Professional Development Seminar: Using Apple Smart Boards with EDU-Blogs
1. Going Wiki:
Using EDU Blogs & Smart Board
Video in the Classroom
Presented by: David Eisenberg
2. The Get-Go
• Today, we’ll be learning about EDU Blogs and Apple
Smart Board Video. Here’s some food for thought:
– What is Apple Smart Board video?
– How can EDU Blogs help with teaching?
– How do I set up an EDU Blog?
– How do I control who and what gets posted?
– Is it free?
3. Why start a class blog:
• Blogging isn’t just about writing posts; it’s about sharing
your learning and reflecting on what you have learnt. It
encourages students to:
– Read each others posts
– Interact, evaluate and comment on each others posts by
challenging each others thoughts and views
– Write posts in response to each others posts
4. EDUBLOGS: Signing up
Sign up using their FREE service while exploring
its use. Remember to confirm their activation
email you’ll receive after creating an account.
When ready to implement in the classroom, the
PRO version eliminates all advertising and adds
extra controls, which we will discuss shortly.
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7. Setting Student Blogging Rules
• What types of identifying information is
appropriate in posts and/or comments e.g.,
What are your rules about use of last names,
IM, images and personal information?
• What should/shouldn’t you write in posts
and/or comments?
• Post the rules on your class blog.
9. What’s a Page?
Pages are displayed independently of post history. They remain the same from day
to day & are rarely updated (Posts are updated frequently)
You can create sub-pages which you assign to a parent page
Pages don’t show the date they were posted (Posts all do show time posted)
10. Creating & Writing Pages
• You create new EDU-Blog pages using the Add New
Page Screen in your administration panel. Click on Page
> Add New in the navigation menu.
11. And so what’s a Post?
• Blog posts appear in reverse chronological order so that the most recent
post is the first post that your readers see
• You can assign tags and categories to organise blog posts
• Posts appear in RSS feeds, so your readers who subscribe to your blog
will receive your latest post in their feed reader
12. Using the Add New Post Screen To Write Posts
• Give your post a Title
• Add your content
• Add your tags and categories
• When finished writing click Publish
14. Uploading An Image From Your Computer
• If you upload more than one image you will need to
click on the Show link to edit the image details and
insert an image into a post
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15. Uploading An Image From Your Computer
• If you upload more than one image you will need to
click on the Show link to edit the image details and
insert an image into a post
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16. Using the Image Options Screen
• In the image option screen you need to:
– type a title for the image
– choose how you want the image align (None, Left, Center or Right)
– select size of image you want to insert (Thumbnail, Medium, Large or Full)
– and then click Insert into Post
17. Puma Team Blog Explained
• http://msazukas1.edublogs.org/
• Now we’ll look directly at a functional and well-
respected blog created and used right here at
Maplewood Middle School, the Puma Team
Blog.
• How did they do it? What controls are they
using? And we’ll discuss in what ways is it being
used and in what other ways could it be if
desired?
18. Uploading An Audio or Video from Your PC
• These are the icons you use to insert images, photo
galleries, videos and audio files into your posts.
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• The file cannot be larger than 20 MB.
• Allowed file formats on Edublogs Include: jpg jpeg
png gif doc pdf mp3 ppt wmv mp4 xls ins isf te xbk
notebook m4a ist kmz kes mov flp avi swf wxr xml
wav fjsw docx pptx xlsx xml m4v max kmz zip
20. Uploading An Audio or Video from Your PC
• In the video/audio option
screen insert a suitable title
for the video or audio file.
• Then, click on File URL.
The File URL must display
the link to the location of
your file for it to be inserted
into your post when you
click on Insert into Post.
22. Wrapping Up
• Classroom blogging is a great way to integrate
technology with learning. The Apple Smart Board
recorder is an option to post lessons (with both
audio and video) on the blog for students to do work
independently and easily in the classroom or at
home.
