Blogging in the Classroom

Connecting your class to

the world

Alice Mercer/Gail Desler CTAP3 Winter 2008 Creative Commons (NC/SA/Attribute)

Agenda for Training

• Introductions and Background (20 minutes)

• Trying it out (55 minutes)• What’s next (50 minutes)• Afternoon session:

Signing up for Edublogs

• Blogs are…– Background– What– How– Why

• Trying it out– Write a post– Make a comment– Approve a comment

• What’s next• Sign-up for Edublogs

– What you’ll need

– Get an account– Get a blog– Set-up blog

Questions about blogs

• Background on us

• What is a blog?

• How does it work?

• Why should you blog?

• Blogs are…– Background– What– How– Why

• Trying it out• What’s next• Sign-up for Edublogs

Background: Gail Desler

• Discussion board – Always Running

• Reading – Weblogg-ed

• Commenting – Moving at the Speed of Creativity

• Writing/Owning - Blogwalker

• Blogs are…– Background– What– How– Why

• Trying it out• Sign-up for Edublogs• What’s next

Background: Alice Mercer

Has it only been one year?

What I’ve done with students;

What I’ve done with myself;

How they help each other!

• Blogs are…– Background– What– How– Why

• Trying it out• Sign-up for Edublogs• What’s next

What is a blog?

Lets look at a blog– A Website that has

entries (posts) – Arranged in chronological

order – With the latest post

appearing on top

• Blogs are…– Background– What– How– Why

• What’s next • Trying it out• Sign-up for Edublogs

Blog

BODY SIDEBAR

Blog

Posts• Assignments• Links

SIDEBAR

Blog

Posts• Latest post• Previous post

SIDEBAR• Navigation• List of posts• Comments

Blog

• Post #2 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

• Post #1xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

SIDEBAR• Pages

– Information

• Recent Posts– Post #2– Post #1

Blog

• Post #2 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx– Comments

Name:

URL:

Email:

Anti Spam word:

Comment:

SIDEBAR• Pages

– Information

• Recent Posts– Post #2– Post #1

Submit

How does it work?

• You (and if you give others permissions they) put up posts.

• People comment on the post.

• You can moderate the comments.

• Blogs are…– Background– What– How– Why

• What’s next• Trying it out• Sign-up for Edublogs

Why should you blog?

• Let’s explore!

• What could you do with this?

• Blogs are…– Background– What– How– Why

• What’s next• Trying it out• Sign-up for Edublogs

Trying it out

The “hands on” part • Make a comment

• What does that look like to you?

• Blogs are…• Trying it out• What’s next• Sign-up for Edublogs

What’s next?

• Plan of use

• Finding others

• Blogs are…• Trying it out• What’s next

– Plan of use– Finding others

• Sign-up for Edublogs

Sign-up for Edublogs

• What you’ll need…

• Get an account

• Get your blog

• Set-up your blog

• Blogs are…• Trying it out• What’s next• Sign-up for Edublogs

– What you’ll need

– Get an account– Get a blog– Set-up blog

What you’ll need…

• An email address

• A username and password

• An idea of what you will use the blog for

• A blog title

• A blog URL

• Blogs are…• Trying it out• What’s next• Sign-up for Edublogs

– What you’ll need

– Get an account– Get a blog– Set-up blog

Get an account

• Pick out a login name and password for edublogs

• This is not your blog name or URL

• Easy to remember; hard to figure out

• Blogs are…• Trying it out • What’s next• Sign-up for Edublogs

– What you’ll need

– Get an account– Get a blog– Set-up blog

Get your blog

• Decide on a name for your blog

• Decide on a URL for your blog

• Get confirmation email

• Blogs are…• Trying it out• What’s next• Sign-up for Edublogs

– What you’ll need

– Get an account– Get a blog– Set-up blog

Set-up your blog

• The dashboard

• The settings

• The theme/presentation

• Widgets and sidebars

• Blogs are…• Trying it out• What’s next• Sign-up for Edublogs

– What you’ll need

– Get an account– Get a blog– Set-up blog