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Blogging 101: Blogging for the Absolute Beginner

Blogging 101: Blogging for the Absolute Beginner. Gail Desler & Kathleen Watt Technology Services. Pitcherlady. What is a blog? blogging?. Noun? Verb? Website? Online journal? Social network? Other?. YES. A blog is ….

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Blogging 101: Blogging for the Absolute Beginner

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  1. Blogging 101: Blogging for the Absolute Beginner Gail Desler & Kathleen Watt Technology Services

  2. Pitcherlady

  3. What is a blog? blogging? • Noun? • Verb? • Website? • Online journal? • Social network? • Other? YES

  4. A blog is … • “a website that is up-dated frequently, with new material posted at the top of the page” (Blood). • “a term used to describe a website that publishes content on a regular and ongoing basis. It can be a personal diary, a chronicle of commentaries on various issues and topics, or a creative journal, to name just a few” (Boan).

  5. A blog Is… • “basically an easy way to publish content on the Internet [because] it allows you to put that content online without needing to know things like Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) or coding languages” (Richardson). • web + log = weblog = blog

  6. Blogs are simple to use! • Blogs do not require expensive software programs • Blogs do not require a background in web design and/or programming • If you can fill out a form, you can blog!

  7. My blogging journey • Discussion board – Always Running • Reading – Weblogg-ed • Commenting – Moving at the Speed of Creativity • Writing/Owning – Blogwalker Please join me on the journey. Head to http://connectingclassrooms.edublogs.org and start blogging!

  8. Review sample blogs • In the next 10 minutes, read as many of the sample blogs listed in the sidebar under Blogroll as you can (http://connectingclassrooms.edublogs.org) • Explore the following: • How is blog writing different from other types of writing? • How is it similar? • How can blogging help teachers?

  9. How blogging helps teachers • Partner with at least two other people. • Share your review notes and discuss the samples as both effective writing and as teacher resources.

  10. A look at classroom blogs • Head back to the sidebar (http://connectingclassrooms.edublogs.org) and read as many classroom blogs as you can in 10 minutes. • Partner with at least two others and consider how blogging helps students.

  11. Bringing blogs to the classroom Effective, free blog providers: • Edublogs.org—the BEST • No ads, no links other than your own • More control, more features • Allows upload of documents (20 MB) • Blogger • EASY • Links to other blogs (could be anything) • No space to upload documents

  12. Want more? • Join us for more Web 2.0 workshops: • Podcasting 101 • Podcasting 102 • Collaborative Writing 101 • Collaborative Writing 102

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