The New P2 Theme: The Ultimate in Collaboration

Many of the new themes now available to Pro and Campus users have unique features that we think you will be excited about. P2, the theme, is no exception!

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Designed for discussion and collaboration, P2 combines the instant update ability of Facebook walls, the quick posting nature of Twitter, and the tagging and post features of blogs.

It is something that is best experienced to understand, and we encourage you to visit our P2 Theme Playground to get a first hand look.

Don’t just look – PLAY!

If you are signed in to Edublogs, you can reply to posts or start a new thread.  We would love to use the Playground to share ideas of how this theme might best be used in classrooms and schools.  Don’t be shy!

A favorite feature is the instantaneous and real-time updates of comments on the blog.  Users can be logged in from anywhere and communicate exactly as if they were in a chat room.

A few ideas of how this theme could be used with students:

  • Group projects – P2 is a great way for groups to discuss projects and share ideas – you could use it to help manage communication on a group project and review it yourself any time you’d like.
  • Idea board – Your school could use P2 as an ‘ideas board’ that teachers, students, and even parents could simply add to and then discuss.
  • Note taking – During class, you could easily add notes or links to P2 that students could then access, and even add to, after class.

Not only is P2 tailored for collaboration, but you are able to customize the background color and image in just about any color imaginable.

If you are looking to enhance class discussions, manage a private collaboration blog, or completely replace message forums, you should consider checking this powerful and cool looking theme out.

And don’t forget as a Pro user you can simply upgrade up to 50 student (or other) blogs!

Once upgraded, student blogs will have:

Features on upgraded student blogs

Upgrading is as simple as 1, 2, 3:

How to upgrade a student blog

“Like” us on Facebook and win!

While we have more than 5,000 followers on Twitter, we really haven’t wandered into the pages of Facebook before – that is until now!

Our new Facebook page is an excellent way to keep up with the latest news and educational uses of Edublogs.

We are keeping track of all new “likes” between now and Tuesday the 1st of June, and will be giving away five free Pro accounts to five of our new fans!  You can extend an existing Pro account for an additional 12 months or get a brand new one.

Just click the “like” button below or visit our page at facebook.com/edublogs.

Tip: Make Use of Enhanced Threaded Comments

As part of the extensive theme updates we recently launched, every single theme can now take advantage of threaded comments.

Here is an example of what threaded comments are and what you can do with them:

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Complete the following steps to activate threaded comments on your blog:

1. Disable the threaded comments plugin if you currently have it activated.

2.  Go to Settings > Discussion.

Settings > Discussion

3.  Select Enable threaded (nested) comments.

Enabling threaded comments

4.  Scroll to bottom of page and click Save Changes.

To see an excellent example of using threaded comments in a class setting, check out this post on a seventh grade English class blog.  There is some exciting learning going on there!

What new features would YOU like to see?

As of today, we have over a dozen excellent and popular plugins available to Pro and Campus blogs!

After listening to feedback from recent user surveys, and in line with our commitment to providing the most useful and powerful educational blogging experience in the world, we are working on adding even more plugins in the near future.

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A few possibilities on the horizon include improved podcasting, the ability to accept PayPal payments and donations, Facebook integration, and calendar management.

We would love to hear what you have to say about all of this!  Do you think you would use any of these plugins?

More importantly, do you have any specific requests for us to look into?

We would love to hear your comments below!

Mobile Apps – Edublogs are on the go!

Have you been looking for a way to manage and update your blog when you are away from your computer?

We’ve compiled this list of FREE mobile apps that are compatible with all Edublogs Pro and Campus accounts.

In addition, any Pro user can add mobile blogging capabilities on up to 50 student blogs by following these directions.  Don’t forget that this also removes ads and provides access to all premium themes for these blogs too!

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iPhone – iTouch – iPad – Learn moreDownload

BlackBerry – Learn moreDownload

Android – Learn moreDownload

Nokia – Learn moreDownload

These apps allow you to create posts, read and approve comments, and upload photos right from your phone.  Imagine being able to take a picture with your phone of students’ work and immediately being able to upload it to your blog to share or facilitate class discussion.  How cool is that!?

Feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions or nifty ideas to share on how mobile edublogging can be used!

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