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(This is a "Page")Blogging 101

Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! Maybe you’ve signed up for a blog and you’re wondering what to do next? We’re here to help. What Is A Blog? First, if you’re very new to blogging, you might want to check out this video that describes what exactly a blog is and how it works….

The State of Educational Blogging 2013

We’re often asked for detailed information on how educators are using blogs. The main reasons why we get these requests from educators are: They need information to convince school administrators to allow blogging. They are trying to work out the benefits of blogging and how blogs are used with students. They want to know more…

6 Tips for Attracting More Comments

We’re often asked “How do you get more people to read and respond to blog posts?” Good question!  We all gain more out of blogging when we comment. Comments motivate, provide feedback and advice, challenge our thoughts and views, make us reflect on what we’re learning. The challenge is how do we attract more comments? Below’s my…

Flattening Classroom Walls with Blogging and Global Collaboration

This is a guest post by educational bloggers, Linda Yollis (Los Angeles, USA) and Kathleen Morris (Geelong, Australia). The long-time blogging buddies met face to face for the first time before the ISTE 2012 conference in San Diego. They presented together on educational blogging and global collaboration. This post summarizes their presentation. Linda and Kathleen are both…

Essential Tips to Help Parents and Students Connect with your Class Website

Lately we’re getting more emails from parents and students asking us to help them find the class blog or explain how to do things like add comments. After spending the past few days trying to find my own son’s class website I’m really feeling their frustration.  You’ve more chance of finding a needle in a…