Building Class Websites

Teachers at all grade levels are finding individual classroom web sites are great for communicating with students and parents.

And students put in more effort when they know that their work might be displayed on a classroom web site.

Free and open source, WordPress provides an excellent option for creating the personal and classroom web sites that can grow and expand.

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Guidelines for Designing a Good Web Site for ESL Students

Charles Kelly created the Guidelines for Designing a Good Web Site for ESL Students. While some points are specifically aimed at ESL teachers, the suggestions can apply to…  learn more

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Education Continues Outside the Classroom on WordPress.com

This blog entry takes a closer look at how some tech-savvy teachers are using WordPress.com to create educational experiences that seamlessly blend the traditional and virtual worlds.  learn more

Just Do It

Getting started with WordPress involves a couple of steps, but is easy and straightforward. Give it a shot, start simple, and see how it evolves.  learn more

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SiteGround WordPress Hosting

SiteGround is one of the many third party companies that will host your WordPress web site at low or no cost. The advantage of these companies is you…  learn more

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Why The Name Brands Use WordPress

This blog article addresses many of the common questions and myths around WordPress. It explains how WordPress is easy to use, beautiful, scalable and why it's free.  learn more

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WordPress For Dummies

This book takes you step by step thru the process of setting up your WordPress site, choosing a theme (i.e., the layout and colors of your web site),…  learn more

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WordPress RSS Feeds

WordPress supports RSS feeds "out of the box". This article explains why that can be useful and how to access them on your WordPress site.  learn more

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WordPress.com

WordPress has two main web sites. The first is WordPress.com, which allows you to create your own WordPress web site for free using their servers. While there are…  learn more

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10 Ways WordPress Is Used in Schools

WordPress is used for way more than "just blogs". Edublogs lists 10 different ways WordPress is being used in schools, along with examples to trigger your own inspiration…  learn more

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Setting up a Teacher Website in WordPress

We know of whole schools and school districts set up a multi-user version of WordPress and give every instructor their own web site, ready to go. Here is…  learn more