Blogging
In addition to the growing and popular social cyber communities such as myspace, facebook, xanga, friendster, bebo, and others, the following sites offer the ability to create a personal blog or journal. Many of these alternate blogging services are provided with little or no advertisements as part of personal spaces. Most offer a level of security settings that the user can control access and functionalty through.
As with all cyber community systems, users should read the terms of useage and take full advantage of custom settings and privacy settings to provide optimum protection from inappropriate behavor or access. Common sense and a watchful eye is a must.
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Free- BlogSafety.com forum, where parents, teens, educators, and experts discuss and learn about safe blogging and social networking. |
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Free Blog hosting.No Ad banners. Can be password protected. For high school, college age, groups |
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Free Blog hosting. currently no ad banners. Can be minimally proteteced For high school, college age, groups |
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MyChurch is the best way for a church to build an online community. |
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Free to approved schools and districts, no ads. Turns students into multimedia authors for a global community and allows peers to think and learn together with secure blogs, email, and workspaces. Ideal for elementary, middle, and high schools |
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Free Wiki hosting. No Ad banners. Great for collaborations and community networking. Take the tour to learn more. Can be password protected. Middle and High schoolers, college, special interest groups, businesses |