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I am enjoying using my blog as a tool to seek information from other teachers and as an outlet for my own writing. I am still planning a blog for my classroom. Right now, the direction for my blog is unclear. I would like the students to showcase their personal narratives but, as of yet, have not resolved the issue of safety. Personal narratives are fraught with safety issues as students tend to use real names. We may have to edit names out of their stories. I prefer the thought of putting their stories into blogs in the form of a final draft over using a wiki. In a wiki, student work can be edited by anyone, which could ultimately change the voice. That is not desirable. In a blog, any feedback received by the students would be in the form of comments. This would allow students to make a revising decision rather than having it done for them. Knowing that their personal narrative will be available for the world to see will cause students to raise their expectations for themselves and strive for a better final product. Any suggestions out there? My grade level is junior high and my subject is Basic Writing. My students need to be publishing to a wider community and blogs could become an avenue for publishing.