The Written Word
The Cayoosh Kidz website uses new media as its vehicle, but its core is the written word. Students constantly write scripts, news reports, emails, radio plays, blogs, etc. The awareness of a real audience to share their stories with can unlock the creative process, especially when the audience will be in the hundreds, if not thousands.
Blogging
Blogging is easy and you have creative control over the site. Set up an account with Blogger, WordPress, or Flickr (depending on what combination of content you want) and you can share student work in minutes. The process is no more challenging than setting up an email account.
Blogging, Vlogging and Glogging (not flu symptoms)
What is the difference between Vlogging, Blogging and Glogging? Well increasingly very little as the four different media forms (text, images, audio, and video) are merged together on the internet. With a blog host such as Blogger https://www.blogger.com you can write a story, record sound, attach a video, and link images from your Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/grade5/ account. Conversely you can accomplish much the same result by starting with Flickr and linking out from it.
My best advice about blogging is to try it. And if your first blog doesn’t work out your second one will be better. Our class blog may give you some ideas about what you might like to do.