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DIY Decorating Your Blog for Any Holiday or Season

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Sue Waters — 13 Comments ↓

It’s that time of the year again when people get creative and start decorating their houses for the festive season. Everyone loves Christmas decorations, but did you know that you can get just as creative with decorating your blog? With…

Tagged with: Christmas, image header, theme, widgets
Posted in Setting Up & Using Widgets, Tips For Better Blogging, Using Blogs With Students, Working With Web 2.0 Tools

Using categories to organize multiple classes or subjects on your blog

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Sue Waters — 14 Comments ↓

The most common questions we’re asked are how to use one blog with multiple classes or subjects; or how do I send posts to multiple pages on my blog. The good news is it is really easy once you know…

Posted in Setting Up & Using Widgets, Tips For Better Blogging, Using Blogs With Students

A free widget to enhance collaboration and discussion right in your blog!

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Ronnie Burt — 3 Comments ↓

We recently came across CollaborizeClassroom and think that anyone with a blog will love what they offer! Like blogging, CollaborizeClassroom makes it easy to have discussions online. And best of all, there is a widget that lets you embed questions…

Tagged with: Best of Web 2.0, embedding HTML, widgets
Posted in Tips For Better Blogging, Using Blogs With Students, Working With Web 2.0 Tools

Adding the NEW twitter follow button and other twitter widgets to your blog

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Ronnie Burt — 3 Comments ↓

Just yesterday Twitter launched a new “Follow” button that will make life easier for all of us twitteraholics. Before now, you had to put a link to your twitter page and then potential fellow tweeters had to click “follow” there.…

Tagged with: twitter, twitter widget
Posted in Growing Blog Readership, Setting Up & Using Widgets, Tips For Better Blogging, Working With Web 2.0 Tools

Writing Better Blog Posts: What You NEED to Know

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Sue Waters — 26 Comments ↓

Writing good blog posts are more than just the words. You might post great information but…. – if it doesn’t grab attention – if it’s hard to read ….it might never be read! So here’s 10 tips to help…

Tagged with: better posts, heading styles, hyeprlink, RSS
Posted in Tips For Better Blogging