The purpose of this page is to provide a central location for information on the “basics of getting started blogging” with Edublogs.
Manuals
Make sure you check out these excellent manuals (all are PDFs) for using Edublogs:
- Gail Desler’s (Blogwalker blog) Introductory Manual for Edublogs
- Janetta Garton’s (Fusion Finds blog) Blogging With Edublogs
- John Larkin’s (Watershed blog) Edublogs workshop guide
- Maggie Verster’s Blogging Learning Pathways
Workshop Resources
- Check out extensive resources including “how to guides” and screencasts on using Edublogs created for the K12 Learning 2.0 23 Things program
- Check out these comprehensive links to excellent resources on blogging by Educators Integrating Technology Williard R2 School District (thanks to Janetta Garton from Fusion Finds)
Tips For Using Blogs With Students
- Kim Cofino’s post Students as Contributors on Edublogs: the Quick and Easy Way
- Al Upton’s post Class blogs - management, moderation and protection
- Al Upton’s post Class blogs - personalise your blog, a sequence of settings
Konrad Glogowski’s posts
- How To Grow A Blog
- Replacing Grades with Conversations
- Making Assessments Personally Relevant
- Towards Reflective BlogTalk
Parent Consent forms
- Al Upton’s permission and consent forms
- Clay Burell’s Blogging Parent Letter and Consent form
Reasons To Blog With Students
- Anne Mirtschin 20 Reasons why Students Should Blog
- Jo Mcleay’s Blogging With Students SlideShare
- Jenny Luca’s Blogs for classroom use
Blogs on Using Edublogs
- Mike Temple’s Edublogs Tutorials
- Alice Mercer’s How To Edublog v2
- Alice Mercer’s and Gail Desler’s Bringing educators to edublogs
Edublogs support videos
A 5 minute introduction to Edublogs
Writing Posts
Customizing your design
Configuring Settings
Playing with your plugins
Managing ‘Users’
Using the ‘Manage’ tab
More videos are being added all the time - make sure you check them out on here
Forum
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