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The Ultimate “How To” Twitter Guide. Did You Know... 43% of people follow a brand on Twitter for special offers/deals 75% of users are more likely to purchase from a brand they follow 67% of users are likely to recommend a brand they follow to others What is Twitter?

The Ultimate “How To” Twitter Guide

Just a beginner to Twitter? These links should give you a great intro to getting started: How to use Twitter Effectively Now that you know what Twitter is and how it works, learn how to use it effectively: How to Increase Your Twitter Followers So, you know how to use Twitter, but no one is listening. Best Practices: Hashtags Hashtags can be an effective way to target specific users on Twitter. Best Practices: ReTweet Retweeting is a easy way to share content with your Twitter followers. Best Practices: Search Find users or search for users based on your custom search criteria. About. LiveJournal: Discover global communities of friends who share yo.

Blogger: Sign in. Xanga.com - The Blogging Community. Posterous - The place to post everything. Just email us. Dead si. Teacher Blogs. February 21, 2017 - In the Classroom+ In the Classroom (7) Curriculum Matters Writers Liana Loewus and Jaclyn Zubrzycki explore teaching and learning across the subject areas.

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Prove It: Math and Education Policy High School math teacher John Troutman McCrann writes about his quest to integrate inquiry- and performance-based learning into his instruction, and how these concepts might inform education policy. Teaching for the Whole Story New York City language arts teacher Ariel Sacks shares stories, reflections, and practices for cultivating a student-centered, literature-based classroom in today's education climate.

Work in Progress Journalism teacher Starr Sackstein discusses how to guide students into taking charge of their learning and their writing. - Teaching Profession+ Teaching Profession (8) The Art of Coaching Teachers Elena Aguilar offers resources, tips, and suggestions for school instructional coaches and teacher mentors. Learning Forward's PD Watch Teacher Beat Teacher in a Strange Land. New research paper on employee Internet use. How Blogs Work" Blogs appear on the news pretty often these days.

How Blogs Work"

For example, a reporter is tipped to a story by a blog, or a blog reports another angle on a story. Blogs show up in magazines a lot, too. But there is a good chance you have never seen a blog (also known as a weblog) or experienced the blogosphere. What are blogs? There are now millions of them -- where did they all come from?

One of the things that is so amazing about blogs is their simplicity. Think about a "normal Web site. " ­ A typical Web site has a home page that links to sub-pages within the site. Edublogs - education blogs for teachers, students and institutions. 1.

Edublogs - education blogs for teachers, students and institutions

Share materials, news, downloads, links and more Anything that you post to your blog will instantly be accessible by your students from school and from home. What’s more, you can easily manage who gets to access them through passwords and privacy measures. 2. Facilitate online discussions and collaboration Students can simply respond to blog posts and discuss topics through comments or on our simple to use forums. 3. Seamlessly produce a custom designed, finely tuned and engaging collaborative online publication by your class. 4. Always enjoyed photocopying and stapling pages and pages of newsletters on a Friday afternoon? 5. Your Edublog can be used to glue together your students’ blogs which you can quickly create, co-manage, and even edit if needed. Blog Top Sites - Directory of the Best Blog Sites.

Big List of Web Apps & Resources for Educators. Bright ideas.  The Magic of Learning. Remote Scavenger Hunt We are heading into our third week of social distancing, school closures and “shelter at home&...

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We are in the Midst of... Are you aware that we are in the middle of making history? It is March of 2020. We are living throug... #remotelearning as an ... The List Blog - Top 10 Lists. Tips and Tricks: Formatting a Page. One of the most common questions we get is also one of the hardest to answer: How do I make my wiki look good?

Tips and Tricks: Formatting a Page

Of course there’s no one simple trick for attractive wikis. The best advice we can give you is to get in there and play with it — and to be inspired by all the wonderful wikis that your colleagues have already made. So, instead of giving you a how-to, we wanted to highlight some of the simplest tools you’ve got, and how you can use them to make your wiki shine. 1. Headings Clear, clean pages are always appealing. 2.

These are all fantastic options, and tweaking them can make a huge difference to your page. You can set the Background Color the same way you chose a font color. 3. 4. Of the simple editor tools, this is probably the one with the biggest impact. You can also change the alignment of an image. This is the heart of a wiki: simple tools that anyone can use. 50 Best Blogs for Education Leaders.