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Embedding A Flickr SlideShow In Your Blog Sidebar

Have you speculated if it is possible to embed a Flickr Slideshow in a sidebar rather than in a post? Well Betsy asked because she wants to add one to her Merit School of Music blog.
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The size of most embed code can be adjusted by pasting it into a simple text editor like Notepad [...]

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Edublogs Themes That Allow Comments on Pages!

Which blog themes allow readers to write comments on pages is a common question asked in the Edublogs forum.
Problem is some themes allow comments on pages and others don’t.  To find the answer you need to try each theme, which is a lengthy process.  It took me hours to Separate the 100 Edublogs themes Into [...]

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Quick Start Tips For New Flickr Users: Part III

Quite a few readers have been asking why Flickr not Picasa or Photobucket.  With any luck this last post in our Flickr series will help explain as I demonstrate some of the creative ways Flickr can be used.
Creating Cool Stuff From Your Flickr Photos
One of the best aspects of Flickr is they allow outside (”third [...]

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Has Feedburner Burnt Out?

If you’ve logged into Feedburner recently you will see a notice asking you to move your account to Google. Ultimately you have no choice as they want all accounts transferred to Google by 28 February, 2009.
Unfortunately this has been an incredibly uncomfortable process for most users in the last week because the move has resulted [...]

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Why You Shouldn’t Write Your Posts Using Word

What do you see when you look at your blog posts?  The same font and formatting on every post?  Or are they looking real messy with a range of different fonts?
Most likely you weren’t warned of the dangers of copying and pasting text written in Word into blog post!  What happens is the text you [...]

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Looking For Global Projects For Your Students?

Looking for activities to do with your students?
Here’s a couple of projects that I’m watching that might interest you.  Meanwhile if you know of any other projects that would interest educators – please leave a comment to share so we can all check them out.
Connecting Student Bloggers
Last year Miss Wyatt coordinated an International student blogging [...]

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Quick Start Tips For New Flickr Users: Part II

Hopefully our Quick Start Tips For New Flickr Users: Part I post helped you set up and start using your Flickr account.  Now its time to learn how you can use Flickr as part of building your your personal learning network (PLN) in this second post of our Flickr series.
Connecting With Others
An important aspect of [...]

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Quick Start Tips For New Flickr Users: Part I

With time you realize taking your own photos to use in your blog posts is often easier, and more fun, than searching for and attributing creative commons images. And sharing these photos online with your friends, using photosharing websites like Flickr, is even more fun!
This post is part of a series to help people [...]

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