Deciding which widgets to add to your blog sidebar is hard! There is just TOO much choice… So when Chrissy asked for advice on any “must-haves” widgets to include on her students new Room202’s class blog I thought this is an excellent opportunity for us to share ideas to help make the task of choosing…
Learning Together and The Interactive Whiteboards Challenge!
Do you use an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB)? Are you interested in exploring new ways of getting more out of using your IWB? Why not join the Interactive Whiteboard Challenge to collaborate with other educators to improve your IWB skills while participating in discussion about how they can best be used. (Photo used with permission from…
What’s A Pingback? And How To Write Links
Confused about what’s a pingback? It’s not surprising since the blogging term pingback often mystifies new bloggers. Thankfully Marie reminded me of how baffling blogging terminology is when she commented “I’ve noticed some comments are entered via ‘pingback’. Can you explain what this is and how to use it?”. What is a Pingback? A pingback…
Share Your Advice on Using Student Photos on Blogs
Pepper Dellinger asked a really good question “Is it safe to add pictures of students doing class activities to your blog?”. Since educators have differing views on the use of student images I thought it would be an excellent opportunity for us to discuss the issues while sharing tips and links to resources. So can…
Ensuring Readers Realise You Have Embedded A Poll In A Post!
Don’t you love RSS? I do except when an item I’ve embedded into a post is removed so people who read them in feed readers like Google Reader or Bloglines don’t realise it’s there! Definitely a problem if you are embedding an online poll in a post and you need readers to see it so…
Using Online Polls On Blogs
Do you use polls on your blog? I’ve never! And yet occasionally I’ll add my vote to an online poll but I’ve never taken the time to consider why bloggers use them on their blogs. Why Bloggers Use Polls Darren Rowse is an example of a blogger who regularly uses polls effectively on his blog,…
Interested In Joining A Student Blogging Competition?
Are you are student blogger wanting to connect with other student bloggers while improving your blogging skills? Or are you teacher looking for an opportunity to guide your students through the process of learning to blog? Miss Wyatt has set up a blogging competition, starting September 22, for school students of all ages which will…
Writing Blog Posts On Mobile Devices
I absolutely love being given challenges. So was totally pleased when Alice Mercer sent me a message in twitter asking how to write blog posts to her Edublogs blog using her mobile phone. Fortunately I had lots of ideas on “how to” but I hadn’t gotten around to testing them. Posterous.com My first thought was…
Can You Help Me Inspire Our Future Teachers?
I’ve been invited to work with second and third year students into their four year Bachelor of Education, Early Childhood and Primary degree. They are currently doing a unit called Using Computers in the Classroom where they will be investigating the use of technology such as blogs, Electronic Whiteboards, Google Document, Google Earth, iPods/MP3, Photo…
Uploading Photos From Digital Cameras Into Blog Posts
Taking your own photos to use as images in blog posts are an excellent idea. But uploading photos directly from your digital camera directly into your blog posts isn’t! The photo size our digital cameras produce are: Very large e.g. my 4.0 mega pixel digital camera photos are about 2272 x 1704 pixels and 700…
