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BloggingGetting Started
What is a Blog? Web log – “a website where entries are
written in chronological order and displayed in a reverse chronological order.”
Attributes: Commentary/news on a subject Personal (more diary-like) Combines text, images, links to other
blogs/sites Readers can leave comments (interactive)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Why Blog? (Personal)
Quick and easy way of communicating with family, friends
Global audience for thoughts, rants, ideas
Post photos, movies Travel experiences Repository for other blogs, websites
you like
Why blog? (Education)
Up-to-date communication with parents
Encourages kids to write and reflect Voice to entire class
Shy kids, all abilities Honest responses, discussions
Global audience
Example: Room 12 Student Blogs
Interesting Facts
120,000 new blogs created every day One new blog every 1.4 seconds In 2004, 8 million adults created blogs 1.5 million posts per day -17 posts per
second 2004 – 62% internet users didn’t know what
a blog was Japanese = #1 blogging language
(37%), 2)English = 33%, 3) Chinese = 8%
Growth of Blogging
Blogging Tools
Blogger http://blogger.com Popular, easy, powerful
Learnerblogs http://learnerblogs.org Offers free Wordpress-based blogs for students
Class Blogmeister http://classblogmeister.com Free classroom blog tool – teacher moderates student-posted content
Blogger
Easy to create and update One of most popular blogging tools Word-like WYSIWYG formatting
tools Customize with template, add
media, widgets
Learnerblog
WordPress (powerful) blog tool just for education Customizable look – large selection of templates Comment span protection
Blogmeister
Free, classroom focused Teacher can evaluate, comment on,
publish student posts Controlled environment
Blogging Tutorials
Atomic Learning http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/blogging
Blog Basics http://www.blogbasics.com/blog-tutorial-1-1.php
Blogger Tour http://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g
Weblogg-ed – resource/infohttp://www.weblogg-ed.com/
Blogs = for Conversations
Comments from within class (students, teachers)
Invite global comments
Blogging Tips
Kids only use first name, no personal identifying details
Use education blogging sites or private, members-only sites
Develop guides for acceptable blogging, review Acceptable Use Policy