Twice each year, educator extraordinaire Sue Wyatt puts together an amazing 10 week global challenge for students of all ages and abilities. Most definitely the largest event of it’s kind, the Student Blogging Challenge has hundreds and hundreds of registered students and classes. The goal of the challenge is to improve students’ global awareness, blogging…
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We should talk – what are you doing to ensure student safety online?
It is one of the most important conversations we can have. When student privacy and safety is at stake, we all have an obligation to do our part. Keeping in mind that laws and policies vary depending on where you are and what age you work with, there are some common sense tips we should…
Edublogs Weekly Review: Attack of the web browsers and RockMelt wins!
It all started on a typical Monday morning when my web browser of choice, Chrome, just stopped working for me. A quick google search lead nowhere – only that others experienced similar problems over the past year, but no help or advice. I deleted, reinstalled, upgraded, downgraded, and nothing – Chrome was not happy. So…
Help us improve and win an iPad!
As you know, we’re pretty obsessed with making Edublogs better. And this is your chance to help with that, by telling us what you think about Edublogs and how you’d like us to improve for you in 2011. All you need to do is take this short survey (you can complete it in under 2…
Edublogs Weekly Review: iPads are changing the way we teach, learn, and get stuff done
If the twitter stream and blog posts over the past week or so are an accurate representation, it seems that iPads and other tablet devices have really started to solidify their roles in and out of the classroom. In fact, I should disclose, this post comes at the conclusion of my first week with an…
Edublogs News: Featured blogs and a hero’s interview
For the past few months, we have announced on facebook and twitter our featured blog-o-the-week each Thursday. We hope that others are able to gain ideas from these blogs while we are able to recognize teachers and students for all of their excellent work. This week, the featured blog is Heroes 2011 from Brebeuf Jesuit…
