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BloggingGetting Started
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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
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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
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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
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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%
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Growth of Blogging
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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
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Blogger
Easy to create and update One of most popular blogging tools Word-like WYSIWYG formatting
tools Customize with template, add
media, widgets
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Learnerblog
WordPress (powerful) blog tool just for education Customizable look – large selection of templates Comment span protection
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Blogmeister
Free, classroom focused Teacher can evaluate, comment on,
publish student posts Controlled environment
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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/
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Blogs = for Conversations
Comments from within class (students, teachers)
Invite global comments
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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
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