{"id":11413,"date":"2025-03-12T09:57:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theedublogger.edublogs.org\/?p=11413"},"modified":"2025-11-05T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:31:15","slug":"obtaining-permission-to-blog-with-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/obtaining-permission-to-blog-with-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Obtaining Permission To Blog With Students (With Example Forms And Guidelines)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, you\u2019ve decided to start blogging with your students\u2014congratulations! You\u2019re about to begin an exciting and rewarding learning journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before bringing blogging into your classroom, your first step should be securing permission from both your school and students’ families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting the necessary approval isn\u2019t just a legal requirement\u2014it also helps keep all stakeholders informed and supportive of this new endeavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re using the Edublogs platform, you can familiarize yourself with our Privacy Policy <\/a>and Terms of Service.<\/a> It can be a good idea to make sure your district\/school\/families are aware of these policies too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post goes through some general advice to help you navigate the process of obtaining permission to blog with your students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll go through three steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Consulting with your school leaders or principal<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Setting up your blogging guidelines<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Obtaining informed permission from parents or carers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Let’s begin…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Step One: Consult With Your School Leaders Or Principal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Edublogs’ users come from many different school districts and countries all around the world. Legal advice and requirements vary greatly. It’s important to consult your own individual legislation prior to publishing online. Your school principal or district administrators will be able to let you know if there are any specific requirements you need to keep in mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hopefully your school principal is already encouraging you and other staff to publish online. If not, it’s a good idea to seek permission and engage in a discussion about how you see blogging being used in your classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If your principal is unfamiliar with blogging and you want to discuss the potential advantages of a blogging program, you might want to jot down the key benefits of blogging that excite you the most. This post explains 18 benefits<\/a> and you can choose which ones you think apply to you and your students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Many educators want to start a blogging program to strengthen home-school partnerships, provide a motivating authentic audience for their students’ work, or cover digital citizenship in an ongoing and supported way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Our Complete Guide to Student Digital Portfolios<\/a> goes over more benefits for students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Summary<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    When consulting with your principal about your blogging program, you might like to discuss how you will use blogging to enchance your classroom program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here are three things to consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1)<\/strong> Will you have a class blog and\/or student blogs? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some educators like to start with a class blog before moving on to student blogs. This approach can allow you to develop blogging skills and confidence with your students, while maintaining control over what’s being published online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When you are ready to implement student blogs or portfolios, our Guide to Student Digital Portfolios<\/a> will definitely help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2)<\/strong> What will blogging replace or improve?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The richest advantages of blogging often emerge when blogging is neither an add-on nor a substitution for pen and paper work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    SAMR (substitution – augmentation – modification – redefinition\/reflection) is a popular model to base this reflection on, but there are other models as Michael Gorman has described.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3)<\/strong> What are the key purposes of your blogging program?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some of the most popular uses for classroom blogs include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n