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I\u2019d also love to know what you think of the broader idea. A WordPress Playground that doesn\u2019t just show people a site, but actively teaches them how to use it.<\/p>\nTurn Any WordPress Playground Into a Guided Education Experience | Pootlepress<\/a><\/cite><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This looks like something with amazing potential, a way to build in guided tours in the WordPress editor. It works in the WordPress playground via pootleplayground.com<\/a>. Pootle Playground helps you create blueprints<\/a> for the WordPress Playground<\/a>1<\/a><\/sup>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are technologies I know little about only have dipped my toe into. The featured image is a gif of a simple tour I created in a few minutes. It does look like there could be great potential for WordPress environments like Glow Blogs2<\/a><\/sup>. Teachers are busy multi-skilled people. Making a WordPress site might not be in their skillset but might be in their remit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could see something like these guided tours working not in the playground but in a site itself. A teacher or pupil could choose a tour to work through, say a class blog, e-portfolio or school site, the tour would take them through the steps to get started. <\/p>\n\n\n

  1. Quote: WordPress Playground is the platform that lets you run WordPress instantly on any device without a host. It\u2019s your place to build, experiment, test, and grow<\/em>. \u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li>
  2. I am just throwing out ideas here. Lots of coulds.<\/em> \u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n

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    A note about the guided tour facility in the Pootlepress Blueprint Generator for the WordPress playground. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mf2_syndication":["https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/johnjohnston.info\/post\/3mpqlse52zn2u","https:\/\/social.ds106.us\/@johnjohnston\/116856149095746138"],"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"Quote: WordPress Playground is the platform that lets you run WordPress instantly on any device without a host. 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