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Presented by: Tiffaney Lavoie
Instructional Technology Consultant
(859) 552-5399
www.kedc.org www.kybuy.org
Text "tlavoie"to 50500 to receive my contact information
directly on your phone
Blogging and Picasa
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Technology PD Offerings
Blogging in the Classroom
Wiki, Wiki, Wow!
Web 2.0 Toolbox
Level 1 and II Interactive Whiteboard Certified Training
Fully Customized Technology PD
Train the Trainer
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What is a Blog???
The term comes from two words - web and log =blog!
Here is a little history for you....
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Tiffaney's Technology Blog
http://tiffaneystechnologyblog.blogspot.com
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Where to Begin Your Blogging
Adventure
Create a Google Account:
www.google.com/accounts
Next Step:
www.blogger.com
You may have to verify your account information
through a text message or email
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Blogger Features:
Customize your Blog
Add photos and labels
Embed videos
Allow feedback from readers
Post On-the-Go
Edit your layout
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Additional Blogger Templates:
http://btemplates.com
Google search for "Blogger Templates"
http://theblogtemplates.com
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Use the Blogger Template Designer for Your Own
Custom Look
Add Pizazz!
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Settings Are Everything...
1. Settings > Comments : Moderate comments
before they are posted to your blog
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Allow for Multiple Authors...Restrict Blog Readers to
Just Your Class
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You can post to your blog by:
1. Sending an email to an address you create. The subject of the email becomes the post title and
the body of the email becomes the post itself. You can also post pictures this way.
2. Sending a text message from your smart phone. Register your cell phone number and you can be
completely mobile with your blogging.
Post to Your Blog From Your Email and Mobile Phone
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Customizing Your Blog - Adding Gadgets
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Useful Gadgets to Consider:
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Creating Static Pages - Adding a Calendar
Customize > Settings> Posting > Edit Pages >
New Page
Google Calendar is a great tool to use to provide parents and
students with important information. You can make your
calendar a static page on your blog
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To Add a Calendar to a Blog Page: Posting > Edit Pages > New
Page > Title
1. Go to your Google Calendar2. Down arrow by your name in the left window > calendar settings
3. Calendar details > embed this calendar
4. Copy the embed code
5. Go to your new blog page > edit html
6. Paste the embed code into the body of the page
7. Change the width to 400 and height to 800
8. SelectPreviewto ensure the calendar is embedded > close preview9. SelectPublish Page. Your new page should show as a link on the
home page of your blog
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Widgets for your Blog
www.slideshare.net
www.vocaroo.com
www.classtools.net
www.vozme.com
www.wordle.net
www.issuu.com
www.cooltext.com
www. wallwisher.com
www.blabberize.com
www.polleverywhere.com
www.flickr.com
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Ideas on How to Use Your Blog For Classroom Instruction:
Teacher/Student Blogs
These blogs are set up by the teacher and do not require student Google accounts
Daily JournalPost a prompt or question each day to your blog and students can comment to answeror respond
Online DebateAsk a challenging question or post a thought-provoking prompt and then let students add comments,
arguments, and/or justifications
Reading Response JournalPost questions regarding a book you are currently reading and allow students to respond
Photo EssaysCreate a blog that provides a theme prompt that students must respond to in the form of a picture (ie:
autonomy). Provide a mail-to email address to post to the blog. Then students can take pictures
with a cell phone ordigital camera and email the picture to the blog along with a description of why the
photo represents that prompt
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Teacher Blogs
Weekly NewsletterInsteadof sending home a paper newsletter, do it as a blog. Simply provide parents with the URL and they can check it regularly
Sharing Student Work
Share student work includingdrawings, writing, voice recordings, and even pictures of the students in the classroom through a blog
Spelling Lists
Use a blog to post your spelling lists, vocab lists, etc each week
Teaching Tips
Create a blog and share yourown teaching tips with other teachers - collaborate and post comments together to highlight newly found resources
A BlogofWidgets
Create a blog to house tools like the random name picker, video resources, etc
Resources forParents
Post effective websites, movies, hands-on manipulatives, at-home activities, etc that would help to extend the classroom to the family room
Feedback from Parents
Post a question or prompt and allow parents to comment to your blog pos (Consider switching your settings to allow for a preview of the post by y
before being published)
Lesson Plans
Post lesson plans each week for both administrators and parents/students alike
Absent Student Info
Provide a place for absent students to view Powerpoint presentations they missed in class, post assignments, etc
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https://picasaweb.google.com/home
www.picasa.google.com
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Key Points with Picasa
1. Picasa scans your harddrive and shows your photos in the same way that they are organizedonyour computer.
2. When you edit a photo in Picasa, youroriginal is not altered. Instead, Picasa automatically creates
a copy for you.
3. The difference between Folders andAlbums
4. Uploading an Album andPosting to Blogger via embed code and linking
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Presented by: Tiffaney Lavoie
Instructional Technology Consultant
KEDC/ KPC
(859) 552-5399
www.kedc.org www.kybuy.org
Thank You!!