Home Grown 2012

Google Blogger

Resources

Tutorials:
Atomic Learning Series on Blogging- Blogging Workshop
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/blogging
(remember your log in- username:  BarnstableIS and the password: redraider)


Videos:
BloggerHelp’s Channel - You Tube


How to Create a Blog on Blogger


How to Manage Comments on Your Blog- You Tube


Choose Who Can Read and Edit Your Blog- You Tube


Uploading Your Own Background Image to Your Blog-You Tube


How to Publish a Blog Post-You Tube




Text Resources:
Individual Parts of Guide:









If you want to find this new look you will have to click on this message in the top right corner of your blog dashboard. (Try the Updated Blogger Interface)
Google Blogger’s “How To” Page



Widgets 
Widgipedia - Huge widget gallery

Cluster Maps - See where people are viewing your blog from around the world
**You do not need an account unless you want to save**
Google Translate - Add a translater widget to translate your blog into any language for world-wide reading.
Google Gadgets for your Blog - HUGE selection of gadgets!
Templates 
The Cutest Blog on the Block - Blogger Templates
Word Press to Blogger Templates

Google Reader 
Google Reader Resources from Edublogs 
My blog post on Google Reader & RSS Feeds

Helpful Websites on Blogger and Blogging



The Original Blogger Tips & Tricks - Lots of useful tips, many for advanced blogging

Google's Blog Help Page - Basics, Getting Started, Tutorials and Q&A 

Spellery - Spell checks your blog, just put into the URL

Cybraryman's Blogging Links - His whole site has amazing resources with a few sections on 
blogging 
Blogs to Check Out

Learning Along Side My Students - Kim White's (Tech teacher at BIS) blog 

Free Technology for Teachers - Awesome blog with daily blog posts and tons of ideas for blog integration
Mrs. Yollis' Blog - 3rd Grade Classroom blog, all her third graders have blogs, many former students still blogging.  Great videos and posts for elementary teachers

EduBlog Awards - Education Blog Awards, from student blogs, to teachers

Technology Fridge - Cool Ed Tech Ideas 
Langwitches Blog - Tons of great resources for teachers on this Blog

Blogging About the Web 2.0 Connected Classroom - This blog has won numerous awards for it's great tips and educational blog posts

Cool Cat Teacher Blog - "Teaching students with new tools, enthusiasm, and belief that teaching is a noble calling."

Miss Stacey's Learning Safari - An example of teacher's blog for parents 

Humorous, "Anonymous" Teacher Blogs 
It's Not all Flowers & Sausages - "This is a blog for TEACHERS WHO ROCK and are frustrated by the day to day drama that gets in the way of our interactions with children. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but sometimes a girl has gotta vent..."

Regurgitated AlphaBits - "Stories from a teacher who loves her students, wrestles with her job, and mourns the fact that they used to be the same thing."