Comments on: Dear Santa:

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:07:15 +0000

Re: ads. Firefox with AdBlocker. I’ve never seen the ads you talk about, despite reading a few edublogs sites.

By: This Life of Brian » Blog Archive » Advertising, Blogging, and Education: Should They Mix?

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:13:15 +0000

[…] a free host – edublogs – started embedding advertising in their blogs. I first read about it at dy/dan, and a commenter pointed me to a post by Graham Wegner about the monetization of edublogs. There […]

By: Dale Basler

Dale Basler — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:43:30 +0000

That’s what I like about our school- most of us have offices so our desks aren’t getting in the way in the classroom.

Oh, I hate those double lined pop-up links too but I can’t get them to stop- even after reloading.

By: Mr. G

Mr. G — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:05:47 +0000

The double-underlined edublog links are HORRID. Not only that, they lead readers to believe the writer is linking words when they’re not. I also have no problem with edublogs finding revenue for their site, but not this way…

And happy holidays to you, still the #1 edublogger out there.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:27:21 +0000

Oh, and I forgot – I very rarely sit at my own desk during any class. And for better or for worse, I don’t have spare student seats in several of my class sections; I just don’t sit down at all. I even wind up doing each night’s homework standing up at the Smart Board at the front of the room every day after school.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:25:28 +0000

I caught what Dina points out in her second post (that 2008 is nearly over) but we all know what you meant by your recommendation.

And I did just subscribe to her blog. FYI, Dan, I use Google Reader and I don’t get any of those Edublog double-underline links at all when I read it within Google Reader. Only if I have a particular reason to go to the original page do I get them; I think that I only leave Google Reader about once every 20 postings or so (e.g., to reply like I’m doing to your posting right now).

By: Dina

Dina — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:13:40 +0000

Wait a minute. 2008 is almost over. Was that a backhanded insult from you?? (peals of laughter…)

By: Dina

Dina — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:09:46 +0000

What, I wasn’t astonished enough in the post?! :)

Thanks.

And yeah, about the ad links– I’m with Graham on this one.

http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/12/21/sorry-james-but/

Including the getting my butt in gear and becoming a paid member of Edublogs so perhaps, in that utopia for which I continue to strive, we can return to ad-free blogging over there.