It’s summer time, so we’re taking the opportunity to do some house cleaning on our blog about classroom technology. Getting rid of things that didn’t work, moving things around, and generally trying to spruce things up around the digital property. It was embarassing to discover that our teacher blog was so slow that Yslow gave […]
WordPress MU and pSek Technical Support
We just signed up with a $10 per month business plan with pSek to host our WordPress MU sites and so far, we’ve been impressed with their technical support. Over the past two weeks, we’ve placed a few support tickets to help us get our WordPress site up and running. (We set the priorities in […]
Classroom Blogs, Bluehost CPU Throttling and pSek Webhosting
Update: We’re no longer with pSek. We did set up a multi-user version of WordPress for our class blogs on pSek, but in the end, we found we needed more than shared hosting. Right now, we use BlueHost (shared hosting) for this classroom technology blog, but we use VPS.net (virtual private servers) for most of […]
Why we’re thinking about leaving Bluehost and finding a new home for our Classroom Blogs
We run several classroom blogs and professional sites, including this blog on using educational technology in the classroom. Mostly we use WordPress, but lately we’ve been experimenting with bulleting boards (phpBB) for our online literature circles. You can only go so far with free accounts, whether they’re with Blogger, WordPress.com, Edublogs, or Wikispaces. Eventually, you […]
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 […]