Archive for the 'Blogging in General' Category

Quick Reference to Buttons on Post Pages

Monday, November 13th, 2006

The “b” button makes things bold. You will see html code that says “strong.”
The “i” button will italicize a word or sentence. The html code is “em.”
The link button will allow you to make a link out of any word.You will see the normal html code for links.
The b-quote button will put things in block-quotes, […]

What are the Advantages of Blogging?

Monday, November 13th, 2006

If you start using a blog to get information to an entire faculty, you may be faced with some questions with regard to why you are using a blog instead of just emailing the information. Here are a couple of things to bear in mind.
First of all, information in a blog is saved in one, […]

A New Year, A Fresh Start

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Hello, and welcome to all of you new bloggers out there. It’s so easy to create a blog and to keep it up-to-date. Personally, I find it much easier than keeping a web page updated. I hope each of you will take a little time and get your blog started and then keep it going. […]

Blogging in Scotland

Monday, May 1st, 2006

This morning I had the pleasure of reading an educational blog created by Andy Watson in Aberdeen, Scotland. (http://andywatson.edublogs.org. Also see link in the Blogroll.) It seems Mr. Watson has been instrumental in getting their first student-created blogs online, and I took a moment to read a few of those. The students are using their […]