WordPress

WordPress is one of the most popular and reliable blogging tools available. When used in conjunction with freely available plugins, WordPress blogs can be password protected, posts to the blog can be moderated via email and held for review, and blogs can be viewed in threaded or unthreaded format.
There are many other features as well. These educator-friendly features may not be readily available to subscribers to the many blog hosting services that offer WordPress blogs. Rather, a teacher or technologist may want full administrative control over the software, which will likely require a fresh installation of WordPress on a district or hosted server. Installation is generally very easy, particularly using Fantastico script management available through many web hosting companies, even those who charge only five to ten dollars per month for plenty of web space and services. Unlike much other blogging software, WordPress can be easily installed and managed with the blogging needs of teachers and students in mind. WordPress is free, stable, and prominent in the blogging industry, which makes it easy to find helpful suggestions and plugins. >As teachers and other educators delve more deeply into blogging, the ability to tweak specific tools to meet user needs becomes more important.Services such as ClassBlogMeister offer free blogging pre-configured for a typical teacher and class, but there are few alternatives along these lines.  Installing WordPress is another option.

Resource Requirements: internet access to visit the site and learn about WordPress.  To use WordPress, one would need web hosting that supports PHP scripting, either in-district or outsourced.  It’s possible to sign up for a free WordPress blog, but administrative flexibility is limited.  Many users may find that the need their own installation of WordPress.