This is an ongoing draft about students who do inspiring things. Eventually, I hope to use these examples to inspire students in my own class. We’ll keep you posted as our research unfolds. Dalton Sherman, fifth grader in Dallas ISD Keynote speaker at the Dallas ISD addressing 20,000 district personnel at the start of the […]
Edublogs that catch my eye
Travel across the blogosphere and you inevitably come across your fair share of blogs. Here are a few that caught our eye: High School Teacher Blogs Transitioning to Web 2.0 Elementary Blogs Mrs Cassidy’s Classroom Blog Mrs C’s grade 5/6 Teacher Blogs Teachers At Risk Kim Caise: Kim’s Ventures in Educational Technology
Domain Names: Things Teachers Need To Know Before They Buy a Domain Name for their Classroom Blog or School Website
There are lots of good trusted companies that will register domain names for you. They range in price from a few dollars to fifty dollars per year. But, be careful. Often times, the refund policy on a domain name ranges from no refund to a few days. Different companies have different special offers, but always […]
WordPress Roles and Capabilities: How to get Students and Teachers to Put Content on Your School or Class Website
We use WordPress as the engine behind our school website and classroom blogs. It’s great because you can log in to the class website online and use the web interface to add contest to your website. But WordPress also allows you to set up various levels of access to your site by changing the user […]
Why we chose Bluehost to run our Classroom Blogs
UPDATE (Dec 2009): Why we’re thinking of leaving Bluehost. Paying for a web host to run your own self-hosted WordPress blog is not for everybody. In fact, it’s for very few teachers out there. If you’re new to blogging, start out with a free WordPress blog, either at WordPress.com or Edublogs.org. Try it out, create […]