One of the hassles of putting your work on a website is learning how to set it up and then having to go to the site to post on it. There are some great tools out there to minimize the hassles, like the blogs out there that let you update your posts just by sending an email. Well, Posterous.com goes one step farther, er, or easier.
I've had a Posterous account for a number of years and missed one major advantage to Posterous. The first-time user can start their Posterous account, simply by emailing posterous@posterous.com from the email account they wish to use. The resulting reply email has already begun the setup process and you are technically a couple of click away from immediate posting! The video below gives a great demo for Posterous.
Once it is setup, you can simply email your text, picture, document, or video to your Posterous email account and it will get published on your site. You can still edit and manage the post from your Posterous management page, but you don't have to.
Also, cross-posting is a breeze. Posterous allows you to connect to your blogs, Twitter, or Facebook accounts and auto post to them from your single Posterous posting. Very easy!
Why Posterous for the classroom? Your main Posterous webpage is organized as a blog. You could have the student of the week send an email at the end (or beginning) of the day to post the day's agenda or assignment list. Since you can post via email, sharing iPad creations via an app's Share via Email options can make sharing iPad products easy without having to setup network printing or filesharing on the iPads.
How would YOU use Posterous in the classroom? Would love to hear from you.
