The last weekend of November is here which can only mean that the holiday season has officially arrived! At Edublogs, we love this time of year, and here is our top 10 list as to why: The hardworking educators and students that use Edublogs get some well deserved time off from school Great widgets from…
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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…
Edublogs Weekly Review: Taking blogging to infinity and beyond
This week we came across Mrs. T’s Fantastic Fifth Grade Bobcats class blog and this fun video post of a recent field trip to NASA. In fact, we liked the blog so much that it is our blog of the week! In addition, it really got us thinking about how blogging can be used to…
Edublogs Live Events In November
It’s hard to believe that November is already here and before long we will be in the middle of the holiday season! And this November, we wanted to let you know about several live events and webinars we have planned. These real-time events are delivered using Elluminate, complete with audio, chat and desktop sharing – and…
Edublogs Weekly Review: Top 5 sites to find images for student use
This week, Kathleen McGeady wrote an excellent post on student blogging and internet images. Her experience with grade 2 students and teaching appropriate copyright use is truly inspirational. This one sentence is an excellent reminder to educators and students about the importance of using images from sources that approve the use. Many students’ first instinct…
Edublogs Weekly Review: Student-centered learning and collaboration using technology
One of the most powerful and revolutionary aspects of many technologies being used in classrooms today revolve around the fact that they facilitate student-centered learning and collaboration. Perhaps summarized best in this week’s post from the Education Vision Leadership blog, the move to student initiated learning, while natural, is not an easy progression. Traditional methodologies, school systems,…
