The main differences between Learnerblogs and Edublogs is the behind the scenes settings etc. The admin options for Learnerblogs is slightly more slimline and simpler, although having the same appearance. Edublogs does just offer a few extra settings eg “Privacy” and “Permalinks”, there is also a link to the Wikispace for Edublogs from the Dashboard.

The differences I would say are marginal and you would get an equally “able” blog from learnerblogs – there was a point when the actual suite of authoring tools was very different, but there is an equality there now.

Your thoughts on Skype are very apt as that is my #3 Conversation, look out for that soon – I would really like to take you up on the offer.

We left a comment on your new P3 Blog twice ….. but none have shown up on the blog? I’m also having trouble leaving comments on this blog at home and at school …. error messages appear saying that I must leave a name and email address – but comment box says I’m logged on already as p7teach. Anyway, I’ve logged into a computer at school using another password, so fingers crossed!

I really wanted to ask about your use of ‘Learner Blogs’. I’m hoping to train some P7 pupils to set up and run a general ‘School News Blog’. The templates for ‘edublogs’ and ‘learner blogs’ look the same. Are there advantages in using ‘Learner Blogs’ (will they find this easier to manage?).

Any advice appreciated!

I’ve also downloaded Skype at home and would love to try an experiment with your pupils and ours here at Carronshore…. need permission to download it at school, though. I’ll keep trying!