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 two excellent manuals for using Edublogs:
- Gail Desler’s (Blogwalker) Introductory Manual for Edublogs
- Janetta Garton’s (Fusion Finds) Blogging With Edublogs
Workshop Resources
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
An Introduction To Edublogs (4:50)
Writing Pages and Posts (11.49)
Picture Perfect Presentation (9:30)
The many uses of plugins (5.37)
More videos are being added all the time - make sure you check them out on here
Forum
Need an answer to a problem? Chances are it has already be answered in the Edublogs Forum.
