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Blogging 101:
Digital Journaling and GroupProjects
a presentation by
Patrick Douglas CrispenNetSquirrel.com
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Our Goals
Learn what blogs are and see howthey work
Create our own blog at Google¶sblogger.com
Discover some ways to integrateblogging activities into our
curriculum Find some additional blog resources
DO ALL OF THIS IN ENGLISH!
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Part One: Blogs
What they are and how they
work.
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What is a blog?
A weblog, or simply a ³blog,´ is a webapplication which contains periodic,reverse chronologically ordered posts on a
common webpage. Blogs can be used as a
± Personal journal or diary.
± Class project page.
± Bookmarks or links page.
± Etc.
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Common blog features
Headlines
Time stamps
Permanent links [or ³permalinks´] Categories
Searches
RSS feeds COMMENTS
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Why blogs are cool
They¶re web-based.± There¶s no client software to download and
learn.
± You can update your blog from any Internet-connected computer.
They¶re absurdly easy to use.± You DON¶T have to know or use HTML.
± You DON¶T have to know or use FTP.
They¶re not solitary.± The community of blogs and bloggers make up
a vast social network.
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Blogs v. Wikis
Objective± Blogs are a way to share personal information,
a way for the owner(s) to express themselvesto their target audience.
±Wikis are a means of sharing and editing data[ideas, text, photographs] for the creation of collaborative knowledge.
Content creation and control
± Blog content creation and control falls to theowner.
±Wiki content creation and control falls to theaudience [although there is an administrator.]
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Definitions
Blog: A web log. Blogger: Someone who creates and
maintains a blog.
Blogging: The process of creating andmaintaining a web log. Blogsphere/Blogosphere: The totality of
blogs; a community or social network of blogs.
Blogroll: A list of a blogger¶s favoriteblogs, usually placed on the side of thatblogger¶s blog.
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Part Two: Blogger
http://www.blogger.com/
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Setting Up Your First Blog
Go to blogger.com
± Free blog hostingsite run by Google
Click on the orange ³Create Your BlogNow´ arrow to getstarted.
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1. Create an Account
Choose a user name.± You¶ll use this name to
sign in when you return.
Enter a password.
Key in a display name.± This is the name that willbe used to sign your blogposts.
Key in your email address.
Accept the terms of
service. Click on the orange
³Continue´ button.
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2. Name Your Blog
Key in your blog¶s title.
Key in your blog¶s URL.± something.blogspot.com
Key in the ³captcha´ word.
± Captcha is the squiggly ³completely automatedpublic Turing test to tellcomputers and humansapart´ word that appearson the page.
Click on the orange ³Continue´ arrow.
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3. Choose a Template
Choose a template.
± You can alwayschange your
template later. Click on the orange ³Continue´ arrow.
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4. Celebrate
That¶s it.
No, really. That¶sit.
Click on the orange ³Start Posting´ arrow to start your
first post.
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Create a Post
Creating a post is alot like composingan email message.
Key in the post¶stitle.
Then key in the
post¶s text.
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Formatting Your Post¶s Text
Formatting your post¶s text is much likeformatting text in Microsoft Word or Outlook.
You can add pictures, change fonts, addhyperlinks, check your spelling, and much more.
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Post Your Post
Scroll down and choose if you want toallow people to post comments to yourpost.
Then click on the orange ³Publish Post´ button.
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Now What?
That¶s it. You¶redone.
To view your
³finished´ blog,± Click on the ³View
Blog´ link or tab.
± Point your web
browser to yourblogspot address.
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Our ³Finished´ Blog
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Coming Back for More
Remember:
± blogger.com = where you make changes to your blog.
± blogspot.com = where you view your finished blog.
The next time you return to blogger.com, key inyour username and password.
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What¶s Next?
Click on the nameof your blog to seea list of every post
you¶ve made. Click on the greenplus sign icon tocreate a new post.
Click on the bluegear icon tochange your blog¶ssettings.
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help.blogger.com
For moreinformation, visithelp.blogger.com
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Part Three:
Blogging in the Classroom
Ways to integrate blogging
activities into your curriculum
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Blogs and ISTE NETS·S
ISTE NETS¶ technology foundationstandards for students:
±Basic operations and concepts
±Social, ethical, and human issues
±Technology productivity tools
±Technology communications tools
±Technology research tools±Technology problem-solving anddecision-making tools
Source: http://cnets.iste.org/currstands/cstands-netss.html
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³Best Bets for ClassroomBlogging´
Ask your students to± Reflect on their reading or classroom
discussions.± Investigate topics online and then report on
their research.± Record group progress on a project.± Talk about shared classroom experiences.± Copy and paste thought-provoking quotes
from other blogs, and then offer their own
thoughts on the topic.± Invite professional writers to edit their blogs,
or provide feedback.
Source: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial037print.shtml
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Blog = Journal?
Blogs are just online versions of paper-based journals, right?
WRONG!
Done well, blogs assignments give yourstudents± An audience.± A purpose for writing [beyond the grade.]± Legitimate peripheral participation in a topic-
related community of practice. If your assignment is just ³write
something, post it, and I¶ll grade it,´ skipthe blog and give the students somecollege ruled paper.
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Example 1: Blog Groups
Divide your students into ³blog groups"according to their interests (nationalpolitics, entertainment, sports,
technology, etc.) Assignment: Write a weekly journal thatrelates to the blog group¶s topic.
Let your students create their own rubrics.
± The groups collectively decide guidelines foreach post's content, style, and length.
± This promotes student ownership and strongerengagement.
Source: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/?q=node/233
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Example 1 (Cont¶d): BlogGroups
Additional assignment: Each bloggroup should create a blog roll.
±Identify other blogs whose focus isrelated to your group¶s topic.
± ³Discourse norming´
Source: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/?q=node/233
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Example 2: Personal Journals
Give each student a personal blog.
Assignment: Post reflections about
your development in the course.±Responses
±Questions
±Thoughts about the week's reading or
activity
Source: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/?q=node/233
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Example 2 (Cont¶d):Journals
Start each class by reading from selected journals to generate discussion.
³Students better understand their
rhetorical purposes for writing when theyenvision their writing within a real context.This context²the sense of having anaudience who want to engage with the
writer's ideas²also helps to create arhetorical purpose for writing (beyond justfulfilling an assignment).´
Source: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/?q=node/233
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Part Four: The NextS
tep
Blogger is a great place to
start, but there are manymore resources out there.
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Some popular blog hosts
I recommend Blogger[http://blogger.com/] as good startingpoint.
Other popular blog hosts include:± TypePad [http://www.typepad.com/]
± LiveJournal [http://www.livejournal.com/]
± AOL Hometown [http://hometown.aol.com/]
For a canonical list of blog hosts, checkout http://tinyurl.com/6mfc3
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Blogging server software
The 800 pound gorilla in the server-sideblog software market is MovableType[http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/]
± Teacher/Single classroom: $39.95± 300 enrolled students: $299.95
± 1,000 enrolled students: $699.95
± >1,000 enrolled students: $999.95
± Multi-school and district licenses are available.
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For more information
Check out Darlene Fichter¶s ³Blogging Basics´ PowerPoint presentation athttp://tinyurl.com/2c7q6
For even more information, check out Molly
Holzschlag¶s three-and-a-half hour ³LearningBlogger´ video tutorial at http://lynda.com/± $29.95 on CD
± $25 a month to access all of Lynda.com¶s 100+ tutorials.
± FULL DISCLOSURE: T he author of this present ation is
al so an author at Ly nd a.c om. Also visit http://www.technorati.com/ and
http://blogpulse.com/ for what¶s currentlypopular in the blog world.
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That¶s all, folks!
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Our Goals
Learn what blogs are and see howthey work
Create our own blog at Google¶s
blogger.com Discover some ways to integrate
blogging activities into our
curriculum Find some additional blog resources
DO ALL OF THIS IN ENGLISH!
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Blogging 101:Digital Journaling and Group
Projects
a presentation by
Patrick Douglas CrispenNetSquirrel.com