Getting Started with Edublogs - A Teachers Guide

If you have been reading recent posts you will know that we have been looking for a suitable blogging platform so that classes can keep a blog that is moderated by teachers.

Although we liked blogger for its style and features we recognised that not all teachers have the technical know how to set up a blog on their own server. If you dont host your blog on your own server then blogger blogs link to other blogs on the network, some of those may contain material unsuitable for minors.

So we found Edublogs a much safer option. Edublogs however, proved rather tricky to get started with. I have created this tutorial to guide you through the set up process. Although it is a little tricky to get started, once the job is done you will have a brilliant and flourishing blog that provided a safe environment for teacher and students to interact.

Tutorial
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Video Tutorial - How to Get started with Edublogs
Video Tutorial - Getting Started with Edublogs

Some Fun things... You can make at the CLC

If you wondered where all the fun had gone from lessons? Here are a couple of things I made this week in my spare time. Part of the fun of learning is playing.

1. Photobooth slideshow.



This just shows some of the grotesque characters you can create in Photobooth. Not everyone is as ugly as me, but you can use these images to create slideshows or characters for your movies, comics and photostories.

8.01 mb Monster.mov

2. 3D tours

A couple of years ago we employed eyerevolution from London to come and create some 3d virtual tours for us. Now with the aid of some niftylittle tools such as "Pleinpot" and "Cubic Converter" we have joined the tours up, See our cut down version before the main one appears on the website.

7.38 mb connected.mov

If you are interested in using technology to raise attainment in your classroom, or even for a bit of fun, get in touch with us at either Longton or Haywood City Learning Centres.

Teaching blogging can be tough

Any teacher who trys to teach 20+ students how to register a blog, deserves a medal. Trying to find a blogging solution is proving difficult.

Thankfully the kids at LHS are brilliant at I.T and picked it up no problem!!!

Longton High City Learning Centre - Exciting Science Day

Here is the agenda for Todays Exciting Science Day.

Word
Stoke_CLCs_exciting_Science_day.doc

PDF
Stoke_CLCs_exciting_Science_day.pdf
You will need Adobe Acrobat to read this document.

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• You will be able to access all the images you need from the My documents folder.
• Log into your SGFL email. You will have received an invite to join the CLC blog. Accept it.
• You may have to sign up for a google account. If so follow the instructions.
• Once you have accepted the invitation you will be able to log on to the blog and create posts.