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Quick Tour Of The All New Edublogs Features!

Its here! Edublogs has been upgraded to the latest version of Wordpress. So lets check out whats under our new Edublogs dashboard and get a quick feel for the main changes!
New Dashboard and Menu Layout
Changes are aimed at making it a cleaner, faster and less cluttered dashboard and you will immediately notice the new light [...]

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Creating Online Quizzes and the MyStudiyo EduQuiz Contest!

Mmmm lets see! Be creative by creating one or more quizzes of educational value using MyStudiyo by 12am EST June 14, 2008 to be eligible to win an Asus eeePC or $50 Amazon voucher (read more about the competition here).
That doesn’t sound hard! And a cool way of creating free educational quizzes for your [...]

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Setting Up iGoogle For Your Personal Learning

Appreciating the value of using a personalized Start Page is a bit like explaining the power of RSS because you need to experience it first hand. So let me show you how to set up your own iGoogle page and how I use my personalized Start Page.
Importance of Personal Learning Networks (PLN)
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Embedding Jing Screencasts Into Blog Posts

Feeling frustrated because you want to embed Jing screencasts into your blog posts but can’t get them to work because they’re too BIG? Join the club we all feel the same way. But there is a work around for embedding Jing into your posts — let me show you how!
Skill level: Medium to [...]

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Are You Making Your Life Easier By Using A Personalized Start Page?

Are you making your life harder or easier? Do you have to visit multiple websites in the morning to catch up on important information or does opening up your browser bring it to you?
Let me show you, as part of our best of Web 2.0 series, how I and others use Personalized Start Pages to [...]

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Are Your Comment Settings Making It Harder For Readers To Comment?

Leaving a comment on a blog post should be simple process. Trouble is that’s often not the case!
As a blogger you need to make it really easy for your readers to leave comments. Unfortunately many bloggers don’t realise their blog’s settings hamper the commenting process. So let me share my comment pet [...]

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Why Does Technorati Still Mock Me?

Why me? I’ve been good (mostly). And yet Technorati doesn’t like me and has been mocking (driven me crazy) all weekend! Friends are meant to play nicely aren’t they?
Admittedly people might question why care if Technorati likes you. To be honest, I don’t, except:

There are bloggers who prefer to read posts by subscribing [...]

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How keep track of new comments on other bloggers’ posts

Frustrated because you like to know about new comments on other bloggers’ posts , especially if you’ve left a comment, but find it time consuming going back to the post to check for new comment?
Well you don’t need to return to where you wrote the comments because you can get them brought to you using [...]

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