Category: Class Blog

Welcome to the eleventh and final step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The aim of this step is to guide you through the process of setting up your student blogs. You may already have student blogs or this might be something that’s not on your agenda currently. Whatever the case, it’s…Continue Reading Step 11: Set Up Student Blogs

Welcome to the tenth step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The aim of this step is to: Explain the value of connecting with other classes Demonstrate the types of projects educators use to develop global connections through blogging Why Connect With Other Classes? Connecting with other classes can have a huge impact on your…Continue Reading Step 10: Connect With Other Classes

Welcome to the ninth step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The aim of this step is to: Provide an overview of creating and using videos with students Help get you started using video or get more out of using videos Back to Top Why Educators Use Video Educators use videos for…Continue Reading Step 9: Creating and Using Video

Welcome to the eighth step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The aim of this step is to: Introduce you to online tools that you can embed into posts and pages. Learn how to embed content into posts and pages. We’ve embedded examples of each tool in this post to help you…Continue Reading Step 8: Embed Content in Posts

Welcome to the seventh step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The aim of this step is to: Discuss copyright, fair use, and using images on blogs. Introduce you to Creative Commons. Explain how to find and add Creative Commons images to posts. Define free and public domain images, and explain how…Continue Reading Step 7: Images, Copyright, And Creative Commons

Welcome to the sixth step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The aim of this step is to: Explain why it’s important to help parents and students connect with your class blog. Show common problems parents and students have locating class blogs. Suggest 21 ways you can help parents and students…Continue Reading Step 6: Help parents and students connect

Welcome to the fifth step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The aim of this step is to: Explain how widgets are used on class blogs. Introduce you to the commonly used class blog widgets. Show you how to change widgets and add widgets to your sidebar. Back to Top…Continue Reading Step 5: Adding Widgets

Welcome to the fourth step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The aim of this step is to: Explain how comments are used on class blogs. Provide tips for teaching students quality commenting skills. Back to Top Why Comments Are Important Kathleen Morris has shared some thoughts on why comments count in…Continue Reading Step 4: Teach Quality Commenting Skills

Welcome to the third step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The aim of this step is to: Help you understand how posts are used on class blogs. Provide tips on how to write effective posts. Teach you how to publish your first posts. Back to Top Introduction To Posts…Continue Reading Step 3: Write your first posts

Welcome to the second step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The tasks can be completed at your own pace and in any order! The aim of this step is to: Help you understand how pages are used on class blogs Set up an About page, Guidelines page, and Contact…Continue Reading Step 2: Set Up Pages