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- Herausgeber: Packt Publishing
- Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
- Sprache: Englisch
Blogging is a way of publicly thinking and sharing. It allows us to connect with others, crystallize our thoughts, and get authentic feedback from others in education – parents, students, and educators from all over the world. This translates into becoming an effective practitioner. Edublogs allows you to build a platform where you can share your life and knowledge with others. Connect with other educators and support each other as you grow together.
Instant Edublogs will show you how to start a blog and improve it with powerful plugins. It then goes into detail about how to choose and customize engaging themes, write and manage posts, and even more. It will delve into the most advanced features that Edublogs offers and help you start blogging collectively with your students.
Instant Edublogs takes a systemic and step-by-step approach from the very beginning. It will show you how to start a blog, and choose a title and theme. It then moves onto the more advanced features, such as utilizing plugins for specialized functionality and growing readership through social media. This book also gives you tips and ideas on how to reach out to your students so that they can reap the benefits of community and public writing. Follow this book to become a pro at blogging with Edublogs.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013
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Instant Edublogs
Instant Edublogs
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First published: September 2013
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Credits
Author
Jason T. Bedell
Reviewer
Charlene V. Martoni
Acquisition Editor
Joanne Fitzpatrick
Commissioning Editor
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About the Author
Jason T. Bedell is currently working as a Technology Coordinator of a school. He has had the privilege of teaching students aged 4 to 18, and has been able to blog about the process for years. In addition, he is a web designer and programmer. He is constantly on the lookout for cutting edge technologies and tries to figure out how to use them to best serve his students.
He also runs JTB Consulting, a website and application development firm, which can be found at jasontbedell.com. In addition, he provides educational consulting and regularly speaks at schools and conferences.
I'd like to thank my wife for providing the time and support to complete this book.
About the Reviewer
Charlene V. Martoni is a journalist and educator based out of the Hudson Valley in New York. She attended the State University of New York at New Paltz and she graduated with a dual bachelor's degree in Adolescence Education (English) and Journalism. She also graduated with a minor in the Visual Arts. Martoni has written for various publications in New York State, including The Watershed Post, The Journal News, and The New Paltz Times. She aspires to pursue a Master's degree in the Library and Information Sciences and advance towards her New York State Professional Teacher certification. To view Martoni's EduBlog, visit MissMartoni.com. You can also view her journalism portfolio at CVMartoni.com. She encourages other educators and writers to contact her via Twitter (@CVMartoni) or e-mail (<[email protected]>).
I would like to thank my mentors from the State University of New York at New Paltz for their continuous support of my passion for journalism and education: Lisa Phillips, Adam Bosch, Howie Good, Jacqueline Denu, Lisa Barker, Julie Gorlewski, and Joe Dolan.
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Preface
There are a lot of platforms that can help you start a blog or share your thoughts online. However, few are designed with the specific needs of educators in mind.Edublogs.org is designed with many special features to help educators to be more effective and reflective practitioners. It is powerful enough for advanced users, yet simple enough that newcomers will be able to get started easily without becoming distracted from teaching. This book will help you get up to speed quickly, from creating a blog to customizing and growing an audience.
What this book covers
Introducing Edublogs.org (Must know) will describe how to get started with the Edublogs blogging platform.
Choosing a style (Must know) will demonstrate how to choose a theme for the blog.
Navigating your dashboard (Must know) will introduce the Edublogs dashboard and how to use it to manage a blog.
Finding your niche (Must know) will illustrate how to find one's place in the blogging community.
Committing to a writing schedule (Should know) will describe how to provide a steady and predictable stream of content to readers.
Managing content (Must know) provides details about managing different types of content.
Growing an audience organically (Should know) details strategies for investing in and growing your readership.
Extending your reach with social media (Should know) will show some methods for growing an audience using social media.
Using plugins for greater engagement (Become an expert) will detail some of the advanced plugins that can be utilized with Edublogs Pro accounts.
Blogging with students (Become an expert) will look at different scenarios for blogging with students and how to set those up with Edublogs.
Analyzing statistics (Become an expert) will show how to utilize statistics to serve one's readers better.
What you need for this book
This book requires a working Internet connection and a browser.
Who this book is for
This book is for educators who are looking to start blogging or write publicly online.
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