Blogger Beware: You CAN Get Sued For Using Photos You Don't Own on Your Blog. So what can you do? 1. If you've been using images without approval from the Internet on your blogs, know that you are probably violating copyright and could be sued for it. Is the chance high? Probably not. Is it possible? 2. Creative Commons-licensed pics -- You can search for photos that are free to use (with some restrictions) through Creative Commons. 3. Almost all of us have camera phones these days. 4. I have read way too many terms of service over the last two months. So pin your own photos, pin things from sites that have a Pin It button (but use the Pin It button with caution too. And it should go without saying at this point: NEVER use Pinterest or Tumblr or Facebook or Twitter as a source for images to use on your own blog, unless you've asked for permission. 5.
That's your safest bet. 6. It was KILLING me not to be able to go tell everyone about all of this because I didn't want anyone else to get into this kind of mess. *This post is not intended as legal advice. Why you Should Create A Blog for Your Class + 5 Platforms to Use. In an earlier post here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning, we argued that setting up a class virtual space in the cloud is an indispensable task for today's teachers. This space can preferably be a website, a blog, or a wiki or, if possible, all of them. The educational benefits of having such a space for students include: Improve students writing skills through posting and commentingHelps students have a voice Promote the notion of independent and personalized learningPromote a spirit of collaboration among studentsEngage parents in the learning taking place in the classroomConnect with students from other schools and exchange with them learning experiences.
As for teachers, they can use these class virtual spaces to : Blogger Blogger is a free Google service which provides users with a simple and easy to use blogging interface. Wordpress Similar to Blogger, Wordpress is also easy to use and is free for basic versions. Kidblog Edublog Glogster Edu. Teacher's Visual Guide to Setting up A Classroom Blog. If you think Blogger is where you want to host your classroom blog, here is a step by step guide on how to do it. 1- First you need to have a Google account, if you have a Gmail account then that means you already have one.
Head over to www.blogger.com and log in. Once logged in ,you will land on a page that resembles the one in the screenshot, click on " New Blog " 2 Provide a title for your blog, then type in the address you want to use as URL, you need to keep trying till you find the one available. 3- Now your new blog will appear in your blogger page as is shown in the snapshot below. Here is what you can do on the editor : A- Insert Image To insert an image click on the image icon as shown in the screenshot below B- Hyperlink a word or phrase To hyperlink a word just highlight it then click on " Link" in the authoring bar and paste in the link as is shown below F- Choose Font To select the font of your text, click on " F" icon and pick up the font you want.
A Glossary of Blogging Terms for Teachers and Students. Comparison of Blogging Services for Teachers.