Blogger is very easy to use. It has good options for rich text and its not hard to set up your page design. It easily keeps track of your posts and traffic. It is also nice that it is just part of your Google account and so it meshes with most other things you are already doing. You also have the option of making it completely private. As a teacher you would not to make your blog private.
Tumblr is like a mix of blogger, pinterest, and instagram. People use it in so many different ways that sometimes I feel like its just a lot of chaos. The ability to repost other peoples posts is nice, but sometimes that ends up taking over the blog and the actual personal posts get lost. I wouldn't recommend it for educational use due to the fact that you just never know what could pop on on a news feed. It isn't filtered like Blogger.
I have a few friends that use Facebook Notes as a blog platform. One of the best things about Notes is that its incorporated right into Facebook. These posts are separated from your regular status updates and so they are set apart as something a little different than just a basic blurb. You have the option to make these posts public or private. Because it is on Facebook you can't do anything really fancy with it.
I feel that Blogger is the best of these options for educational purposes. It's simple, safe. and has a lot of capabilities.
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