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Using WordPress? Try the WordPress app

Byryan May 7, 2016

I don’t know what I was doing, but this past week I stumbled upon the WordPress.com App for the desktop. Currently available for OS X and Windows, the WordPress.com App takes some of the administrative features from the WordPress dashboard and delivers those features to you in an up to date, and I believe, more pleasing manner.

There is one requirement for self-hosted WordPress sites that could be a problem is the requirement for the WordPress Jetpack plugin to be installed and connected to WordPress with a WordPress.com account. Once installed and set up, you can start writing your blog posts without navigating to your dashboard first.

Images can be dropped into the editor, which will then automatically upload the pictures to your blog. Unfortunately, copying and pasting images doesn’t work. On the left side of the screen you have access to almost all of the settings that you will need to set up your post.

Once your post is finished, you can publish it or save as a draft, depending on your workflow.

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The World Depends on Technology No One Understands

Byryan July 26, 2016July 25, 2016

“We are in a new era, one in which we are building systems that can’t be grasped in their totality or held in the mind… Source: The World Depends on Technology No One Understands I find this both fascinating and scary. With complexity comes more power, but if no one understands the system, can we…

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Google Slides: Edit the Slide Master – Teacher Tech

Byryan June 20, 2016June 19, 2016

Why be like everyone else, edit the Google Slides master to create custom themes! Source: Google Slides: Edit the Slide Master – Teacher Tech Great tip about Google Fonts! And for another example of customizing, check out my post on making Google Slides your own.

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Separate professional and personal uses on your computer with multiple logins

Byryan January 28, 2016January 28, 2016

All of the major operating systems support multiple users (even the iPad is getting it), which allows each user of a machine to have their own settings, wallpaper, bookmarks, etc. Usually, you have one log in and that is it, but I’ve been experimenting with having two logins, and switching between them depending on the task. I…

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5 trends, Google Expeditions, Top 70 Android Apps – Top 3 posts for the week

Byryan July 10, 2016July 10, 2016

ISTE 2016: 5 Tech Trends Reshaping Education | EdTech Magazine Presenting to a packed house at ISTE 2016, educational technology expert Jason Ohler asked educators to dig deep and consider how they want to influence their students’ lives. Google for Education: How 3 teachers use Expeditions to enhance their students’ natural curiosity Teachers at Community…

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ⓔ Editorial Calendar plugin for WordPress

Byryan April 28, 2016April 28, 2016

Yesterday I wrote about the benefits of using an editorial calendar to plan out your blog posts and help you come up with ideas for posts that you want to write. Although there are many different ways of keeping an editorial calendar, I chose to use a plugin for WordPress called, coincidentally enough, Editorial Calendar….

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#b2s 1. Create a spreadsheet for student information

Byryan August 2, 2016August 1, 2016

This is part 1 of 13 things to do before the first day of school For a lot of scenarios, creating a Google Form to collect information works well. But it could also be overkill to create a form just to collect a student’s username from a web service, or to have a student select…

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