Bob on Blogs
- Keynote 2 Version annotated for Mac.
- PowerPoint Verson annotated for PC.
Sites We Referenced in the Presentation
- Jim Coe’s Homework Page is a basic blog where only the teacher contributes. This site serves as the nerve center for Jim’s class. He uses it to organize documents, websites, homework and classwork. It also provides an accountability tool for parents and keeps them informed of all class activities.
- Paula Roop’s Debate Blog a blog arranged so that the teacher leads discussion in the posts and students comment on the posts and share resources on special password protected pages.
- The Richard III Blog is another teacher led blog where the teacher posts in the voice of a character and students respond both to the post and one another in the comments.
- The Outsiders Vocabulary Blog is a student produced blog where the teacher provides the guidlines and the students produce the content. This is the blog where students could create posts–instead of simply commenting on posts.
- The Book Review Blog is a blog designed to allow community interaction. Students, parents and teachers can contribute audio content for inclusion.
Places You Can Get a WordPress Blog for Free
- EduBlogs.org hosts free blogs for educators.
- WordPress.com hosts free blogs for anyone.
Customize Your Blog
- WordPress Theme Viewer offers a huge number of different themes available for free download.
- The WordPress Plugin Database offers large numbers of free plugins to modify your blog
Tom and Jim’s WordPress Blog Tutorials
- Dashboard gives you an overview of the inside of a WordPress blog.
- Post teaches you how to create and publish a basic post.
- Page explains how permanent pages can be posted outside of the flow of posts.
- Comment shows you how to moderate comments submitted to your blog.
- Manage helps you keep you posts, pages, and comments in order.
- Links walks you through connecting weblinks to your blog.
- Looks reveals the secret to personalizing your blog.
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Excellent presentation at VSTE this morning! Do you mind if I include your site in the examples I use for my blogging workshops? The page for the one I did for this year’s conference is here: http://www.assortedstuff.com/stuff/?p=67.
However, after looking at your work, I really need to work on my graphic design!
Thanks,
Tim
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Tim,
Thanks a lot. Please use anything you’d like.
I was really happy with the presentation and I was amazed with the level of response that early in the morning. I know it’s not easy to make teachers laugh at 8:15 on day two of a conference so I was pretty nervous going in.
Tom
Tim,
We appreciate your feedback. The resource is yours to distribute, and please pass along any suggestions you have for improving it.
Jim
Your presentation at VSTE yesterday was fantastic! Your gave us helpful info in such a fun manner. You’ve encouraged me to address blogging with my division…again. Thanks for sharing your resources!
Julie
Hi
I am just experimenting with adding to your blog, as encouraged by your great presentation at VSTE. Came back with great ideas and hopefully someday, will implement them.
Thanks again for such an inspiring early morning.
chris
Julie and Chris,
Thank you for the kind words. You all were by far the best 8:15 AM crowd I could imagine!
Jim and I are working on a post focusing on addressing blogging in reluctant school districts. So that might help you out some Julie.
Hopefully, we’ll see you again before too long and please feel free to email us if you have any additional questions or to update us on how things are going.
Thanks again,
Tom
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