Here is a Film on blogging; and the school featured West Blatchington Primary is actually local to me in Hove/Brighton. Very general introducation for unbelievers. The bottom line is Yes, Of course it improves Literacy.
Note the security measures: No one puts their surname on site and there are no comments from outside school. They are working on getting moderated comments. Obviously not using WordPress.
I am trying to find out about blogging technology for schools. In addition to normal blog functionality I would specify the ability for a teacher and other students the ability to rate a blog posting (and a comment). The teacher can then get children to mark their own work.
Moodle has this sort of functionality in some modules but I’m not sure about the blogs section. WordPress might be a better bet (although I could never get the Multiuser version working. Why don’t they integrate WordPress into Moodle – they are both Open Source.
Update/Errata:
I got the name of the school wrong West Blatchington Primary (not Basington)
