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The Educator’s Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Ronnie Burt — 43 Comments ↓

Lately, we’ve been hearing more and more about digital copyrights and fair use in the news and online – particularly with the whole SOPA/PIPA uproar that recently swept the web. Also, we on the Edublogs support team have been getting more…

Tagged with: blogging guidelines, copyright, Creative Commons, embedding HTML, fair use, Flickr, guide
Posted in All About Using Images, Professional Learning, Working With Web 2.0 Tools

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

Spicing Up Your Posts: Part II Wallwisher

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Sue Waters — 21 Comments ↓

Many online tools provide embed code that you can use to embed them into other web sites. The good news is that Edublogs allows you to add almost any embed code into blog posts, pages and text widgets. This means…

Tagged with: embedding HTML, Wallwisher
Posted in Using Blogs With Students, Working With Web 2.0 Tools

Spicing Up Your Posts: Part I PhotoPeach

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Sue Waters — 9 Comments ↓

Adding your own digital media content to blog posts isn’t hard and it does spice up your posts — providing more variety for your readers! Let me show you how easy it is to create a PhotoPeach and add it…

Tagged with: embedding HTML, PhotoPeach, SlideShow
Posted in Tips For Better Blogging, Working With Web 2.0 Tools

50+ Ways To Create Digital Stories With Students

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Sue Waters — 12 Comments ↓

Creating stories using web tools is fun and engaging for student while also teaching them new skills. Best of all you can embed them in blog posts to grab readers; including something a bit different makes reading posts more interesting.…

Tagged with: digital story telling, embedding HTML, stories
Posted in Tips For Better Blogging, Working With Web 2.0 Tools