The Edublogger

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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Let’s be honest video’s are cool. Fun to create and enjoyable to watch. Unfortunately video sharing websites such as Google Video and YouTube are often blocked by schools which causes problems if you want to embed videos from these sites into blog posts.
The good news is you don’t have to upload your and/or […]

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Now that Edublogs have given us new freedom and allows us to embed javascript, iframes and object code directly into our blogs we have to realise that “Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences.”
Just because we can copy and paste pretty much most ‘embedding’ code we pick up around the […]

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It’s official! Edublogs has decided to allow javascript, iframes and object code.
So what does this mean? Besides the fact that I now have to make changes to several previous Edublogger posts, our life has just become considerably easier because we can just copy and paste pretty much most ‘embedding’ code we pick up […]

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Besides making it easier for readers to subscribe to your blog using RSS or email, using a Feedburner feed means you can analyse your subscribers e.g. number of subscribers, and which feed reader they use.
Trouble is unless you redirect all your blog feed to Feedburner you won’t get an accurate picture of the number of […]

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Our last post showed how to add a Voki speaking avatar to your blog sidebar using a Text box widget. Why? Because voki avatars are cool and lots of fun to create.
Adding a Voki to your blog sidebar gives a “human element” to the site — your readers can now hear your voice. […]

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Voki speaking avatars are cool and lots of fun to create; educators use them to add a human element to their sites or to engage students. But they can be a bit pesky to embed in a blog so this post will explain how to add a voki to your blog sidebar and the […]

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