The 2020 Student Blogging Challenge starts on March 15. If you wish to participate, it’s still not too late to join in.
What is the Student Blogging Challenge?
The Student Blogging Challenge encourages students around the world to create a blog and experience the benefits of publishing online including:
- developing digital writing skills
- becoming aware of the possibilities and responsibilities of digital citizenship
- writing for and developing an authentic audience
- making connections with others around the world.
The project was founded in 2008 by Sue Wyatt and has been held twice a year since then in March and October. Each Challenge runs for eight weeks. A different blogging task is to be completed each week. You can download a copy of the schedule and a checklist of tasks here.
Who can be involved?
The challenge is open to students from K–12 around the world. However, organisers suggest that it is most suited to students from 8–16 years. Students can join in as part of a class group or individually. Participation is free.
There are three ways to participate:
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Norah Colvin 
An excellent initiative! This can certainly benefit students. Writing and blogging is a great skill.
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It is a wonderful initiative, Jennie. I’m not sure about you, but I learnt as I went. It’s great that students receive this support.
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Yes!
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What a GREAT idea! In the U.S., kids are out of school now for 2-4 weeks because of the virus. This could be an excellent in-home project for them!
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Yes, Pamela, it would be. I hope many join in. It is fun.
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First time I’ve heard about this event. Wish I could encourage our 13-year-old great granddaughter to participate in an event like this. She has many things she could focus on!
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Perhaps she’d like to join up, Patricia. It is okay for students to join individually. Perhaps she’d like to blog, just like her grandmother. 🙂
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future bloggers of the world!
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Exactly! If only we’d had the opportunity. Trouble is, it didn’t exist ‘back then’ (for me, anyway). 😂😉
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for me either. I hope some of the students really get into it!
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They do. It’s wonderful.
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I’ve signed up to be a volunteer commentor this year. I’m excited to encourage student blogging!
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That’s wonderful, Jacqui. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. 🙂
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I wish I knew about this while I was still teaching, Norah. It seems like the ideal after school club activity.
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I agree, Pete. I wish I’d known about it ‘back then’.
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It’s a great way to teach students to blogging, Norah!
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It is, Miriam. And they have a lot to offer too. 🙂
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Exactly, Norah. 🙂
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