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Entries Tagged as 'Cool Web 2.0 & Desktop Tools'

Why Does Technorati Still Mock Me?

May 4th, 2008 · 23 Comments

Why me? I’ve been good (mostly). And yet Technorati doesn’t like me and has been mocking (driven me crazy) all weekend! Friends are meant to play nicely aren’t they?
Admittedly people might question why care if Technorati likes you. To be honest, I don’t, except:

There are bloggers who prefer to read posts by subscribing […]

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Tags: Blogging How To · Blogging Tips · Cool Web 2.0 & Desktop Tools

Blogging Tools To Help You Blog

April 24th, 2008 · 15 Comments

This best of Web 2.0 series evolved from demonstrating the value and benefits of using twitter for your personal learning. So far we talked about Are You Getting The Most Out Of Your Web Browser? and Getting More Out Of Blogging And Edublogs.So it must be time to talk about blogging tools my twitter […]

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Tags: Blogging How To · Blogging Students · Blogging Tips · Cool Web 2.0 & Desktop Tools

Help! Missing Flash and Embed Media Buttons

April 24th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Some of you have realised today that your Embed Flash swf Button and Media button in your Write Post Visual Editor are missing from your Edublogs dashboard.
Worse still you’re wondering what’s happen and how will you embed flash files and videos.
Why The Flash and Embed Media Button Are Missing
Since we can now directly […]

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Tags: Blogging How To · Blogging Tips · Cool Web 2.0 & Desktop Tools · Edublogs News

Getting More Out Of Blogging And Edublogs

April 13th, 2008 · 7 Comments

It was great to see that Edublogs featured highly in “best 3 Web 2.0 tools”, as recommended by my Twitter network and our readers. Graham Wegner, John Larkin, Larry Ferlazzo, Rafa Ribas and NZ Chrissy all selected their blogging platform in their top 3; which is Edublogs for four of them.
Larry explained Edublogs is […]

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Are You Getting The Most Out Of Your Web Browser?

April 10th, 2008 · 7 Comments

As part of my ongoing series on Best Web 2.0 tools, so far I’ve covered Google Tools and How to use Your Twitter Network For Help & Providing Recommendations. Web browser featured highly in my Twitter network and readers “best 3 Web 2.0 tools” so let’s talk about web browsers.
Web Browsers
Your web browser, originally […]

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Using Your Twitter Network For Help & Providing Their Recommendations

April 5th, 2008 · 15 Comments

So how can you feel the true potential and benefit of using twitter? And how can you fully realize it’s impact on your personal learning?
As Frank commented “the secret is to create a sizable enough network for twitter to make sense or to “get” it”. Unfortunately most new users don’t have the sizable […]

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Are You Twittering? Here’s How I Use Twitter

April 2nd, 2008 · 27 Comments

Do you use Twitter? Perhaps you’ve not heard of it or tried but didn’t get it? Let’s be honest, watching from the outside, Twitter like the the dumbest thing you’ve heard of “Why would anyone want to tell others what they are doing in 140 characters.”
And yet to dismiss Twitter is a mistake because it’s […]

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How I Use RSS To Make My Life Easier

March 29th, 2008 · 21 Comments

So I’ve tried my best to explain what is RSS and why it’s important to learn how to use. And as I said I find it hard to explain probably because the power of RSS is really something you need to experience first hand.
I’m really into RSS — a RSS power user may be […]

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Are You Making Your Life Easier By Using RSS?

March 28th, 2008 · 14 Comments

There’s the easy way or the hard way. RSS makes your life easy but for people new to RSS it’s easy to overlook it’s importance. And educating, those new to the concept of RSS, how to use it effectively should be a priority.
What is RSS
Spend any time on the Internet, and you […]

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Embedding Videos From Video Sharing Web Sites

March 27th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Our last post showed how to upload videos directly into your blog plus linked to tutorials on creating your own videos.
I love teaching people how to create digital stories and videos because it’s a skill that most learners, regardless of age, enjoy learning, experimenting with and are more likely to spend time perfecting their skills […]

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Tags: Blogging How To · Cool Web 2.0 & Desktop Tools