Frequently Asked Blogging Questions
What is the best browser to use with Heathcote blogs?
Google Chrome. Chrome is a Google product, as is Blogger (the host of this blog) so Chrome will work most efficiently with all aspects of this site. If you don't already have Chrome you can download it for free:
https://www.google.com/chrome/
How do students post comments on the blog?
There are very specific guidelines for posting a comment on the blog. For instance, no full names will be published, students should only use "first name last initial" in the Name/URL field under "Choose an identity" no links or non-student names will be published. Check out this post for more information and a tutorial video:
http://heathcotetech.blogspot.com/2014/12/commenting-on-heathcote-blogs.html
I'm having trouble seeing the comment box or publishing a comment...
If you are having trouble leaving a comment you are probably not using Chrome. If you ever experience trouble seeing or publishing comments you should make sure you are using Chrome. We have noticed some browsers don't play nicely with the comment function.
Google Chrome. Chrome is a Google product, as is Blogger (the host of this blog) so Chrome will work most efficiently with all aspects of this site. If you don't already have Chrome you can download it for free:
https://www.google.com/chrome/
How do students post comments on the blog?
There are very specific guidelines for posting a comment on the blog. For instance, no full names will be published, students should only use "first name last initial" in the Name/URL field under "Choose an identity" no links or non-student names will be published. Check out this post for more information and a tutorial video:
http://heathcotetech.blogspot.com/2014/12/commenting-on-heathcote-blogs.html
I'm having trouble seeing the comment box or publishing a comment...
If you are having trouble leaving a comment you are probably not using Chrome. If you ever experience trouble seeing or publishing comments you should make sure you are using Chrome. We have noticed some browsers don't play nicely with the comment function.
This is a website that helps with the phase of the moon, as well as moon rise and set times
http://www.timeanddate.com/moon/usa/new-york
A kid-friendly calendar of the moon's phases
http://www.almanac4kids.com/sky/thismonth.php
Here are some great facts about the moon from Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/all-about-moon
An animation of the moon phases
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthandbeyond/phases/
