Get Kids Blogging at the Digital Family Summit
Attending the Digital Family Summit this coming weekend in Baltimore, Maryland? Our own Karen Arnold will lead a workshop to teach kids and their families how to get started blogging on WordPress.com. Karen, along with Velda Christensen, Alx Block, and Jennifer Dodd will be on hand to teach kids and their families how to set up their WordPress.com blogs. The workshop will break into smaller groups to help kids customize their sites. The WordPress.com workshop takes place on Saturday, October 12th from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Already registered and need some ideas on how to get started? What does your child/tween/teen love? Horses? Lego? Video Games? Books? Pets? Sports? Blogging about hobbies and interests is a great way to help kids learn more about what grabs their attention and meet other kids and families with the same interests. Kids also gain important digital literacy skills and learn how to be a good citizen of the internet.
Kids and families online
The Digital Family Summit helps kids, tweens, teens, and their families learn how to express themselves online and share, while helping them understand the importance of privacy and being safe in the digital world.
Register to attend now
If you haven’t already registered for the Digital Family Summit and Karen’s WordPress workshop, hurry! Space is limited to ensure all participants get the individual attention they need to be successful with their WordPress.com blog.
- October 10, 2013
- Better Blogging, Community, Events, WordPress.com
This sounds like such a great workshop. I remember journaling when I was growing up, its a great outlet – regardless of how old you are. Glad to see privacy being emphasized.
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Are you going to produce a webinar for kids, or post something online? My middle school students will be s starting blogs in two weeks, it would be great for them to see.
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Hi Douglas,
We don’t have plans to produce a webinar for kids at the moment — though that’s an awesome idea.
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That is awesome! I just set all my 6th grade students up a blog for our class. They have really been active and enjoy having their very own blog. I’m having a hard time keeping up with them! #digitalkids
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I’m thirteen and I LOVE blogging on WordPress. I think it is a great idea to get more kids involved!
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My 10 and 8 year old sons just started to blog. How I wish we could go to the summit!
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What a great idea. I think I’ll approach some of the teachers at my school and see if there’s an interest in teaching some of our children how to start a blog. Maybe I’ll make it a club.
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That sounds like a great idea. I wish i blogged when i was younger. I’m now encouraging my siblings to start blogging.
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That sounds like a great idea. I wish I blogged when I was younger. I’m now encouraging my siblings to start blogging.
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That’s really cool! I wish someone in our country would make a class like yours! Well, I am trying to make it happen any way 🙂
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That sounds cool! Gets the kids away from the video games for a minute. Nice!
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