Students, teachers, administrators and parents can all benefit from the flexibility and power of ePals SchoolBlogTM. Designed by the leader in school-safe tools, SchoolBlog can be used for many educational applications, and it is simple and easy to use. ePals SchoolBlogTM provides a strong web presence in classrooms, and enables users to collaborate and stay informed through automatic content email updates.
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SchoolBlog In Action!
Click on the links below to view different blogs.
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Join the Conversation!
How are people using ePals blogs in their classrooms? Click to find out.
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Improve Student Literacy and Learning: |
- Improve students' writing skills with features they enjoy, like interactive publishing
- Encourage students to explore, express, criticize, collaborate and share
- Allow wider participation, as reluctant learners often open up online
- Use as a base for collaborative activities and classroom projects
- Monitor, review and track progress of student participation and achievement
- Broaden the set of tools and techniques to gather, analyze and interpret data
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Create Anywhere, Anytime Learning Opportunities: |
- Enable learning and assistance outside of school hours
- Allow online submission and review of student work
- Manage, present and store information easily
- Post homework assignments and classroom activities
- Schedule classroom events and field trips
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Boost Educator Professional Development: |
- Provide teachers with their own knowledge-sharing platform
- Exchange instructional tips and course-related resources with other educators
- Automatic listing of teacher sites
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Provide Students with a Real Audience: |
- Students are motivated by a real, potentially large audience
- Increase participation with peer-editing and easy collaboration in group projects
- Encourage multicultural understanding through reading and writing using authentic interactions
- Choose to receive feedback from peers and experts via email
- Display your students' work to teachers and students in over 150 countries through the ePals Global Network
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Involve Parents: |
- Offer insight into classroom activities
- Notify parents of their child's academic performance
- Schedule school events
- Exhibit student work and presentations
- Showcase awards and accomplishments with photos, videos and podcasts
- Post classroom hours, closures and school events
- Provide permission slips and parental consent forms online
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SchoolBlog is now free!
ePals is now making SchoolBlog available at no cost to schools, districts, and learners globally. This is not a trial or limited functionality version of our trusted and award-winning service. We want to partner with the education community to speed the rate of safe and collaborative learning around the world.
Product Features:
- Searchable archives allow past postings to be easily accessed
- Personalized Domain
- Allows multi-media posting
- Policy Managed
- Calendar
- Surveys
- Design Templates
- Classroom-Only, Parents-Only, and Public Areas
- Web-Based Management and Storage
- Rich Text Editor
- Manuals & Tutorials
Downloadable Info:
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