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Befunky, Photopeach, and Sketchfu – it’s what students want to do!

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Sue Waters — 17 Comments ↓

What are fun (and educational!) activities to do with students that they can also embed into blogs and other websites like wikis? Who better to tell us then the students themselves! So here is a list of tools compiled from…

Tagged with: Befunky, PhotoPeach, PollDaddy, Sketchfu, Storybird, voki, Wall Wisher
Posted in Using Blogs With Students, Working With Web 2.0 Tools

Top widgets for the sidebar of your class or student blog

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Ronnie Burt — 20 Comments ↓

Note: This post is cross-posted from the Edublogs News blog. If you like what you read, please consider subscribing here. Did you know that the fastest and easiest way to add new features to your blog is by embedding widgets…

Tagged with: text widget, voki, widgets
Posted in Setting Up & Using Widgets, Tips For Better Blogging

Embedding Flash Into Posts

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Sue Waters — 9 Comments ↓

UPDATE: Embed Flash swf button and Embed media button don’t exist since Edublogs has been upgraded to the latest version of WordPress. You need to use the HTML tab for embedding videos and Flash Objects. Now that Edublogs have given…

Tagged with: dvolver, flash, voicethreads, voki
Posted in Tips For Better Blogging, Working With Web 2.0 Tools

Adding A Voki Speaking Avatar To A Post or Page of Your Blog

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Sue Waters — 43 Comments ↓

Voki add a “human element” to your blog — readers can now hear your voice. There are two ways a Voki can be added blogs: Using a text widget in your blog sidebar – when you always want the Voki…

Tagged with: voki
Posted in Tips For Better Blogging, Using Blogs With Students, Working With Web 2.0 Tools

Adding A Voki Speaking Avatar To Your Blog Sidebar

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Sue Waters — 73 Comments ↓

Voki speaking avatars are cool and lots of fun to create. They’re used to add a human element to their blogs or engage students. But they can be a bit pesky to embed in a blog so this post explains…

Tagged with: text widget, voki, widgets
Posted in Setting Up & Using Widgets, Tips For Better Blogging, Using Blogs With Students, Working With Web 2.0 Tools