Category Archives: Fame

LVS Blog Carnival Update

Deadline for the March 09  session LVS Blog carnival is fast approaching!  The deadline to submit your blog post is 4/8/09. This carnival is open to all LVS students, staff and alumni. The theme this session is “If I knew … Continue reading

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Spread the Love with Blog Contests

Blogging contests can be a fun way to promote your blog while discovering other blogs that might entertain, inform or offer insight. There are three main ways to benefit from a blog contest: Explore a lot  of posts on a … Continue reading

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Inspiration Blog Carnival Deadline Soon

The deadline for the Inspiration Blog Carnival is 2/3/09. Submissions have been trickling in slowly and I am opening that there will be a last minute rush. Many of my students have told me that they feel overwhelmed by the … Continue reading

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Twitter: faster than a speeding news van

Twitter was the first to break the story of the  US Airways crash into the Hudson river. Just moments after the crash, Janis Krums used his iPhone  and Twitter to post a picture of the partially submerged plane in the … Continue reading

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Inspiration Blog Carnival

LVS Online students and alumni are invited to submit their artwork, poetry, stories and other writing to the LVS Blog Carnival on Inspiration. What inspires you? Do you have a story about a person, event or class that inspired you? … Continue reading

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Bloggers Unite for AIDS Blog Carnival

The theme for the 2008 World AIDS day is leadership so I decided to show some leadership and start a Blog Carnival. The Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune students are learning about Blog Carnivals right now so it seemed … Continue reading

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Trying out 43 Things

43 Things is a social networking site that brings people together to share goals and support each other in achieving those goals. Each session, the Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune students will have the opportunity to explore a social … Continue reading

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Fear NOT the Publish button but preview and review first

Blogging can be a race, he who posts first wins when it comes to news. Too often that race sadly takes precedence over content. Ben Trombly at Frogstr wrote a thoughtful post on the need to publish with caution. He … Continue reading

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Hall of Fame Blogs Update

Tonight, I reviewed all of the blogs in the Hall of Fame blogroll. With regret, I removed blogs that had no posts for the month of August. It was with regret, because several of those blogs were quite funny, insightful … Continue reading

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Bloggers’ Choice Awards! Time to vote and promote blogs

The popular and prestigious Bloggers’ Choice Awards are now underway. You can nominate your favorite blogs, vote for the blogs that you like the best and peruse other nominations. Blog awards are given in a large number of categories from … Continue reading

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