{"id":13851,"date":"2018-08-23T05:20:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T10:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theedublogger.edublogs.org\/?p=13851"},"modified":"2018-08-23T05:20:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T10:20:38","slug":"30-day-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/30-day-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Course On Blogging With Students: Join The 30 Day Challenge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"display: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-30-Day-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-PINTEREST-227hz62-2bu04dp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13869 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-30-Day-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-PINTEREST-227hz62-2bu04dp.png\" alt=\"We're excited to kick-start a brand new 30 Day Challenge for educators who want to learn how to set up a class blog and blog with students. Sign up today!\" width=\"735\" height=\"1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-30-Day-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-PINTEREST-227hz62-2bu04dp.png 735w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-30-Day-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-PINTEREST-227hz62-2bu04dp-167x250.png 167w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-30-Day-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-PINTEREST-227hz62-2bu04dp-683x1024.png 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/30-Day-Challenge-Twitter-1zqdjq0-125njn2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13870 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/30-Day-Challenge-Twitter-1zqdjq0-125njn2.png\" alt=\"We're excited to kick-start a brand new 30 Day Challenge for educators who want to learn how to set up a class blog and blog with students. Sign up today!\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/30-Day-Challenge-Twitter-1zqdjq0-125njn2.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/30-Day-Challenge-Twitter-1zqdjq0-125njn2-250x141.png 250w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/30-Day-Challenge-Twitter-1zqdjq0-125njn2-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf.png\" alt=\"Blogging With Students Teacher Challenge Edublogs -- Learn To Set Up A Class Blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf.png 800w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-2lgrie9-1e8rndf-128x128.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;re excited to kick-start a brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/edublogs\/30daychallenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30 Day Challenge<\/a> for educators who want to learn how to set up a class blog and blog with students.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13810 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Teacher-Challenge-Blogging-With-Students-Badge-for-email-24qvgiw-2ikkf8h.png\" alt=\"Teacher Challenge Blogging With Students Badge\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Teacher-Challenge-Blogging-With-Students-Badge-for-email-24qvgiw-2ikkf8h.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Teacher-Challenge-Blogging-With-Students-Badge-for-email-24qvgiw-2ikkf8h-250x246.png 250w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Teacher-Challenge-Blogging-With-Students-Badge-for-email-24qvgiw-2ikkf8h-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Teacher-Challenge-Blogging-With-Students-Badge-for-email-24qvgiw-2ikkf8h-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Teacher-Challenge-Blogging-With-Students-Badge-for-email-24qvgiw-2ikkf8h-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re new to blogging or want a refresher on all of the features that blogging can offer, come join us for our four week crash-course.<\/p>\n<p>Over 11 steps, we\u2019ll cover topics such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Setting up class and student blogs<\/li>\n<li>Using posts, pages, and widgets<\/li>\n<li>Teaching quality comments<\/li>\n<li>Images, copyright, and Creative Commons<\/li>\n<li>Connecting with other classes<\/li>\n<li>Embedding content and videos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The series\u00a0is an excellent way of preparing for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/studentchallenge.edublogs.org\/about\/\"><strong>Student Blogging Challenge<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0which starts October 7!<\/p>\n<h3>How Does It Work?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teacherchallenge.edublogs.org\/blogging-with-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogging With Students Teacher Challenge<\/a>\u00a0is completely <strong>free<\/strong> of charge (as are all of our <a href=\"https:\/\/teacherchallenge.edublogs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">professional learning opportunities<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>The challenge is\u00a0<strong>open to anyone<\/strong> &#8212; whether you&#8217;re a classroom teacher, pre-service teacher, or work with students in another capacity.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll pop into your inbox <strong>every 3 days for 30 days<\/strong> and present you one step at a time. We&#8217;ll show you exactly what you need to do and offer reminders as well.\u00a0We\u2019ll send the first challenge to you when you <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/edublogs\/30daychallenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>When you finish the Teacher Challenge, we\u2019ll give you a <strong>badge<\/strong> to proudly display on your blog and a <strong>certificate<\/strong> of completion which you can use towards your professional development hours.<\/li>\n<li>You can use any <strong>blogging platform<\/strong> you prefer, but our detailed instructions will be written with Edublogs and <a href=\"https:\/\/campuspress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CampusPress <\/a>users in mind, so you\u2019ll need to slightly adapt them depending on your platform.<\/li>\n<li>We know some teachers like to have a concrete guide to help them work through our online courses. We&#8217;ve put together an <strong>optional PDF<\/strong> <strong>workbook<\/strong> that will help to keep you on track and focused as you work through the 11 steps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can start the challenge at any time.<\/p>\n<h3>Register For The 30 Day Challenge<\/h3>\n<p>Up for the challenge?<\/p>\n<p>To sign up, simply enter your details in the embedded form below, or <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/edublogs\/30daychallenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here <\/a>to open the sign-up form in your browser.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form --><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;}<br \/>\t\/* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.<br \/>\t   We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. *\/<br \/><\/style>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"https:\/\/edublogs.us1.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=53a1e972a043d1264ed082a5b&amp;id=afc0fd51e0\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\"><label for=\"mce-EMAIL\">Subscribe to the 30 Day Challenge<\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"email\" name=\"EMAIL\" required=\"\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"email address\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups--><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_53a1e972a043d1264ed082a5b_afc0fd51e0\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End mc_embed_signup--><\/p>\n<p>Remember, you can start at any time. So, if you&#8217;re still in holiday mode or the time is not right for you, just sign up when you&#8217;re ready.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Please add support@edublogs.org to your email contact list to make sure our emails don&#8217;t end up in your junk\/spam folder! This is how to add a contact in <a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/add-a-contact-e1dc4548-3bd6-4644-aecd-47b5728f7b0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outlook <\/a>and in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Add-Contacts-in-Gmail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gmail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-GIF-1ofv9yv-2cn5w26.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-GIF-1ofv9yv-2cn5w26.gif\" alt=\"Blogging With Students Teacher Challenge Edublogs -- Learn To Set Up A Class Blog\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to work at your own pace?<\/strong> That&#8217;s fine too. You don&#8217;t have to sign up for the 30 Day Challenge to complete some\/all of course. Just head to the <a href=\"https:\/\/teacherchallenge.edublogs.org\/blogging-with-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogging With Students homepage <\/a>to complete the steps that interest you.<\/p>\n<h3>Want More Free PD?<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, we have three professional development opportunities on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teacherchallenge.edublogs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teacher Challenge site<\/a>\u00a0with more to be added in future.<\/p>\n<p>You can complete all\/some of these courses at any time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teacherchallenge.edublogs.org\/blogging-with-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogging With Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/teacherchallenge.edublogs.org\/personal-blogging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal Blogging<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teacherchallenge.edublogs.org\/creating-a-pln\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Building Your PLN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are learning opportunities for students too<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We run a supported bi-annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studentchallenge.edublogs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Blogging Challenge<\/a>\u00a0(begins October 7, 2018)<\/li>\n<li>There is a self-paced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studentchallenge.edublogs.org\/blogging-bootcamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogging Bootcamp<\/a>\u00a0for students (start any time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Professional-learning-opportunities-for-educators-and-students-Edublogs-1x4mp70-sixd6o.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13873 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Professional-learning-opportunities-for-educators-and-students-Edublogs-1x4mp70-sixd6o.png\" alt=\"Professional learning opportunities for educators and students Edublogs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Professional-learning-opportunities-for-educators-and-students-Edublogs-1x4mp70-sixd6o.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Professional-learning-opportunities-for-educators-and-students-Edublogs-1x4mp70-sixd6o-250x125.png 250w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Professional-learning-opportunities-for-educators-and-students-Edublogs-1x4mp70-sixd6o-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Any Questions?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave a comment below and we&#8217;ll get back to you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-PINTEREST-1twx4lc-2g6oxbo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-PINTEREST-1twx4lc-2g6oxbo.png\" alt=\"Blogging With Students Teacher Challenge Edublogs -- Learn To Set Up A Class Blog\" width=\"735\" height=\"1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-PINTEREST-1twx4lc-2g6oxbo.png 735w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-PINTEREST-1twx4lc-2g6oxbo-167x250.png 167w, https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2018\/08\/Blogging-With-Students-Teacher-Challenge-Edublogs-PINTEREST-1twx4lc-2g6oxbo-683x1024.png 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re excited to kick-start a brand new 30 Day Challenge for educators who want to learn how to set up a class blog and blog with students. 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