Directions for Embedding SlideShare Presentations

Here are step by step instructions on how to embed SlideShare presentations. 
embedding-a-slideshare-presentation
Buffy

Directions: Embedding Poll Daddy Code Into Your WordPress Posts

You can go to http://www.slideshare.net/buffyjhamilton/how-to-embed-a-poll-daddy-poll-into-your/ to download the presentation and print if you would like!

How To Get the Del.icio.us Buttons/Bookmarklets

Short Method:  Go to http://del.icio.us/help/ie/extensionnew
Long method: (if you want to log into your account first)
1.  Go to http://del.icio.us/
2.  Log into your account
3.  Look to the far right of your screen near the upper right hand side.  Click on help.
4.  Now look to the left to the second category called “Bookmarking”—go to http://del.icio.us/help/ie/extensionnew to install the buttons.

Sidebar Widgets and Custom Theme Headers

Sidebar widgets:  http://wordpress.com/features/sidebar-widgets/
Customizing Theme Headers (will not work for all themes):  http://wordpress.com/features/custom-headers/

Categorizing and Tagging Posts

http://wordpress.com/features/post-tags/

How to Manage the Blogroll

http://faq.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/the-blogroll/

Directions for Flickr Feeds and Embedding Odeo

Please check out these great directions from Kris Woods!
http://t21blogging.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/blog-extras.pdf

How to Adjust The Timestamp Settings

Katie sent in a great question today:  “How do I set the clock correctly on WordPress so the posts say the actual times they are posted?  It’s driving me crazy”!
To set the “clock”, do these steps:
1.  Log in to your account.
2.  From your “dashboard”, click on “options.”
3.  Scroll down to the “Date and Time” heading.
4.  Look [...]

Out of the Mouths of Babes….Rubrics and Teacher 2.0

Take a look at this article from this link……the blog post is about 5th grade students creating (yes, they did the creations!) of rubrics for evaluating their blog posts!
This article also relates to the underyling principle of Teach 21:  engaging students and using technology to engage our students.  Be sure to read the entire post, [...]

Question of the Day: What are widgets?

What the heck are widgets?  We’ll be playing with those on March 22, but for now, here are some resources for you on widgets!
http://del.icio.us/teach21.validresources/widgets