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Here’s My Top Five Mistakes Made By New Bloggers — What Are Yours?

Ever felt like you wished some one had told you about what mistakes NOT to make when blogging before you MADE the mistake?
Well I know I have so here are my five top mistakes made by new bloggers:
#1 Copying and pasting text written in Word into blog post
When you copy and paste text from MS [...]

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Is a picture always worth a thousand words?

What’s wrong with this picture?

Spotted it yet?
Yes, I know we’ve had similar conversations but some conversations NEED to be continuing for new educators starting their online journey.
What are your thoughts on:

Student photos and how much information is appropriate to use with photos?
What else do educators need to consider when starting to blog with their students?

If [...]

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The Edublogger’s USA Adventure… to NECC and Beyond!

For those that aren’t aware I’m off on an USA adventure for 3 weeks, from June 21 to July 13, to attend NECC 2009 and network with people.
What these means is:

I would love to catch up with anyone attending NECC that wants to chat or ask questions

You’ll find me at NECC unplugged
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Using Scribe Posts on Class Blogs

Common question asked is “It’s easy to understand how English or social studies teachers use blogs with students. But how would you use blogs for maths, science, art ….?”
Finding Blogging Ideas
Checking the class blog list, categorized by year and subject area, is a good starting point. These two posts also help:

Check Out These [...]

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Want to blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch? Here’s How!

Looking for a blogging app for your iPod touch and iphone? Maybe not yet, but we’ve had quite a few people asking what to use.
UPDATE (10 Aug):

Both BlogPress and WordPress for iPhone now work on Edublogs blogs
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Dealing with student blogs at the end of the school year!

Everyone thought “What becomes of students blogs?” was a good question but most struggled for answers! Instead let me help by sharing my thoughts.
We’re dealing with two main scenario:

Dealing with Discontinuing Student blogs
While these two scenario require different approach they both have to deal with student blogs that are no longer required (e.g. students [...]

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What Becomes of the Student Blogs?

The students are excited! So are their teachers. The school year is almost ended (for many) and holidays are approaching!
It’s time to get organized for those holidays. And if you’re like Jan Smith you may be pondering what to do with your students’ blogs.
Would love to hear your advice, tips and thoughts:

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