Hello there, thank you for watching todays screencast from TeacherCast University.  This is the fourth video in our online learning series called "Kidblog: An Introduction to Blogging with your students" About This Lesson In todays look at Kidblog.org we will take a look at the Users Menu and help you add your students into your class blog. Before we learn how to add students to your classroom account, lets first examine the concept of user roles in Kidblog. User Roles Kidblog offers several user roles including Administrator, Teacher, Moderator, Student, Parent and Guest Administrator Administrator role is available to users with Admin Pro site licenses Designed for school or district administrators setting up accounts site-wide Teacher Create student accounts Manage student passwords and profiles Moderate content based on class privacy & approval settings Moderator Available for Admin Pro subscriptions Moderate posts & comments in a class Cannot edit user accounts Student Publish posts and leave comments Request post audience based on privacy settings set by teacher Update their profile - avatar, display name, password Parent Connect to their child’s account via email invitation View child’s posts and comments Join class as a Guest (if enabled by teacher) Guest Join class with a Guest registration code (if enabled by teacher) View posts published publicly or for "Connections" Leave comments if permitted by the teacher Can be removed from class by Teacher Creating Student Users There are two ways of creating users in your Kidblog Dashboard.  First, click on the Users Tab and click on the Create New Users button on the top right. To create a new user, type in a Display name and select a password. To create a batch of new users click on the Bulk Create button and download the sample CSV file. You can open the CSV file into your favorite spreadsheet application such as Excel, Numbers, or Google Sheets.  After opening your spreadsheet, simply fill out the appropriate columns, save your work and upload your completed file. The second method of student registration is to create and enable a unique registration code that students can use to sign up for for you class blog on their own. To do this, click on the Registration Codes button on the top right.  This dialogue box provides 2 registration codes. One for Student Roles and one for Guest Rolls.  Click the enable button to active these Registration codes. Once created, these class codes can be emailed out to your student population, or shared on a class website.  Students can use this code by visiting Kidblog.org and selecting the Enter Your Class Code button on the front page.  We will show you how this works from a students perspective on a future video in this online course. Once a user is created, you can edit their account by choosing the edit button . . . . . from this dialogue box, you can change their Avatar, view their individual storage and update their email and password settings.  Additional options allow you to set the display type for their date and time and the ability to enable or disable Theme Animations. To remove a student, simply click the Remove button and the student will be deleted. About our Online Course The complete video series to this online course can be found on our website TeacherCast.net/LearnKidblog. I hope you take a moment to browse this and all of our online tutorials over at TeacherCastUniversity.com and TeacherCast.net I hope you liked this video and found it helpful.  If you did, click on the LIKE button below and leave us a comment.  If you wish to receive more videos from TeacherCast, please click the subscribe button on the top left of this video box and visit TeacherCast.net for more information about google and other great educational tools.  Don’t forget to catch TeacherCast LIVE every Sunday night at 7pm as we bring you the TechEducator Podcast on TeacherCast.tv. The post Learn how to add students into your Kidblog Classroom | (@KidblogDotOrg) appeared first on TeacherCast.net: Educational Blogs, Podcasts, App Reviews and more. … Read more

Building the plane while in flight - that’s the analogy I hear quite a bit from schools that self-admittedly say they may have jumped the gun on implementing a 1:1. Why did they implement it then? The reasons can vary from feeling pressure (from school board, parents, etc.) to seeing other schools go 1:1 and feeling a need to make themselves just as marketable or viable. However, through my own experience of going 1:1 in a school district and now helping other schools transition, I have come up with a very straightforward checklist of trainings for schools who wish to avoid the frustrations that can come with "building the plane while in flight." For the sake of this post, we are going to assume two things… That your school has already carefully researched which device is necessary for your 1:1 teaching and learning needs. I could go into which device I personally feel is the right fit for learning (not training), but that is something your district must research and decide for themselves. I will also assume that your school has researched what infrastructure needs there are in order to support a 1:1. So, if we are working under those two assumptions, here is a checklist that I would recommend (and I would go in this order). 1. Provide Teachers Training with Blended/Flipped Learning while introducing a proper Learning Management System. For whom: Teachers Recommended Duration: 1 year prior to 1:1 The biggest hurdle to overcome when moving 1:1 is getting teachers to understand "Why?". Teachers need the proper training in how pedagogy may (or should) change in order to better match how students are currently learning and interacting with the environment outside their classrooms. The classroom environment and the outside environment need to match, otherwise students see a direct disconnect and engagement will plummet. I recommend Blended or Flipped Learning simply because it puts a focus directly on purposeful instruction in order to allow students to operate at the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy on a more daily basis. It’s also an instructional model that best utilizes the 1:1 environment for real learning and not just electronic worksheet/homework distribution. It’s also important to include a Learning Management System (LMS). If you wish to do true Blended/Flipped teaching, the LMS that you choose should… Allow for students to submit work electronically. Allow the teacher to easily organize content and resources for students to be able to access at any time. Allow for online discussions to happen through some kind of forum. Allow the teacher to give timely feedback to student work. Allow for asynchronous communication between teacher and students as well as students and students. Allows for electronic formative and summative assessment. Giving this training should take some time, but it’s the best way to get teachers to start buying in to the 1:1 idea. When you show them what the potential could be, they may even be begging to start the 1:1 sooner. 2.  Training on Digital Citizenship For whom: Teachers and Students (and Parents if possible) Recommended Duration: All the time. If you want to avoid misuse of the technology in your 1:1 (and possibly avoiding legal headaches), then Digital Citizenship training for teachers and students is a must BEFORE rolling out a 1:1. Students need to understand at any grade level what is considered appropriate and inappropriate digital behaviors. Even if your school is not 1:1, this training should start now. Even if you have students going to a computer lab or accessing the internet in any way, you should be explicitly teaching them about digital citizenship - like wise for teachers. The more you teach, re-teach, address, harp, hound, or nag students about it before you’re 1:1, the more likely they will understand it and follow the rules after you’re 1:1. However, don’t leave out the parents. Either during your rollout or before, parents need to also understand digital citizenship. More importantly, they will need tips and tricks on how to help their child manage the device when it’s at home. 3. Training on Classroom Management For whom: Teachers Recommended Duration: The semester before. For teachers that are self-proclaimed "not tech savvy," managing a classroom of technological devices can be the most overwhelming aspect of instruction. And 9 times out of 10 what ends up happening is the teacher just tells the students to put the devices away. If you do Step 1 first, you will hopefully avoid this, because the teacher will see the value of the device as a tool to make learning more efficient and engaging. But even if they see the value in it, managing is still a task best mastered before the devices enter the classroom. Management and instructional techniques can vary depending on the device your school chooses to go with as well as the layout of your classroom. 4. Training on Troubleshooting For whom: Teachers and Students Recommended Duration: The month before (maybe more for some) Let’s be honest, technology is great…only when it works. Even if you go through the checklist above, fluent teaching and learning cannot occur if the technology does not work. And if a teacher, or the students, don’t understand how to troubleshoot, the learning process can stop dead in its tracks. Both could become frustrated and easily give up on technology all together and quickly revert back to the "traditional" way of teaching. Have a clear idea of what kinds of tech issues could occur and train teachers and students on how to handle these themselves. Not only will the teachers and students feel empowered when hiccups occur, but it will prevent your IT Administrator from becoming quickly swamped with help requests. What about Administrators? Of course, the building administrators should be highly involved with the planning, training, and implementation. I have seen 1:1 thrive or struggle simply based on the level of involvement of the administration. Final Thoughts… I hope the above checklist helps in deciding how to properly prepare your district and all stakeholders for a smooth 1:1. Another analogy I like to use (and perhaps one that isn’t as dramatic as building a plane while in flight) is making sure your water is boiling before you put in the pasta. Pasta takes twice as long to cook if you throw it in before the water is boiling. By following the checklist, you want teachers and students feeling so prepared for the technology, that they are almost begging for it. Jarod Bormann #EdTech Rocks   P.S. Is there a training that you would recommend? Leave it in the comments below.   P.S.S. Maybe your school has already gone 1:1. But are there any trainings that you have missed in the process? What trainings do you need to start focusing on? The post 4 Amazing Trainings for those looking at going 1:1 by @jbormann3| #1to1techchat appeared first on TeacherCast.net: Educational Blogs, Podcasts, App Reviews and more. … Read more

I recently have the pleasure of sitting down with Cameron Evans, the Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Education to discuss how the new Microsoft Imagine platform is being deployed to help students achieve their fullest potentials in the classroom.  For more information, please see the official Microsoft Press Release below.   Also appearing on the program are teacher Michael Braun and principal Glenn Robbins.   Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Hire TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!  Contact Jeff Today! Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/the-teachercast-app-spotlight/) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com) The post Learn how the new Microsoft Imagine will allow your students digital ideas become reality! | @Microsoft_EDU appeared first on TeacherCast.net: Educational Blogs, Podcasts, App Reviews and more. … Read more

Jeff sits down with Cameron Evans from Microsoft Education and educators Glenn Robbins and Michael Braun to discuss how Microsoft and Code.org are transforming the lives of more than 20 million students through code. About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services, devices and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Links of Interest Microsoft in Education Microsoft Educator Network @Microsoft_EDU Microsoft in Education (Facebook) YouthSpark (Hour of Code) Show Topics Hour of Code There’s been lots of buzz and student participation in the Hour of Code during Computer Science Education Week which was 12/8-14. Over 77 million globally have tried coding. Microsoft believes that every young person should have the opportunity to learn coding and it’s proud to be a founding partner of Code.org. Microsoft is working with the industry on a grassroots effort to inspire 100 million young people around the world to try coding and empower them to do more and achieve more. Satya recently visited the Laboratory School of Finance and Technology in the Bronx and encourages employees to participate in the Hour of Code Some of the many ways Microsoft is supporting educators and their students around the Hour of Code/Code.org effort include: Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS) places Microsoft employee volunteers and experts from across the industry into high schools across the U.S. to teach computer science to students and help address an urgent need to jumpstart computer science education during the K-12 years. Microsoft partners with Code.org to bring computer science professionals from Microsoft to students as guest speakers through Skype in the Classroom.  Teachers can access volunteers who are experts in a range of topics from design to coding and more. Student Created Coding Projects   Catching Eggs http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/849c776b-e075-4c94-bfe1-c935be880c55 Where’s Waldo? https://www.touchdevelop.com/ymqc Teddy Bear https://www.touchdevelop.com/lhmi Swimming Angry Bird https://www.touchdevelop.com/mfsr Sun Collector https://www.touchdevelop.com/wasy Microsoft Education On 12/8, Microsoft launched Microsoft Imagine, a new cornerstone of Microsoft’s global YouthSpark initiative that connects aspiring student developers of all skill levels with the tools, resources, and experiences they need to turn their innovative ideas into reality. Whether it’s building a game, designing an app or launching a project, Microsoft Imagine strikes a balance between fun and learning, encouraging students to create, code and develop their ideas throughout their educational journey. This is another resource teachers can use to pull from for their lesson plans. Microsoft’s support of Hour of Code/Code.org is a part of a broader purpose…MS EDU’s goal is to provide the programs and technology to educators that can help ensure kids have 21st century skills. Explore how technology in the classroom can help students, teachers and administrators be successful beyond just the classroom. Microsoft IT-Academy: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/training-and-events/it-academy/default.aspx About our Guests Cameron Evans Cameron Evans serves as the National and Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft Education, responsible for shaping and leading Microsoft’s empowered learning agenda in US Education. A 20-year veteran for education and training, Cameron has been apioneer and leader of education transformation in public schools and universities across the nation.  Cameron focuses his expertise on sustainable education initiatives that improve individual learner outcomes and the productivity of people with technology. Cameron is a sought-after speaker and frequent lecturer on issues impacting learning, the academic enterprise, and school innovation. As the US spokesperson for Microsoft in Education, Cameron conferences and writes on literacy, STEM, entrepreneurship, gaming, leadership, and innovation monthly. Cameron is a US Air Force veteran. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management-computer information systems from Park University and a Masters in Business Administration specializing in Global Leadership from The University of Texas at Dallas. He enjoys all forms of creative work, fitness tech, eating dessert first, and travel with his bride and daughter. Michael Braun Michael Braun’s innovative approach to teaching Computer Science has been highlighted by the New York Times, the Seattle Times, GeekWire, Code.org, Microsoft Research, TEALS, and the Daily Edventures blog. Washington State’s Governor Jay Inslee also recognized the computer science program. A former Computer Science teacher, Michael Braun currently serves as an Instructional Coach. His focus is in the integration of technology, problem-based learning (PBL), and 21st Century Learning in the public school system. Braun supports curriculum in Common Core State Standards while mentoring teachers on innovative education. Braun co-founded, organizes, and manages middle school and high school "hackathons" called App Day. The goal of this coding event is to give public school students a taste of computer science and basic programming over the course of a single day. Students use a web app called TouchDevelop to create their own apps on their Windows phones, Androids, iPhones, iPads, laptops, whatever device they are carrying in their pocket or backpack. App Day has received support from Microsoft TEALS, Microsoft Research, Microsoft Citizenship, Seattle Public School’s Career & Technical Education Department, the University of Washington Computer Science Department, the College Success Foundation, and individual IT professionals. The hackathon concept has been a terrific success, as a result of which, Braun has been invited to lead various other coding events and "Teacher Training" computer science workshops across the West Coast of the United States and abroad. Full bio: http://michaelebraun.weebly.com/ Glenn Robbins Glenn Robbins Is currently the Lead Learner at the Northfield Community Middle School.  He is a digital leader who embraces Twitter (@Glennr1809) and Voxer (Grobbi143) to connect with educators from across the globe to better his students, staff and school as a whole.  As a digital leader it has allowed him to bring amazing changes to a school, such as: creating and implementing a 100% secure WiFi building to allow staff and students to use BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), creating a schedule that increased instructional time by an additional sixty minutes per day, designed an APP and school Twitter account to promote more transparency within the community and lastly, developed a mentoring program that allows selected eighth graders to work with fifth grade students throughout the year to ease their transition to the middle school. He has an undergraduate degree from Rider University and a Masters in Educational Leadership from Jones International University.  He is currently pursuing a Ed.D at the American College of Education in Educational Leader.  He was recently named Top 40 Under 40 in Atlantic City. He also is a member of the Edcamp Leadership organizing committee which was held at the University of Pennsylvania in August.  He was an organizer and keynote speaker for NJPAECET2, which was by invite only for 150 educators from NJ and PA for professional development and celebrate great teaching.  Lastly, he was 1 of 50 people selected out of 1000 to attend Edcamp USA, which was held at the Department of Education in Washington D.C., this past June. Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Hire TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!  Contact Jeff Today! Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/the-teachercast-app-spotlight/) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com) The post Learn how @Microsoft_EDU and #HourOfCode can help your students prepare for their futures | @TeacherCast Podcast 113 appeared first on TeacherCast.net: Educational Blogs, Podcasts, App Reviews and more. … Read more

I recently have the pleasure of sitting down with Cameron Evans, the Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Education to discuss how Microsoft and Code.org have teamed up to teach millions of students the art of coding and app development.   Also appearing on the program are teacher Michael Braun and principal Glenn Robbins.   Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Hire TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!  Contact Jeff Today! Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/the-teachercast-app-spotlight/) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com) The post Learn all about Microsoft Education and the Hour of Code for your students @Microsoft_EDU #HourOfCode appeared first on TeacherCast.net: Educational Blogs, Podcasts, App Reviews and more. … Read more

I recently have the pleasure of sitting down with Cameron Evans, the Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Education to discuss how school districts are utilizing Office 365 and the Windows System in their schools.  In this video, Cameron shares the many advantages students have by working on Windows Tables and working on it’s great touch based mobile classroom solutions.   Also appearing on the program are teacher Michael Braun and principal Glenn Robbins.   Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation Hire TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!  Contact Jeff Today! Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/the-teachercast-app-spotlight/) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com) The post What are the Advantages of a Microsoft Education in your K-12 District | @Microsoft_Edu @GlennR1809 appeared first on TeacherCast.net: Educational Blogs, Podcasts, App Reviews and more. … Read more

Hello there, thank you for watching todays screencast from TeacherCast University.  This is the fifth video in our online learning series called "Kidblog: An Introduction to Blogging with your students" My name is Jeff Bradbury and I am the host of the TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. About This Lesson In todays look at Kidblog.org we will talk about the new Post system and show you how to create dynamic content for your classroom portfolio. Create New Post To create a new post, we must click on the blue button on top that says NEW POST+.  Kidblog now supports a brand new, dynamic visually stimulating post editor.  Students now have complete creative control over the look and feel of their post.  Lets take a look at some of these options. We first want to give our post a title. For this post, we will call it: TEACHERCAST TEST POST The next thing we can do is ad a unique Header Image by clicking the button that says Add Header Image.  Once clicked, Kidblog will open the new Media Library as described in our previous video.  In the media library, either choose an existing image, or import a new one for your post.  Under our Blog header and Post title, we have the dynamic Kidblog post editor.  Lets add some content to this section and discuss how your students can use this area to create dynamic digital content. When creating your blog posts and importing text into Kidblog, you want to make sure you are using the VISUAL tab.  In a separate video, we will be discussing the HTML tab in great detail to show you how to embed great content such as videos, audio, and other Web 2.0 content. The Post Editor Menu Lets look at the menu items from left to right.  By highlighting a selection of text, you can use the SIZE tab to adjust the size and height of your text.  This is the best way to create blog headers and separate your various paragraph sections. To the right of the Size button is the Text Color button. To change the color of your font, simply highlight the text you wish to transform and click the Text Color button to adjust the color. To the right of the Text Color button, you will find the buttons for Bold, Underline a Italic.  To clear these and any other font styles, simply highlight your text and click the "T" for to Clear the Text Style. Next to the Clear Text Style button we have our buttons for bullets points and numbering. Further to the right, we have our justification buttons.  To justify a paragraph to the left right or center, simply highlight the entire paragraph and click one of these buttons. Next we have these two buttons which look like circles with arrows pointing to the left or right. These are your Undo and Redo buttons.  Remember to tell your students where these buttons are and how they work as it may save them time and energy if they make a mistake. To the right of the REDO button is our LINK TO URL button. To create a hyperlink, simply create or highlight your text and then enter the URL of a website you wish to link it to. Integration with your Google Drive accounts is available for Teacher Premium account subscribers.  This type of premium account provides a great marriage between Google Apps for Education, and Kidblog and allows teachers and students to find and use materials they have already saved on their cloud drives. The last button in our menu is the UPLOAD button.  This button is useful for uploading images you wish to use in your blog post, or for retrieving your images already placed in the Media Library. Saving and Publishing Your Blog Once you have your blog post complete, students can change the background color of their post, the texture, and adjust the font of the title and post text. Lastly, no blog post should be complete without adding two pieces of meta data.  It is important to teach you students all about Tagging and Categories when sharing Kidblog with them. There are three options at the top of the blog editing screen that are important to know about. These buttons are DRAFT, REVIEW, and POST. The DRAFT button is the most important of all these buttons.  It is a good idea to teach your students to hit the DRAFT button several times during the creation of a blog post to save your work.  You never know when a page might need to be refreshed and content might be lost.  I generally get my students into the habit of saving their post every few minutes. The REVIEW button is a last minute, final check of your blog post.  This is going to show you what the post will look like as soon as you hit the PUBLISH button. Finally, when your blog post is ready for prime time, click the PUBLISH button and you are good to go. Once the publish button is hit, you are presented with a variety of Audience choices.  Blog posts can be selected to be seen by only the Teacher account, the Classmates account, blogs who have connected with your class blog, or the entire internet at large. Once your selection has been made, hit the PUBLISH button to release your blog post. We can see here that our blog post is now published and on your homepage for viewing. About our Online Course The complete video series to this online course can be found on our website TeacherCast.net/LearnKidblog. I hope you take a moment to browse this and all of our online tutorials over at TeacherCastUniversity.com and TeacherCast.net I hope you liked this video and found it helpful.  If you did, click on the LIKE button below and leave us a comment.  If you wish to receive more videos from TeacherCast, please click the subscribe button on the top left of this video box and visit TeacherCast.net for more information about google and other great educational tools.  Don’t forget to catch TeacherCast LIVE every Sunday night at 7pm as we bring you the TechEducator Podcast on TeacherCast.tv. The post Teach your students how to create dynamic content using Kidblog |(@KidblogDotOrg) appeared first on TeacherCast.net: Educational Blogs, Podcasts, App Reviews and more. … Read more

Technology And The Classroom Technology has become an increasingly important part of the teaching armory.  Children now learn to use computers and other educational technology from a very early age, and most teachers incorporate technology in some form into their learning and teaching resources too. There can be no doubt that technology in the classroom… The post Are we too dependent on Technology in the Classroom? appeared first on TeacherCast.net: Educational Blogs, Podcasts, App Reviews and more.

This is the sixth video in our online learning series called "Kidblog: An Introduction to Blogging with your students"  My name is Jeff Bradbury and I am the host of the TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. About This Lesson In todays look at Kidblog.org we will discuss the media library and demonstrate how to add photos and video… The post Learn how to add Images and Video into your Kidblog blog posts | @KidblogDotOrg appeared first on TeacherCast.net: Educational Blogs, Podcasts, App Reviews and more.

This is the seventh video in our online learning series called "Kidblog: An Introduction to Blogging with your students"  My name is Jeff Bradbury and I am the host of the TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. About This Lesson In todays look at Kidblog.org we will discuss the newly designed Sidebar area in Kidblog and demonstrate how you…