Does Your Classroom Have an Online Hub?

Whenever I'm asked for a "first step" for teachers who want to start integrating web-based tools into their classrooms is to c...

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...

How to Make Posts Sticky in WordPress, Kidblog, and Edublogs

When you're using blogs in your classroom there may be some posts that you want to keep at the top of the page rather than letting them ...

Student Blogging Activities That Don't Rely On Text

When we think about blogging we often think about writing. But the great thing about blogging is that it doesn’t have to be limited to writt...

How to Set Yourself Up for Classroom Blogging Success

My friend Joe Cummings recently sent me a nice Facebook message thanking me for the suggestions about classroom blogging that I sent him las...

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...

40+ Examples of Classroom & School Blogs

Last Friday I set up a Google Form to collect examples of classroom and school blogs. This evening I put together a Google Slides presentati...

Collecting & Sharing Examples of Classroom Blogs

In just two days A Complete Guide to Using Blogger In School has been downloaded nearly 3600 times. In those two days I've had quite a ...

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 ...

A Few Widgets To Consider Adding To Your Classroom Blog

I've been fortunate to have been invited to lead quite a few blogging workshops over the last couple of years. In nearly all of those wo...

Best of 2013 So Far...Tips for Managing Academic Blogs

We're half-way through 2013. Like I've done in years past, this week I'll be featuring some of the best new tech tools of 2013 a...

Best of 2013 So Far...Four Good Ways to Use Media In Classroom Blogs

We're half-way through 2013. Like I've done in years past, this week I'll be featuring some of the best new tech tools of 2013 a...

Best of 2013 So Far...Picking The Best Platform For Your Classroom Blog

We're half-way through 2013. Like I've done in years past, this week I'll be featuring some of the best new tech tools of 2013 a...

Three Ways to Turn Your Blog Into a Book

The end of the school year is quickly approaching. If your students have been blogging all year one way to show them, their parents, and oth...

Some Seats Available In My New Course - Blogging for Teachers and School Leaders

Blogging for Teachers and School Leaders is a new webinar course that I'm offering. The first class meets tomorrow evening at 7pm EST. ...

Persistence- The Key to Successful Classroom Blogging

My mom and brothers in 1990 I've been fortunate to have been invited to speak about blogging at a number of schools and conferences. On...

200+ Novel Games for Your Classroom Website

In my previous post I mentioned that I once put some games in the sidebar of a blog classroom blog. I did that because I had a group of stud...

Picking the Best Platform for Your Classroom Blog

A couple of days ago I shared ideas for managing academic blogs . If you haven't started a blog yet, choosing the right blogging platfor...