Comments on: Three favs from The Edublogger

By: blogwalker

blogwalker — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:41:58 +0000

Cindy, are you just starting a new school year?

By: Cindy O'Dwyer

Cindy O'Dwyer — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:26:12 +0000

Great tip to allow time for students to read and not just write. I have been having trouble getting my students to really get into blogging and I think this will help. Thanks!!

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:20:07 +0000

Not to the best of my knowledge.

By: blogwalker

blogwalker — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:33:45 +0000

I’ve added the RSS icon via Feedburner, per your recommendation, Sue. I was hoping, though, that I could accomplish the same effect by copying feed code (http://bogwalker.edublogs.org/feed/)into RSS widget, but there must a different way to set that up, no?

I agree with you that when introducing teachers to blogging, it’s best to keep the side trips out of Edublogs to a minimum.

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:10:22 +0000

Technically speaking you don’t have to add it to your sidebar for people to be able to subscribe. Feed Readers such as Google Reader and Bloglines are able to locate it from your Blog URL. However some of these less commonly used ones aren’t.

Regardless of whether you have RSS feed already in your sidebar or not I always recommend using Feedburner because that way you have some idea of your readership. However this is probably a topic I would introduce and show them how to create once they are more experienced.

By: blogwalker

blogwalker — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:01:25 +0000

Thanks, Sue, for the info on Jan Smith. I’ve added her link in the post (and enjoyed the side trip to her blog!).

And out of the workshop, here’s a topic question: With the themes that do not include the RSS icon, what’s the best way to add it to the sidebar?

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By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:11:32 +0000

Oops sorry forgot to mention please let me know if there is any topics your participants would like me to cover and want me to cover in more detail on The Edublogger.

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:04:24 +0000

Thanks for telling your participants about The Edublogger and glad the posts help others. Dean's post is excellent and a must read for all educators. It was Jan Smith who shared the link --- here is where she blogs. I had read his post prior to her sharing it and had been pondering how I could write a post to encourage readers to check it out.

By: blogwalker

blogwalker — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:29:25 +0000

Me too, Delaine. And with students, I always try to remind them that far more people will read their posts than will respond. Kind of helps them get past that “talking to an empty room” feeling.

By: Delaine Zody

Delaine Zody — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:03:17 +0000

>>Blogging is way more about reading than it is writing. <<

Love this line…yes, I spend more time reading than I do writing.