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Join The Student Blogging Challenge Now – Starts Mid September!

It is now time to join in on the bi-annual student blogging challenge!
This challenge is all about having fun, improving blogging and reflective writing skills, and building readership and connections with a global audience.
Last year, the two challenges included thousands of students from over 15 countries around the world!
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A Glossary to DEMYSTIFY the jargon of the online world

Starting your journey into the online world can feel like a crazy place where the inhabitants speak a totally new language.
So here’s a glossary of commonly used terms we’ve created to help you!
Avatar
An avatar is a computer user’s online representation of themself or their alter ego.
Your avatar is an important part of your online identity.
It’s [...]

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What advice would you give for blogging with ESL/EFL students?

Can you help?
I’ve been asked for advice for blogging with ESL/EFL students.
I’m sure that ESL/EFL educators and their students will provide the best advice.  So I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Larry Ferlazzo’s Thoughts
And to get the conversation started Larry Ferlazzo (from Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day……For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL) has kindly shared [...]

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What you wanted to KNOW about blogging!

As promised here’s my follow up post on general blogging questions asked during Richard Byrne and my ISTE Unplugged blogging session and in comments on my What Do You Want to KNOW about Blogging? post.
The aim of the post is to help educators and students with their personal blogging.
For my responses to student [...]

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To hashtag or not to hashtag?

Can you over use hashtags on twitter?
Is obsessive hashtagging a problem?
And what advice would you give in terms of appropriate use of hashtags?
Why do I ask?
Because Marian Schembari left the following comment on my A Twitteraholic’s Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitter post:
“Certain tweeters need to cut it out with the obsessive [...]

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What Do You Want to KNOW about Blogging?

Can you help?
I’ve promised to follow up What You Wanted To KNOW About Student Blogging with a post that  focuses on responses to more general blogging questions.
The aim of the post will be to help educators and students with their personal blogging.
But first I really love to know what you really want to know about [...]

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A Twitteraholic’s Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitter

Conferences can make you feel really overwhelmed and alone — especially at a conference like ISTE amongst 13,000 ed tech professionals participants who attend each year.
But never for a twitterer.
For us Twitter users conferences are like walking into a big party where you know everyone and are meeting up with old friends.
So how do we [...]

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What You Wanted To KNOW About Student Blogging

Richard Byrne and I co-hosted an ISTE Unplugged session on blogging at ISTE 2010 in Denver.
Thanks to everyone who submitted their blogging questions and here’s my responses — for those who were unable to attend!
I’ve focused my responses to student blogging and will do a follow up post on the general blogging questions.
What sort of [...]

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

It’s that time of year again!
And I’m off to attend ISTE 2010 conference and network with people:
What does this mean?
I would love to catch up with anyone.  I’m always happy to chat and answer questions.
I’ll be in the following locations on these dates:

San Francisco from 12 – 16 June
New York from 16 – 25 June
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Missing emails! Have you checked your spam folder?

When did you last check your spam folder?
I’ve been getting numerous emails recently such as ‘why aren’t I receiving my comment notification emails’,  ‘I haven’t received the emails for my student’s login details’ and ‘why haven’t you responded to my email.’
Unfortunately, gmail users are being caught out by legitimate emails being sent to spam and [...]

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