It is almost too embarrassing to write about – but during a recent Edublogs Campus training session, a user asked for an explanation for what all of those icons do in the visual post editor. I admit, I hadn’t actually played with them all before, and had to do some quick learning for a couple…
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Updated! Better email subscription to keep your followers and parents informed!
Sending an automatic email to your blog’s visitors with each new post is a powerful way to reach them. And today, we are rolling out new and improved email subscription to help you grow and maintain your followers. All of this is live now for our Pro blogs on Edublogs.org and will soon be available…
Edublogs at ISTE 2011 – Free t-shirts, a meet-up, and more!
This is a quick shout out to all of our users and Edublogs friends that are attending the ISTE conference in Philadelphia next week… We’ll be there and would love to meet as many of you as possible! The Edublogs ISTE Meet-up on Sunday We managed to get a group reserved for a tour of Independence…
Edublogs Weekly Review: The power of twitter, #edchat, and student blogging
I’ll be the first to admit that several years ago when I heard about twitter I was more than skeptical. I would occasionally check it out and just not really get it. Today, while I don’t tweet as often as I’d like, I can’t imagine a day without checking the stream to see what my…
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: EdCamps and Teach Meets – A new kind of professional development
Over the past year, a grass roots movement in educator professional development has evolved into a widespread phenomenon. EdCamps, mostly in the US, and Teach Meets, mostly in the UK, are popping up all over as a new type of collaborative conference. In fact, they are often called an “unconference” as the attendees are the…
