One thing I want to make I sure to do this year is take pictures of the awesome things my students do. In order to display pictures on the class blog, you have to upload them to the net. Here are some tools that will help:

host pictures: www.flickr.com

fit more pictures on the screen with a slideshow: http://www.slide.com/

another: http://www.slideroll.com/

another: http://www.vuvox.com/

create really cool slideshows with music:  i forget where it is …

 We definitely will be using Mcrosoft Story Telling.  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx 
It is free to download from Microsoft and is more than just a slideshow, it’s a different genre called digital story telling.
Instead of just writing a story, kids can use various digital tools to tell their story.
link to article about a classroom that uses it: http://globalteacher.org.au/2008/05/19/digital-story-telling-stories-create-a-storm-at-mt-waverley/