Many educators choose to use blogger software service that networks them with other link minded educators. Many teachers choose educational blogging technology that allows them to link their blogs with other blogs using collaborative tools or features.

The choice of the blogging platform is very important as it is harder to migrate from one platform to another. In other words, choose your blog provider carefully.

A best practice principle of choosing software which links and connects learners with educators is a very important part of a successfull educational blog.

Information that is shared or networked amongst the community of learners is an obvious advantage.

A teachers or educators blog may contain;

• class notes / teaching guides
• links to resources and other static content
• research links and popular tags
• images combined with notes
• media content which is made available for download
• journal notes in date-time order
• other teacher blog entries which are attributed to the original author/s
• excerpts, quotes and titles derived from other sources.