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Creating a n Educational Blog or Website with . Presented by Laura Bogush www.SmarterTechTeaching.com. What is a Website?. a collection of web pages documents that are accessed through the Internet. What is a Blog?. It is a kind of website. . Web + Log = Blog.
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Creating an Educational Blog or Website with Presented by Laura Bogush www.SmarterTechTeaching.com
What is a Website? a collection of web pages documents that are accessed through the Internet
What is a Blog? It is a kind of website. Web + Log = Blog Blogs in Plain English video
Typical Website Blog Like a journal or newspaper Like a book Posts are ordered chronologically with newest on top Pages linked in planned structure Not usually space for reader comments Invites readers to comment Updated often! Updated occasionally
What is a WordPress? It is free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS). Video: What is WordPress?
Two kinds of WordPress: .com and .org
Other Popular Blog/WebsiteTools Blogger Tumblr Edublog And many more!
Why did I choose WordPress? Free! Easy to learn Many options Ability to self-host Professional web designers use it
Why do teachers create a website or a blog? To communicate! with other teachers with parents with students WITH THE WHOLE WORLD!
Teacher to Teacher Singing Pigs Blogush Mrs. Meacham’s Classroom Snapshots Go Figure with Scipi The Organized Classroom Blog
Teacher to Parents and students too! Beth Newingham’s Third Grade Mrs. Gold’s Class Mrs. York’s Fourth Grade Mrs. Yollis’ Website
Teacher to Students Duke of Definition: English on the Web Students for Tomorrow
Teacher with students Mrs. Yollis’ Classroom Blog The Avery Bunch Huzzah! Techi Kids
Tim Time to Explore! What blogs or websites do you like? • Visual • Colors, layout, graphics What blogs or websites don’t you like? Why? Notice what makes it easy or hard to find information and move around.
Tim Plan your website or blog Complete the planning sheet As you explore and view websites and blogs