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• WordPress plugins for our class website: Global Translator – not ideal, but uses Google Translate to help non-English speaking parents. #
• WordPress plugins for our class website: Mike Jolley's Download monitor tracks how many times the handouts are viewed. http://bit.ly/rLhvT #
• WordPress plugins for our class website: TinyMCE Advanced customizes which tools students can use in the WYSIWYG editor. http://bit.ly/GLBmv #
• Should we use WordPress to manage the downloads on our class website or simply attach them to our Google Calendar? #
• How edublogs makes money using the WordPress platform: http://bit.ly/1htCW #
• How to publish to a WordPress (edublogs) site from Google Docs http://miketemple123.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/181/ #
• How to embed a Google Calendar into your class blog: http://bit.ly/CDUTh #
• Example of a permission form to use student work in podcasting: http://bit.ly/6Q8Gs #
• Love the Agenda and 4 day view in Google Calendar. Wish MS Outlook could do that as well. #
• Google Calendar attachments have to be Google documents; you can't upload other files. Google Docs tends to modify the formatting of MSWord. #
• Uploading JPGs of Powerpoint slides to the class blog is time consuming; Perhaps I can use Google Docs and simply share the PPT. #
• Will Google Docs' powerpoint replace MS Powerpoint? It's not as powerful (i.e. no transitions) but it still gets the basic agenda across. #
• Careful. Student names displayed in a class Google Doc presentation will be in the revision history, even if it gets deleted from the slide. #
• Embedding a Google Calendar in your classroom website makes life easy. Update the calendar in Google and it changes on your class site. #
• You can display multiple calendars in an embedded Google Calendar – which means teachers can unclick the calendars to simplify the info. #
• We embedded 5 Google Calendars into a single calendar on our class site: 3 different classes, notes from the teachers, and school events. #
• You can include a Google Calendar onto your class blog, but if it's not a public calendar, it won't display. #
• Supply teachers could use Google Calendar to display when they are available. (You can share a calendar but not display event details.) #
• You can put links in a Google Calendar event, so, you can post your class handouts as attachments in your class site and then link to it. #
• It seems Google Calendar will accept web addresses or html code for external links from a Google Calendar event. #
• Google Calendar shows a pop up event description from an embedded calendar. External links don't work unless you hard code them as HTML. #
• We're discussing using a bulletin board format to discuss books online through literature circles. Do we make the site public or private? #
• Benefits to a public bulletin board site: 1. world-wide audience 2. can open comments to other schools; 3. showcase literacy at our school. #
• 4. Students can see what other students are saying – this can inspire them or shut them down. #
• Creating a "book" review site for students to do reading responses. Looking for good WordPress plugins to create a rating system. #
• Book Review / Reading Response site: It'd be nice to sort student votes based on reader characteristics…. grade? gender? #
• President Obama speaks to kids about staying in school: http://bit.ly/18fNsr #
• Need a WordPress plugin that allows students to publish private posts but the teacher moderates if the posts can be published online. #
• GD Star Rating WordPress plugin seems pretty customizable. Will it allow students to give a rating by leaving a comment? http://bit.ly/Vl1Y8 #
• Playing around with MarkBook 2009. Seems to be more powerful than GradeKeeper: Multiple sections within assignments; email functions too. #

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