Communicating with Edublogs via Twitter
Last Friday, one of my grade 7 students came in during recess to work on his blog. He was shocked to find he had no posts. I knew he had had posts just a half hour earlier, so was surprised myself....
View ArticleTips for Writing Good Blog Posts
Students, it is time to think about how to improve your blog writing. Please read Kick Start Activity 2. Use attention grabbing titles Use short paragraphs Use Headings Remember to link Enhancing posts...
View ArticleDo You Want More Readers?
Students, you are writing and getting readers, but how do you increase the number of readers and bring visitors back on a regular basis to read your blog? Please read Get to Work! You’ll find that one...
View ArticleResearch: Cite Your Sources of Information
Read - Purdue OWL – In-Text Citations: the Basics With more and more scholarly work being posted on the Internet, you may have to cite research you have completed in virtual environments. While...
View ArticlePlagiarism
View Plagiarism on Common Craft When a citation is not needed Common sense and ethics should determine your need for documenting sources. You do not need to give sources for familiar proverbs,...
View ArticleAdding Images to Your Posts
All images must be creative commons license. Provide a link from the photo to the original website. When someone clicks on the image, it should go to the original source. This will be the citation for...
View ArticleNew Grade 7 Blogs
The ICS grade 7 students have created their new blogs for this year. The links to their blogs are in the list of blogs on the right side of this screen. This year’s grade 7 blogs have an * at …...
View ArticleCreate a New Blog Post
To create a new blog post, in your dashboard click on Add New under Posts. Enter a title. Remember to include capital letters since it is a title. Then enter the text for the first paragraph. When you...
View ArticleClustr Maps
ClustrMaps help to track the number of visitors to each blog and show the location of the visitors. To add a clustrmap to your student blog, visit the clustr maps website, enter the URL of your blog,...
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