CHAPTER 3:

WEB BLOGSVida Shams

Outline: Getting Started Start Small Blogging with Students Blog Safety Blog Software Blogging Step by Step Adding Extras to Post

Get Started Professor Barbara Ganley who used web

blogs in her courses said, “How can a teacher expect her students

to blog ( or use any other tool, strategy, or technique) if she doesn’t use it herself, exploring the impact it has on her thinking, writing, research, and creativity?” ( Ganley, 2004b)

Start SmallBegin their own blogs by first create a link to something interesting.Become familiar with blogging,Start explain the post with a few sentencesDo not afraid of post some personal experiences and something funReader wants to see and know the person behind the blog

Be public Blogger:Different school have different rules about bloggingBe careful about what are posting Blog as an educated person When the blogs on air all people can see that (Complaining of particular students, parents, board of education )

WEB BLOG CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE CLASSROOM FOR

BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Both teachers and students should know how to blog

Millions of kids blog everyday, only a few using a correct literacy or standard

Blogging with students

Consider internet access for students in school at home:• 70% of household in 2012 household• jump from 17% to 62% in ten years.

Start from small ( homework assignment or relevant class link) Get used to communicate with your students with blog Lets parents know that you’ve created a site for class

1. Get students reading blogs, prepare a good sites blogs2. Let students response to your blogs, (certain number)3. Ask some of students to post to the same weblog4. Giving each student his/her own blogsThey can quote, put picture, type their question and more

Blog Safety Students, parents, and administrators

should clearly know the purpose of the blogs

For students K-12 use only the first name Have always documentation and backup Evaluate the students blogs and response

them Use the number of their post and grade

them After course end depends on hostess,

students may continue blogging, but informed the parents.

Blog Software Learn about the software: The installation, back up the files on

server, and stay current on the latest updates.

Research about the capabilities Know about the security There are some blogs offer their service

free

Blogging Step by Step

Blogging Step by Step First choose the blogs: www.blogger.com Signing up for the blogger( the address is

what ever name you choose) Click on dashboard, new post, and create

post Top box is for title Write the post in the post box (word

correction) Always can edit even after publishing Add the citation if there is at the end Upload, publish

Posting

Adding pictures and More to Blog Posts

Click on image icon Click add from computer or add from web Choose the photo Be sized the photo and formatted Rotate or crop the picture if needed( right

click) Copy the address and choose the layout,

select the size Click upload image Add another image for more pictures

Adding pictures and more to blog post

At the end Adjustment to blogger regarding safety. Upper right-hand corner click Next Blog

(this link some of random weblog is not appropriate for student to view)but it is removable:

1. Click the “Template”2. Click the “Edit HTML” sub tab3. Scroll down to where you see “body”

{.”just past the Following on a new line just above that spot:

Continue #navbar-iframe{ Height:0px Visibility: hidden; Display:nome}

Edublogs.org 21Classes.com (limited to 2 MB of space

per site)There are some references also in the book.

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