Blog Guidelines
Our class blog is a way for us to share our ideas and our learning with other people. Sharing our learning means that it is very important that we understand how to use the blog and the internet in a secure way.
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The following guidelines have been established to ensure the safety of our students when blogging. The guidelines are also reminders of how to use the blog to improve writing and keyboarding skills.
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Student work will only be identified by first names. All comments should have first names only.
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Parents who leave comments are asked not to use last names either. (Please post comments as “Jimmy’s mom” or “Megan’s grandfather”, etc.)
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All comments submitted have to be approved by Mr. Salsich before they are included on the blog. Inappropriate or sloppy writing will not be approved.
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Proof-read your comments carefully. Students should have a family member check for spelling mistakes before submitting a comment.
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Only Mr. Salsich has access to post things on the blog. Later in the year, when students begin to write blog entries, they will go through edits and revisions before Mr. Salsich posts them.
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Always write in full sentences and words – no “text talk” please!
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If you have any other questions or comments about the security of our blog, please contact Mr. Salsich. The “Learning Links” page has resources to learn about internet safety in a fun way.
January 29th, 2011 at 8:42 am
Hi. Your blog is totally inspiring. I just love it because it is full of info, photos, student’s involvement & practical ideas. Wow!!
July 11th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Mr. Salsich,
I am truly inspired by your fantastic blog! I am a First Grade teacher in Ft. Lauderdale, FL who will attempt to create a blog with my students when school begins in the fall. Yours will be the model I follow. Maybe when I get the hang of it, we can become blogging buddies? .
Hope you’re enjoying your summer!
Mrs. Rodriguez
University School
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
July 28th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Thank you for your wonderful guidelines for your students. I am using them as a starting point for the guidelines for my own class.
September 11th, 2011 at 5:56 am
Mr Salsich,
What a great blog! I am a Year 3/4 teacher in the UK and am starting to blog with my new class. These guidelines are great and I’m going to show them to my pupils, so we can make some guidelines of our own.
Matthew Brown
Moorfield Primary School,
Newport, Shropshire, UK
August 13th, 2012 at 5:32 am
This is very practical and very helpful. I hope it is ok if I adapt them to use with my own class. Thanks
August 24th, 2012 at 11:21 pm
Hello Mr. Salsich,
I’m a sixth grade teacher in Washington State who is just getting started with blogging. I really like your blogging guidelines. They will certainly help while I try to write my own.
Have a great school year,
Mrs. Nelson
August 29th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Thanks for the guidelines! I hope to adapt them for my own fourth grade class. I’d love to learn more about the process and set up a “blog buddy class” for my own fourth graders in New York. Thanks!
November 11th, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Thank you for your insight and guidelines for blogging. I would like to blog with my second graders in California and need all the help I can find. Many thanks!