{"id":492,"date":"2008-11-21T00:37:19","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T08:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theedublogger.edublogs.org\/?p=492"},"modified":"2009-02-12T15:40:51","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T23:40:51","slug":"check-out-our-class-blog-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/check-out-our-class-blog-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out Our Class Blog List!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2008\/11\/classblog1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright alignnone size-full wp-image-491\" style=\"margin: 5px;float: right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/files\/2008\/11\/classblog1.jpg\" alt=\"Image of link to class blog page\" width=\"250\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a>Looking for ideas for your class blog?  Or wanting to connect with classes in other countries?<\/p>\n<p>The good news is we now have a  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/check-out-these-class-blogs\/\">Check Out These Class blogs<\/a> page on The Edublogger thanks to everyone who shared their class blog URLs.  I&#8217;ve sort class blogs based on Grade\/Year\/Age of students and subject areas to make the task of locating ones that interest you easier.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few ideas I grabbed from visiting the class blogs:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Over on <a href=\"http:\/\/poulingail.edublogs.org\/\">Mrs Poulin&#8217;s blog<\/a> they&#8217;ve been embedding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lookybook.com\">LookyBooks<\/a> into posts so the <a href=\"http:\/\/poulingail.edublogs.org\/archives\/260\">students can read picture books on their blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mrlund.edublogs.org\/\">Mr Lund<\/a> has used a screenshot of his class blog&#8217;s Google Analytics map overlay to show parents and students how it has only taken <a href=\"http:\/\/mrlund.edublogs.org\/2008\/11\/13\/its-official-weve-gone-international\/\">three months for the blog to have an International audience<\/a> reaching four continents.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/madwordsnow.edublogs.org\/\">MadWords Now<\/a> have cleverly embedded a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.box.net\/widget\">widget from Box.net<\/a> in their blog sidebar so students can easily download important handouts from one convenient location.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/petras2.edublogs.org\/\">Splash In<\/a> made a really big splash with their <a href=\"http:\/\/petras2.edublogs.org\/2008\/10\/12\/1st-d-acronyms\/\">great use of Bubbleshare embedded in posts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile <a href=\"http:\/\/class4d.edublogs.org\">Class 4D<\/a> did some smart thinking and <a href=\"http:\/\/class4d.edublogs.org\/2008\/11\/09\/super-story-starters\/\">scanned their written stories to create images which they uploaded to their class blog and embedded into a post<\/a> using a <a href=\"http:\/\/faq.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/09\/how-do-i-create-a-picture-gallery-in-my-blog-post-screencast\/\">picture gallery<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mskreul.edublogs.org\/\">Ms. Kreul&#8217;s class blog<\/a> took me for a cool tour of their class by creatively using of <a href=\"http:\/\/flickrslidr.com\/\">FlickRSLiDR<\/a> widget embedded in their side bar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I noticed that I wasn&#8217;t the only one getting ideas from visiting the class blogs.  <a href=\"http:\/\/gwagrade5.edublogs.org\/\">GWA Grade 5 students blog<\/a> used it to <a href=\"http:\/\/gwagrade5.edublogs.org\/2008\/11\/17\/best-of-blogs\/\">compiled a short list class blogs<\/a> that caught their eye to start a discussion on educational blogs.<\/p>\n<h3>FINAL THOUGHTS<\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s still time to have your class blog added to our list of class blogs.  Just leave your class blog details  in the comments of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/2008\/11\/10\/calling-all-class-blogsplease-share-your-blog-url-with-us\/\">Calling All CLASS blogs\u2026Please Share Your Blog URL With Us! post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who did leave your class blog details &#8212; Can you please check out the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/check-out-these-class-blogs\/\">Check Out These Class blogs<\/a> page?  Please make sure the link to your blog is working properly and I&#8217;ve got the details correct.   Leave a comment on this post if I need to make any amendments.<\/p>\n<p>If you are enjoying reading this blog, please consider <a title=\"Subscribe to my feed\" rel=\"alternate\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/TheEdublogger\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/images\/pub\/feed-icon32x32.png\" alt=\"feed-icon32x32 Finding and Adding Creative Commons Images To Your Blog Posts\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Subscribe to my feed\" rel=\"alternate\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/TheEdublogger\">Subscribing For Free!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for ideas for your class blog? Or wanting to connect with classes in other countries? The good news is we now have a Check Out These Class blogs page on The Edublogger thanks to everyone who shared their class blog URLs. 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