Blogmeister is a blogging tool created specifically for the education market. The biggest difference between blogmeister and any other blogging tool is the ability for the teacher to review the student blog entries before the entries are published.
But blogging is also showing up in schools, where teachers have known for a long time that students develop better communication skills when they are authentically communicating. A number of educators are helping their students developing their writing skills by having them publish their work as blogs, and then invite comments from people in the outside.
There are many freely available tools that facilitate blogging, but none seem especially suited for the classroom. That is the reason for BlogMeister. This online blogging tool is explicitly designed with teachers and students in mind, where the teacher can evaluate, comment on, and finally publish students’ blog articles in a controlled environment.
I have long been an advocate on the use of blogs in education – especially in creative writing classes. For a teacher to be able to control what is then published to the outside world, as well as provide private comments and guidance, is the next step in an emerging and useful technology.
Blogmeister
An MSNBC article talks about Blogging for Business. They seem surprised at how effective a blog for business can be, and discuss several ways of using blogs. Blogs can be used by employees on an intranet, providing an avenue for employees in a corporation, especially a large corporation, to better get to know one another. Blogs can also be used to publicize a business, sort of like this one! I use this blog to inform you of the latest happenings in technical writing, editing, elearning … but in the process, I’m generating leads to my main site, I’m linking to other sites, and people are linking to this blog. With every hit and every link, my search engine score improves. The higher I am in a search engine, the more likely customers will click on me and eventually, hire Write Technology. (You knew there was a business benefit to this blog, right?)
The article also quotes from a Microsoft blog, without giving the blogger credit. Heather’s blog can be visited here, and is an excellent example of a corporate blog, by an employee specializing in recruiting marketing talent. Recruiting is a fantastic use of a blog for business purposes and Heather helps give Microsoft a “friendly face” with a sincere, down-to-earth delivery. In essence, her blog helps humanize Microsoft. In addition, she has a communication line into the tech community, giving her an advantage when searching for new “talent.”
Heather’s ‘Marketing at Microsoft’ blog
MSNBC/Reuters: Business and Blogging moving mainstream
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