YOUR CLASS BLOG

Megan Poore

YOUR CLASS BLOG

Megan Poore

• Ideas for practice

• Educational blogs

• Class management blogs

COVERAGE

• Go to

blogagogy.wordpress.com

pressgo.wordpress.com

• To work at your own pace:

www.slideshare.net/meganpoore

VISIT THE WEB

IDEAS FOR PRACTICE

• Teachers for teachers Sharing tips, ideas, resources Discussing issues, pedagogy,

curriculum, policy Networking Announcements

• Class management Announcements, info Links Advice Communicate with parents Assignment review and

submission

IDEAS FOR PRACTICE

• Educational News, current affairs Explore ideas, theories,

research, opinion Learning journey e-portfolios Writing portfolios

IDEAS FOR PRACTICE

• Website

• Bloggers make ‘posts’ on topic

• Readers make ‘comments’

• Newest material at the top

• Posts are tagged & categorised

• Blogs are all about the blogger

BLOGS

• Still not sure?

• blogagogy.wordpress.com

• Go to Module 1 and watch the video

BLOGS

• Check out some teacher blogs

> blogagogy.wordpress.com

> Modules 3: Ideas for practice

> Links and resources

EXERCISE: BLOGS IN CLASS�

• What is the purpose of the blog? Management or teaching? Do an analysis.

• Are students engaged?

• Are posts focused?

• Quality of writing? Thinking?

• Easy to navigate?

• Blog it!

EXERCISE: BLOGS IN CLASS�

POTENTIAL OF BLOGS

• What sort of blog do you want?

Professional?

Class management?

Educational?

• How you set up your blog will depend on your answer

FOCUS

PressGO!Megan Poore

PressGO!Megan Poore

• Go to

pressgo.wordpress.com

VISIT THE WEB

• Get a blog from WordPress

or

• Pull up the one you made last week

REGISTER YOUR BLOG

PUBLISH AND VIEW YOUR SITE

WRITING POSTS• Play around and write stuff

> Write > Post

• Add images, media, whatever

• Tag and categorise your post

SAVE

MANAGING POSTS• Retrieve a post

> Manage > Posts > [Title of the post you want to edit]

• Delete a post

> Manage > Posts > Highlight the checkbox > Delete

PUBLISH

WRITING PAGES• Play around and write stuff

> Write > Page

• Add images, media, whatever

SAVE

MANAGING PAGES• Retrieve a page

> Manage > Pages > [Title of the page you want to edit]

• Delete a page

> Manage > Pages > Highlight the checkbox > Delete

SIDEBAR WIDGETS• > Dashboard > Design

> Available Widgets• Add

Pages Categories Tag Cloud Archives Meta SAV

E

SAVE

ORGANISING PAGES

• Create/Write these pages:

1. Homepage

2. Course guide

3. Assignments and assessment

4. Module 1

5. Module 2

6. Announcements

SAVE

• Set your home page

> Settings > Reading

> Front page displays

> A static page

> Front page: Homepage

> Posts page: Announcements

ORGANISING PAGES

SAVE

• Set your page order 1

> Design > Widgets

> Pages widget

> Edit

> Sort by: Page order

> Change

ORGANISING PAGES

SAVE

• Set your page order 2

> Manage > Pages > [Title of the page you want to edit]

> Page order

ORGANISING PAGES

SAVE

MAKE YOUR BLOG NICE

• Customise your theme

> Design > Themes

> Choose something

SAVE

PRIVACY OPTIONS• Set who you want to view

your blog

> Settings > Privacy

• When looking for a blog host: What support? FAQs?

Forums? Comment moderation?

Privacy? Customisation? Widgets?

Pages? Free space?

WHICH BLOG?

MORE INFO

http://pressgo.wordpress.com

www.meganpoore.com

LICENCE