The One Activity I Recommend for Every Teacher

The only technology-related activity that I recommend to every teacher is blogging. A blog can be used for a lot of things in your classroom...

How and Why You Might Want to Have Students Post to Blogger via Email

Many things about Blogger make it a popular choice for middle school and high school classroom blogs. It's easy to create a blog on Blo...

Show Your Students How Far Their Blogs Can Reach

Last week during a presentation that I gave about Google Apps I mentioned that the Goo.gl URL shortening tool will show you where in the wo...

Chart - A Comparison of Educational Blogging Platforms

I'm often asked for advice about picking the best blogging service for classroom use. Every school's and classroom's situation i...

How to Limit Access to Blogger, WordPress, Kidblog, and Edublogs Blog Posts

This post is a response to a question that I received on Twitter about restricting access to students' blog posts.  While I prefer to gu...

How to Embed Files from Box.com Into Blogger Posts

In a post in August I explained why I occasionally use Box instead of Google Drive or Scribd to host my large files. There are three reasons...

How to Apply Custom Sizes to Images in Blogger Posts

One of the questions that I often receive from new users of Blogger is, "how do I make my images fit in my blog post?" Blogger pro...

How to Enable or Disable Google+ Settings in Blogger

If you use Blogger and or your students use Blogger, you may have noticed that Blogger is now automatically posting to Google+ whenever you ...

A Short Guide to Creating and Sharing Google Calendars

Creating a public Google Calendar and embedding it into your classroom blog is a great way to keep your students and their parents informed ...

How to Add RSS Feeds and A Blog Roll to Your Blogger Blog

Earlier this week someone asked me how she could display all of her students' blogs on her classroom blog. The person who asked is using...

Updated 90 Page Guide to Using Blogger In School

Last week I updated my free guide to using Blogger in school to include directions for using the Blogger iPad app. This afternoon I updated...

Updated - 86 Page Guide to Using Blogger in School

Last week I published a free PDF, A Complete Guide to Using Blogger In School . Today, I added a new section to the end of it. The new secti...

A Tip About Drafting Posts Outside of Your Blog Post Editor

I create nearly all of my blog posts within the Blogger (for FreeTech4Teachers.com ) or WordPress (for iPadApps4School.com and Android4Scho...

A Complete Guide to Using Blogger In School - 81 Page Free PDF

Since 2006 I have used Blogger for many blogging projects including this blog and many classroom blogs. Over the years I've introduced m...

How to Embed a Google Calendar Into Your Blogger Blog

Earlier this week I suggested adding a Google Calendar to your classroom blog . After publishing that post I received a few questions about ...

Four Settings Every Blogger User Should Know

Blogger is a popular choice of blog platform for teachers because it is very easy to use. If you're using Blogger or thinking about usin...

A Short Guide to Mobile Blogging Apps for Students and Teachers

One of the blogging activities that I often suggest in my workshops is having students record and share on-the-spot observations during fie...

How to Create Your Own Search Engine

Yesterday, Google published a new visual explanation of how Google Search works . The Story of Search is part of the Inside Search website w...

How to Post to Blogger via Email

The impending closure of Posterous Spaces has me back to recommending Blogger for quickly creating group blogs. One of the aspects of Blogg...