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WordPress MU and pSek Technical Support

Mr Kuroneko — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:54:00 +0000

We just signed up with a $10 per month business plan with pSek to host our WordPress MU sites and so far, we’ve been impressed with their technical support. Over the past two weeks, we’ve placed a few support tickets to help us get our WordPress site up and running. (We set the priorities in the [...]

Classroom Blogs, Bluehost CPU Throttling and pSek Webhosting

Mr Kuroneko — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:58:15 +0000

There are lots of places you can set up a free classroom blog: edublogs, wordpress, and wikispaces. Of course, “free” always comes at a price and there are always limitations with using these free services. In the end, we decided to run the (free) open-source WordPress software off of our own webhost space to unleash the full potential [...]

Looking for Grade 7 or 8 classrooms to collaborate with

Mr Kuroneko — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:16:30 +0000

Hi everyone, my name is Kisu Kuroneko and I teach Grade 7/8 literacy (English, History, Geography, Drama) in Ontario, Canada. Over the past few years, I’ve been experimenting with integrating a variety of different tools in the classroom, including Google Docs, online literature circles, twittering in the classroom, wikis and blogging. Here are my professional blogs to [...]

Why we’re thinking about leaving Bluehost and finding a new home for our Classroom Blogs

Mr Kuroneko — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:24:29 +0000

We run several classroom blogs and professional sites, including this blog on using educational technology in the classroom. Mostly we use WordPress, but lately we’ve been experimenting with bulleting boards (phpBB) for our online literature circles. You can only go so far with free accounts, whether they’re with Blogger, WordPress.com, Edublogs, or Wikispaces. Eventually, you want [...]

Online Literature Circles and Virtual Book Clubs (Educircles)

Mr Kuroneko — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:23:38 +0000

We’re currently experimenting with online literature circles at our school. Certainly literature circles, book clubs, and discussion groups aren’t new tools for many teachers. For example, the Saskatoon Public School Board has some great resources on their website about different ways to run literature circles, as well as assessment and evaluation considerations. However, the idea of running a [...]