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Willard Tiger Blog

Janetta Garton — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:01:21 +0000

Some of our teachers prefer a more basic blog to use to communicate with parents and students. They don’t need all the bells and whistles of Edublogs. I’m recommending that these teachers use our Tiger Blog tool available through our web-based Tiger Mail. This software is hosted locally on one of our servers. You will find it to be very dependable, fast, and easy to use. If you can send an email, you can do this.

Here are a few example blogs published by Willard Teachers:

I have published a short Tiger Blog handout and set of screencasts. To view a screencast click the title below:

If you need further assistance with using the Tiger Blogging tool, please let me know.

Image Credit: Britain Going Blog Crazy by Annie Mole

Discovery Education Streaming

Janetta Garton — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:25:06 +0000

All the Willard R-II attendance centers are subscribing to Discovery Education Streaming this year, aka United Streaming. This is a powerful resource with an extensive collection of videos, lesson plans, worksheets, speeches, songs, images, quizzes, etc. for all grade levels. Yes, you can access this tool from home.

ACCOUNTS

If you set up an account previously, it has been reinstated with the same username and password.

If you have forgotten your username and/or password:

Navigate to Discovery Education Streaming.

In the Log in box on the right, click the link for Forgot your username or password?

You can then request your username and/or password.

If you have not ever set up an account:

Navigate to Discovery Education Streaming.
In the New Users box on the right enter the appropriate passcode. Contact Janetta Garton for the passcode for your building.
Click the blue Go button and proceed to set up your account using your school email address.

WORKSHOPS

Tuesday, September 2nd: 4-5:00 or
Wednesday, September 3rd: 3-4:00
Register online

TUTORIALS

Fusion: Discovery Education Streaming workshop webpage
Handout on how to use Discovery Education Streaming
Set of screencast tutorials demonstrating the contents of the handout
Free, online professional development course you can complete to earn Salary Advancement hours

Image Credit: Kake Pugh

Edublogs Extreme Makeover

Janetta Garton — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:35:08 +0000

At the end of May, Edublogs 3.0 was rolled out with a new dashboard and several upgrades. You can now customize your dashboard’s colors and select its widgets. The menus have changed, with easy access to all your blogs provided across the top of your dashboard. The visual editor has a new look, including a “kitchen sink” button. The uploading process is improved and the ability to embed code in a post simplified. A new feature allows you to easily create student blogs and accounts. I appreciate the new option to convert any categories to tags. The sidebar widget management has also improved.

I’ve published a new Blogging with Edublogs handout. You will also find a new set of screencast tutorials on the Fusion: Blogging webpage. I would also recommend reading The Edublogger by Sue Waters. It is a great blog to learn more about using Eublogs and blogging in the classroom.