Blogging for School-Home Communication

Here are some examples of schools and teachers using blogs to make school-home connections. Some are very elaborate, with pictures and videos posted. Some are simple, with just text. Some are updated quite often, and others are updated monthly or quarterly.

http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/parkerj/category/Parent%20Communication

https://webapps.saugus.k12.ca.us/newsletters/_weblog/everyone.php

http://lewiselementary.org/

http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/blog/faussteacher/

http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337

http://blogs.oaisd.org/236

http://mrscowansclass.blogspot.com/

http://www.butlerville.net/1a/

http://mrsrsroom.blogspot.com/

http://www.oursaviorchurch.org/school/faculty/gthorp/

http://schimelnews.blogspot.com/

This particular blog is hosted by Blogger, which is a Google division. Get started at https://www.blogger.com/start

EduBlogs is another popular option. Get started at http://edublogs.org/
I've used EduBlogs with students, as it's designed with students in mind. Plus, you can customize the headers in some of the templates, which allows you to make it more personal for your school or class.

Most of the major blog services appear to have the same setups. For a breakdown of blog parts, check out these two sites:
http://www.hwyblogs.com/hiw-blog-parts.php
(a site designed by truckers, for truckers, I believe)

http://www.perrotlibrary.org/whatisablog.htm
(scroll down until you see a numbered blog page.)