If you are using the Firefox browser, the performancing extension will allow you to easily post to your blog(s) right from the browser window! Supported platforms include: blogger.com, wordpress.com, typepad.com, LiveJournal and MSN spaces.
After installing the plugin, you’ll notice that your right-click context menu has an additional “Perfomancing –> Blog this page” option, another quick way for bookmarking your favourite sites to your blogs 🙂
A HOWTO guide is available here for quick reference.
Another reason to try out Firefox if you have not already done so 😉
The International Edublog Awards Winners 2005
The result‘s out. Visit the blogs for some good inspirations for upcoming the new year 🙂
Most innovative edublogging project, service or programme 2005
James Farmer: Edublogs
Best newcomer 2005
Konrad Glogowski: Blog of proximinal development (follow up)
Most influential post, resource or presentation 2005
George Siemens: Connectivism: Learning as Network-Creation
Best designed/most beautiful edublog 2005
D�Arcy Norman: D�Arcy Norman Dot Net
Best library/librarian blog 2005
Joyce Valenza: Joyce Valenza�s NeverEnding Search
Best teacher blog, joint winners 2005
Konrad Glogowski: Blog of proximinal development
Anne Davis: Edublog Insights
Best audio and/or visual blog 2005
Dave Cormier and Jeff Lebow: Ed Tech Talk
Best example/case study of use of weblogs within teaching and learning 2005
Thomas Hawke, Thomas Stiff, Susan Stiff, Diane Hammond (YES I Can! Science team): Polar Science
Best group blog 2005
Rudolf Amman, Aaron Campbell, Barbara Dieu: Dekita.org
Best individual blog 2005
Stephen Downes: OLDaily
The full list of nominees can be found here. Do visit the other quality edublogs too!
Grading blogs – a rubric
Six years old and blogging away …
Will Richardson has this interesting post on his conversation with his son. His son is 6 years old and blogging away! Tell us much about our upcoming generation and it reminds us teachers to constantly attune to our young 🙂
20 Types of Blog Posts – Battling Bloggers Block
Darren @Problogger.net summarised 20 types of blog posts he has observed. Having the awareness of the types may allow you to blog in more ways? 🙂
20 types of Blog Posts
� Instructional
� Informational
� Reviews
� Lists
� Interviews
� Case Studies
� Profiles
� Link Posts
� �Problem� Posts
� Contrasting two options
� Rant
� Inspirational
� Research
� Collation Posts
� Prediction and Review Posts
� Critique Posts
� Debate
� Hypothetical Posts
� Satirical
� Memes and Projects
For full description, read this post.