Blog Bling

I used youtube videos a lot in my media literacy unit where students advertised commercials. They really enjoyed the quick little snippets, so I would like to incorporate more throughout my other units as well. The video below I might use as an introduction to poetry in order to grab my male student's attention and get them interested in writing their own rap or poetry.

I looked at the different blogging and website options that were listed on the weebly website sent from the camp counselors. I am stuck between two. I really like Weebly as a way for me to communicate with parents as a website. I could upload instructional videos, embed my class calendar, and other really useful tools. I am wondering how time consuming that would be to update my site every day. Does anyone else do that?

I definitely like Edmodo to use with my students. I like the format and the easiness of it all. I also think it would be more exciting for students to use visually. There seem to be a lot of cool tools on there as well, and am I correct in saying that they would just need one account but they could access all of their classes? I LOVE that part of it!