their blog's theme, add widgets and preview their blog from their Dashboard.

**FEATURES:**

 * Students can maintain a free blog with limited space and advertising displayed
 * Pro plan allows for more storage, advanced features and allows the teacher to remove the advertising on up to 30 student blogs
 * Campus plans available for schools, school districts and universities
 * Pro and Campus plans provide a very powerful blogging platform

**HOW TO SIGN UP FOR AN EDUBLOG:**
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