Here’s My Top Five Mistakes Made By New Bloggers — What Are Yours?

Ever felt like you wished some one had told you about what mistakes NOT to make when blogging before you MADE the mistake? Well I know I have so here are my five top mistakes made by new bloggers: #1 Copying and pasting text written in Word into blog post When you copy and paste text from MS [...]

Is a picture always worth a thousand words?

What’s wrong with this picture? Spotted it yet? Yes, I know we’ve had similar conversations but some conversations NEED to be continuing for new educators starting their online journey. What are your thoughts on: Student photos and how much information is appropriate to use with photos? What else do educators need to consider when starting to blog with their students? If [...]

The Edublogger’s USA Adventure… to NECC and Beyond!

For those that aren’t aware I’m off on an USA adventure for 3 weeks, from June 21 to July 13, to attend NECC 2009 and network with people. What these means is: I would love to catch up with anyone attending NECC that wants to chat or ask questions You’ll find me at NECC unplugged Send me a tweet [...]

Using Scribe Posts on Class Blogs

Common question asked is “It’s easy to understand how English or social studies teachers use blogs with students. But how would you use blogs for maths, science, art ….?” Finding Blogging Ideas Checking the class blog list, categorized by year and subject area, is a good starting point. These two posts also help: Check Out These [...]

Want to blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch? Here’s How!

Looking for a blogging app for your iPod touch and iphone? Maybe not yet, but we’ve had quite a few people asking what to use. Sorry but WordPress for iPhone app doesn’t currently support Edublogs blogs but there are other blogging apps available. Thankfully Mr B. from Teach Me Tekkie blog saved research time by telling [...]