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Authenticity vs. editing student work: a peaceful middle ground for your class blog

May 27th, 2009 · No Comments

This was an online event with Edublogs Live, that I forgot to preview here. I promise I will list future shows before they happen!
You’ve started your blog(s) with students, and they are writing, when is their work “ready” to publish and share with the world? If you haven’t thought about it yet, you should. Watch [...]

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Tags: blogging · discoverystreaming · podcasting · presentations

Student Blogging: avoiding the potholes on the way

April 7th, 2009 · No Comments

I will be conducting a session Student Blogging: avoiding potholes on the way in the Edublogs Elluminate room in a little under 24 hours. Since the day and time depend on your time zone, here are a few:
UTC: Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 01:00
US EDT: Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 21:00 or 9:00 p.m.
US PDT: [...]

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Tags: blogging · trainings

Preview Blogging in Elementary Presentation for CUE 2009

March 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments

This is a preview of my Blogging in Elementary Preso for CUE 2009on Thursday March 4, at 2 p.m. PDT

Audio will be available at Blog Talk Radio
7 Things You Should Know About Blogs
2 page handout on blogs
movingforward » home
A hub resource for sharing links and resources for various stakeholders about ed tech
oakridgeedtech » Start of [...]

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Tags: blogging · presentations

Share your opinion

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments

We covered a lot during this training, and Pat and I want you to know that we will continue to help you. You can leave a comment here, or send an email when you have further questions. I will list upcoming trainings in the sidebar to the left, so look there if you would like [...]

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Tags: blogging · trainings · web2.0

This is how to add an avatar or image

August 21st, 2008 · 10 Comments

Choose the first icon from Add Media on the top of the tool bar
Choose “Browser Uploader”
Browse for your file
Upload file
Choose an alignment and size
Click none on link
Click on Insert into page.
Add your text
Publish and Save!

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Tags: blogging · trainings · web2.0

Embedding PDF files in a post

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments

You can upload documents (like Word, Excel, and pdf files) to a blog post. Look at the top right of the edit post box for the “asterisk”:

Click on that button, then choose the “browser uploader” and locate your file, and upload it.
Here is a document for your admin to sign for a blog. It’s not [...]

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Tags: blogging · trainings · web2.0

So you want to get a YouTube video?

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

You find a great YouTube video, but how to show it in your classroom? YouTube is blocked in school computers. You can “pull down” a YouTube video with this handy online tool, Zamzar. Just get the url for the video on YouTube, then go to Zamzar and enter it in. It will ask what format [...]

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Tags: blogging · trainings · web2.0

Our Blogs

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Can be found here:

Blog URL
http://mauro90.edublogs.org
http://rosamarquez.edublogs.org
http://tarigreen.edublogs.org
http://hedofan.edublogs.org
http://carapiet.edublogs.org
http://mrbmoore46.edublogs.org
http://cmitchell22.edublogs.org
http://walkerbrw.edublogs.org
http://ramonahoward.edublogs.org
http://llwortman2.edublogs.org
http://dmafua.edublogs.org
http://mssakakihara5.edublogs.org
http://msllemay1.edublogs.org
http://oakridgefourthgrade.edublogs.org
http://oakridgefifthgrade.edublogs.org
http://oakridgesixthgrade.edublogs.org

RSS URL
http://mauro90.edublogs.org/feed/
http://rosamarquez.edublogs.org/feed/
http://tarigreen.edublogs.org/feed/
http://hedofan.edublogs.org/feed/
http://carapiet.edublogs.org/feed/
http://mrbmoore46.edublogs.org/feed/
http://cmitchell22.edublogs.org/feed/
http://walkerbrw.edublogs.org/feed/
http://ramonahoward.edublogs.org/feed/
http://llwortman2.edublogs.org/feed/
http://dmafua.edublogs.org/feed/
http://mssakakihara5.edublogs.org/feed
http://msllemay1.edublogs.org/feed/
http://oakridgefourthgrade.edublogs.org/feed/
http://oakridgefifthgrade.edublogs.org/feed/
http://oakridgesixthgrade.edublogs.org/feed/

Here is Pat’s site for the training: http://edutrain.edublogs.org/
Here is a manual in PDF format for Edublogs: http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/files/2008/05/edublogs_05-26a3wp.pdf
Here are some blogs that might be useful as you being to use edublogs in your blogs:
The Edublogger is a blog with tips and tricks for using Edublogs:
http://www.theedublogger.edublogs.org/
Moving Forward is a wiki [...]

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Tags: blogging · trainings · web2.0

Photos from Training

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
This was made on flickrslidr.com. You can create slideshows like this for subject matter students are researching, like this one I did for the Revolutionary War. You will get code to put on a blog post. Make sure you click on the HTML tab at the top of your blog post edit [...]

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Tags: blogging · trainings · web2.0

Reflecting on Day 1 of SCUSD Summer Institute

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Well, it looks many of you loved Flickr. For the person who found the DEN presentation too fast, I’m very sorry. I would love to meet with you and find out how I can help you, so feel free to sit on down with me sometime in the next two days.
Here are some further links, [...]

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Tags: blogging · trainings · web2.0