Blogging

=Blogging in Education=

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Adding Files:
You can add files to a post very easily. From Your Computer The following process describes uploading a document from your computer to your blog’s Media Library and inserting a download link into a post or page. > >
 * 1) Go to ** Posts -> Add New ** or ** Pages -> Add New **.
 * 2) Click on the ** Add Media **icon found in the ** Upload/Insert **icon group directly above your editor.
 * 1) Simply drag and drop your files into the box that appears, or click** Select Files ** to choose a file from your computer to upload.
 * 1) Click the ** Insert into Post **button.
 * 2) 
 * 3) [[image:http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/link_url_insert.jpg width="612" height="95"]]
 * 4) You should now have a working download link to the file in your new post or page.

=Deleting a Blog at Wordpress =

Before you delete a blog read this.

**Technology with Intent** Technology with Intent is written by Jac de Haan, an integration specialist, Google Certified Teacher, Microsoft Innovative Educator and member of the International Society for Technology in Education. It features both profiles of educators using technology in their teachings and the latest information about tech-related topics.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**Why We Love It**: The site offers a comprehensive look at technology in education -- from the people who are actually using it in classrooms.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #26437c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">**ScienceFix** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">This blog for middle-school science teachers features lesson ideas written by science teacher Darren Fix. The posts feature brief write-ups and videos of experiments.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**Why We Love It**: The video demonstrations of experiments are awesome and undoubtedly helpful for teachers trying to select engaging activities for their students.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #26437c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">**A Principal's Reflections** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Eric Sheninger, principal at New Milford High School in Bergen County, NJ, writes this blog. He firmly believes in “effective communication, listening, support, shared decision making, and the integration of technology.”

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**Why We Love It**: This is more than just a principal talking about what’s working in his school. Sheninger curates content from people passionate about education, sharing perspectives on everything from using Pinterest for educational means to how education reform is getting it wrong.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #26437c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">**This and That** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Jon Castelhano, director of technology for the Apache Junction Unified School District in Arizona, explores not just technology in education but also how leadership and change impact how and what kids learn.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**Why We Love It**: Touching on a number of key topics in today’s educational system, This and That’s comprehensive blog posts always include wrap-ups that really capture Castelhano’s message.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #26437c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">**The Principal of Change** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The Principal of Change addresses school improvement to better meet the needs of students. Author George Couros is Division Principal of Innovative Teaching and Learning with Parkland School Division in Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**Why We Love It**: Couros isn’t afraid to tell you exactly what he thinks on certain topics, giving refreshing perspectives on a number of interesting education-related issues. Also, his “You Should Read” offers links to some great reads around the Web.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #26437c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">**Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Professional Thoughts offers teacher-librarian Cathy Jo Nelson’s tips on ethical and engaging ways to integrate technology into teaching and school libraries.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**Why We Love It**: It’s no secret that we’re passionate about technology in schools, and we love how Nelson is so active in spreading the word, teaching students (and blog readers!) about effective integration and ethical use of technology.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #26437c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">**All4MyChild** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">All4MyChild writers Meghan Gallahan Graham, MS, CCC-SLP and Karen Samstad Head, MS, CCC-SLP share their expertise in speech and language pathology and occupational therapy. Jill Perry, MHA, MS, OTR/L contributes insightful posts about sensory processing.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**Why We Love It**: All4MyChild is a helpful resource that discusses strategies for aiding children with sensory processing challenges.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #26437c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">**The Jose Vilson** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Written by Jose Luis Vilson, a math teacher, coach, and data analyst for a New York City middle school, The Jose Vilson offers an intimate look at education in New York City, along with the realities of modern educating.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**Why We Love It**: Vilson’s posts are honest but fair. He looks at education from the inside and shares a unique and no-holds-barred view of what it’s really like.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #26437c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">**Globicate** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Globicate, by Arizona teacher Heidi Befort, focuses on teaching students to be global citizens with strong cultural awareness.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**Why We Love It**: Global citizenship is increasingly important for today’s students, and Befort does a great job of presenting resources and ideas.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #26437c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">**The Organized Classroom Blog** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The Organized Classroom Blog by Charity Preston is a teaching blog aimed mostly at primary-grade teachers. Charity shares ideas on effective teaching methods, keeping the classroom organized and engaging students.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**Why We Love It**: Charity’s methods are ingenious and really resonate with readers. Also, she shares so many awesome resources with her readers -- especially through easy-to-follow videos.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**15 More Blogs We Love**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">When making our list, we realized we couldn’t choose only 10 blogs. There are so many wonderful blogs out there written by teachers, administrators and other education-enthusiasts. So we decided to list 15 more that we love. These are our 11-25 favorites, in alphabetical order.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Addie Education Teacher Talk ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Bulldog Readers Blog ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Composition Classroom ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Conversations in Literacy ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Cooperative Learning 365 ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Corkboard Connections Blog ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** HoJo’s Teaching Adventures ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Irresistable Ideas For Play-Based Learning ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Kleinspiration ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Kreative in Kinder ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Mrs. Cassidy’s Classroom Blog ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Ms Mac’s Website ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Speech Room News ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** Sub Hub ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">** The Teaching Palette **

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**More Blogging and the Classroom Examples:**
<span style="color: #151515; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">[|**huffenglish.com**] <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">. Teaching 9th-12th graders, this educator knows a thing or two about teaching English, which she shares on this blog.

<span style="color: #151515; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">[|**Continuous Everywhere but Differentiable Nowhere**] <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">. A math teacher in Brooklyn, this blogger shares his experience here.

<span style="color: #151515; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">[|**I Want to Teach Forever**] <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">. Mr. D shares a ton of great resources to help teachers of any subject.

<span style="color: #a0a09d; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">[|**Social Studies and History Teacher’s Blog**] <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">. Take a look at all the awesome posters, videos, documents, and more that will enhance any high school history class.

<span style="color: #151515; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">[|**Computer Science Teacher**] <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">. Alfred Thompson teaches computer science at a K-12 school and blogs about technology in education here.

<span style="color: #151515; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">[|**The Fischbowl**] <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">. While currently working as the Director of Technology, this former math teacher covers technology in education with an emphasis on math.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif;">Little Voices, Little Scholars Mrs Jenny loves using technology to enhance elementary students' learning. She uses Web 2 tools to integrate classroom programmes.

<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: #006699; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none;">**Mrs. Cassidy’s Classroom Blog** <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Canadian **first-grade** teacher Kathy Cassidy invites readers into the classroom to interact with students and her dynamic lessons. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Besides sharing fun ideas like making fairy-tale characters out of clay, Cassidy lets us witness her students’ learning firsthand by posting lots of videos and photographs. And another bonus: We get to learn from Cassidy’s many guest speakers, too! <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“My favorite thing about blogging,” says Cassidy, “is that the students literally have a worldwide audience. They see themselves as writers because people can and do read and comment on their work.”


 * Bill Chamberlain of Noel **, Missouri has a blog for his **fifth grade class** which has grown into a global portal Here is a 20 minute video that illustrates collaboration between classrooms.

**More Blogging and Teacher Sharing**

**The Teaching Palette**

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Teachers Hillary Andrlik and Theresa McGee cover useful resources (like the best iPhone apps for art teachers), classroom-management techniques, and art-worthy news. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">With arts programs always under threat, it’s nice to feel like there’s an online home for people who value the importance of watercolor and oil paints. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Both McGee and Andrlik enjoy the opportunity to connect with teachers nationally and internationally. Says McGee, “Art education has a unique set of challenges, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">and blogging has created an online forum to share ideas.” Adds Andrlik, “Our readers often give us new insight on a topic or provide a fresh perspective based on their unique experience.”

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 14px;">Anne Mirtschin a teacher at <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Hawkesdale P12 College] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 14px;">, in country western Victoria, Australia is <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 12px;"> a secondary teacher in a small rural prep to year 12 school in Australia. She teaches Information Technology and Accounting and ispassionate about learning, immersing technology in the classroom, rural education and global education.Her blog is here.

<span style="border-collapse: separate; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;">**Images and Videos** <span style="border-collapse: separate; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"> <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;">**Flickr Tour**

Youtube Teachertube **Edutopia**: Using Online Video in the Classroom Meaningful Digital Video
 * Copyright Free Images** at Compfight a division of Flickr

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 * Removing Blogger Search Bar**

Make the blog safer for K-12 students by removing the bar at the top of your blog that says “Next Blog.” (You may wish to ask me for help with this.)
 * Sign in to your blog.
 * When you are in the “Dashboard”, click on “Design” then “ Edit Html.”
 * Where is says “ Edit the Template”, scroll down to “ body { “
 * Just above “body {“ paste or type the following just as written and spaced:

height: Opx visibility: hidden; display: none }
 * 1) navbar-iframe {

· Then scroll down to “Preview” and click it to determine if the bar is gone. · Using the Back Button in your browser go back to the HTML page and now click “ Clear Edits” if the bar is not gone or “Save Template” if the bar was removed.

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