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WordPress.com Partner Spotlight: Do the Woo 4.0
by WordPress.com Staffblogging, Customer Spotlight, design, Do the Woo, Podcasts, Syndicated, WooCommerce, WordCamp Europe, WordPress.comJune 14, 2024Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Bob Dunn, founder of Do the Woo, a podcast channel elevating voices of the WooCommerce and WordPress community. It was early 2023, and I’d been searching for the perfect direction for Do the Woo, the podcast and site we first launched in 2016. … -
Streamlining Your Content Creation: Adding Images From Your Phone With Ease
by @llilli5163 April 4, 2024We’re excited to share a new feature in the desktop editor and Jetpack mobile app that makes it a breeze to upload media to your WordPress posts and pages. -
Congratulations to Everyone Who Completed Bloganuary 2024!
Bloganuary 2024 by the numbers. -
Do More in 2024: 25% Off All Annual Plans Until the End of 2023
Act fast and give yourself the gift of WordPress.com. -
Bloganuary Is Just Around the Corner!
Join thousands of bloggers this January for a month-long writing challenge. -
Creative Assessment
by amiddlet50 December 15, 2023In this episode of Exquisite Education,?Andrew and Beatriz consider what we might understand by the term ‘creative assessment’. They discuss this in relation to a new sector-wide initiative that invites any educator to discuss and share ideas and practice relating … Continue reading -
Creative Assessment – what is it?
In higher education assessment is recognised as a driving force for student engagement and curriculum design. How does this tally with a desire for active student-centred learning? How can it accommodate the artistry in the academic practitioner who seeks to … Continue reading -
State of the Word 2023 Video + Recap
Celebrating the previous year in WordPress and looking ahead to the future. -
A MBS Recommendation
by ReverendAnimated GIFs, blogging, Console Living Room, digital storytelling, ds106, Film, MBS, pop-culture, Reclaim Today, Reclaim Video, ReclaimVideo, Syndicated, Teaching, umwconsoleJuly 18, 2022Last week I had the privilege of writing a recommendation for Michael Branson Smith to gain admission to the masters program in Interactive Data Visualization at the CUNY Graduate Center. And while I’m confident he will get into the program … Continue reading -
Say Hello to WordPrompts!
We’re excited to introduce a set of prompts for creators of all types! Meet WordPrompt, a single-word monthly exercise that aims to inspire you to create new posts, regardless of what or how you publish. -
Bloganuary: A Resounding Success!
Even though you can build any type of website on WordPress.com, from an eCommerce store to a photography portfolio, blogs still make up the majority of our 60 million plus sites. To improve interaction and connection with these bloggers, we tried something new: Bloganuary, a writing challenge throughout the month … -
New Year, New Success with Bloganuary
by @Sheefa_ahmed December 16, 2021In a few short days, you’ll surely be asked: What are your New Year’s resolutions for 2022? If starting a blogging habit is one of them, we’re here to help! At WordPress.com, we’re trying something new for 2022. Instead of individual New Year’s resolutions, we’ll be focusing on a shared … -
New: Free Blogging Course
We have released a free course to help aspiring bloggers and content creators develop smart strategies and launch their sites. -
Blog Islands in the Stream
by Reverend September 2, 2021I’m not gonna lie, I have been spending the greater part of the last few days honing my karaoke game. Turns out I can spend endless hours on the web broadcasting to a radio/tv empire with no listeners or viewers … Continue reading -
Make Your Best Photos Shine
Photos on your website can be a representation of who you are, what you do, or what you love. We want your photos to show to your visitors as best they possibly can, no matter what kind of device they are using. -
6 Ways WordPress.com Courses Help You Grow
by @Sheefa_ahmed July 15, 2021Join our WordPress.com Course Communities to help you get started on your blog or podcast. -
Build a Blogging Habit with Reminders in Your WordPress App
by @Sheefa_ahmedBetter Blogging, blogging, New Features, notifications, reminders, Syndicated, WordPress.com, writingJuly 13, 2021Meet your posting goals on your site with this new feature in the iOS and Android apps. -
Recommended Reads for International Day of Disabled Persons
by @Sheefa_ahmedAccessibility, bloggers, blogging, community, disability, disabled, Syndicated, WordPress.com, writers, writingDecember 3, 2020Explore personal essays and posts from disabled bloggers and disability rights activists. -
Learn from the experts: Create a successful blog with our brand new course
by @Sheefa_ahmedAdmin Bar, Better Blogging, blogging, branding, courses, design, getting started, Guided Courses, HowTo, monetization, Posting, Syndicated, WordPress.com, writingOctober 30, 2020Are you new to blogging, and do you want step-by-step guidance on how to publish and grow your blog? Learn more about our new Blogging for Beginners course and get 50% off through December 10th. -
A New Way to Publish Your Blog Posts Simultaneously as Twitter Threads
by @Sheefa_ahmed October 12, 2020Share your entire WordPress blog post as Twitter thread–every word, image, and video will be carried over to the social media platform. It’s never been easier to amplify the reach and engagement of your content beyond WordPress. -
Not Sure How to Get Your Blog Off the Ground? Join Our New Workshop.
by @Sheefa_ahmedBetter Blogging, bloggers, blogging, Blogging workshop, community, education, Events, Syndicated, webinar, WordPress.com, WordPress.com education, writingJune 2, 2020"Blogging: From Concept to Content" offers three days of hands-on, expert-led learning. -
#Summer2020BlogFest
So I follow Laura Gibbs regularly on Twitter @OnlineCrsLady. I was first introduced to her work while I was taking #etmooc and her knowledge, advice and approach to education always encourages me to explore an issue more, engage more or just rethink an... -
Expert Advice: SEO and Content Marketing
by @Sheefa_ahmedblogging, Events, Features, followers, HowTo, SEO, Small Business, Syndicated, traffic, traffic building, webinarMay 21, 2020Get advice on attracting the right people to your website in our free 60-minute webinar. -
Blogging as a site of embodiment, co-production and enculturation
by amiddlet50ANT, assemblage theory, belonging, blogging, challenge, Co-operative pedagogy, co-production, components, creativity, critical ontology, distributed cognition, embodiment, hybrid learning studio, learning space, ontology, othering, paradox, podcasting, Possibilities, site, situated learning, social media for learning, sociomateriality, studio, studio for all, studio-based learning, Support, Syndicated, ZPDAugust 10, 2019In this post I look at blogging as a studio space by reflecting on how and why I blog. A study of studio is a study of embodiment: the “embodied occupational engagement in constructing meaning [and how] the occupations in … Continue reading → -
Wally Sutton’s Internet Art Making Creative Blogging Project
by ryanseslowblogging, creativity, CT 101, CT101, CUNY, digital storytelling, gif, image-making, Syndicated, Wally Sutton, writingMarch 5, 2018Wally Sutton’s Internet Art Making Creative Blogging Project. Who is Wally Sutton and why is he here? Simply put, Wally Sutton is a fictional character. He’s a Walrus, however, he doesn’t know that Walrus’s aren’t supposed to wear human clothing or sell things like motherboards and other computer hardware… That is what makes Wally, Wally. He is … Continue reading "Wally Sutton’s Internet Art Making Creative Blogging Project" -
Reflections on Random Encounters for #engageMOOC
by rljessen#learning, blogging, Connected Courses, connected learning, engageMOOC, open learning, Syndicated, writingFebruary 13, 2018I first started wandering online back in the days of Archie and Veronica and Gopher before I had even heard of the World Wide Web. Back then, most of my encounters seemed random. Perhaps that is because I didn’t have a concept of what online was and what was possible … -
11 handy tips for student blogging
I received these tweets the other day: Our students might choose to do a law blog for their 1st seminar w me + @MrsGingerLawyer Tips on what makes a good blog? Pls use #lawtalk16 — Dr Steven Vaughan (@lawvaughan) October 1, 2016 @marcuselliott @KerryPinny would love any tips for our law students! New module exploring […]
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