Creating A Blog

Creating Your First Classroom Blog Blogging In Education

Steps in Creating a Blog
Decide your purpose
Communication with parents
Communication to parents
Communication with students
Communication to students
Setup an account
Create a post
Share your blog

Background Information: Anatomy of a Blog Blog Title Blog Description Sidebar Comment Option Post Details Post Title Post Date Post

Blogger

Your First Post

Steps in Posting
Add a Title
Type your content
Format your content
Add a label (tag)
Publish your post

Create Your First Post 1. Add a title 2. Type your content 3. Format your content 4. Add a label 5. Publish your post

The Dashboard
www.blogger.com
View & edit your profile
Edit posts
Change blog settings
Change blog layout
View your blog
Create a new blog

Personalizing your blog
This area is where you really personalize your blog!
Create, edit & delete posts
Control commenting
Change most of the blog settings
Give it some bling
See your stats

Adding Pages 1. Click Edit Pages 1. Click Edit Pages Use pages to add content to your blog that you want to keep separate from your posts. Surveys, presentations, and general information work best in pages.

Editing Pages Create a New page Edit an existing page Delete a page

Displaying Pages As a sidebar item As a tab at the top

Adding Gadgets
In Layout, click Add a Gadget
Choose from a large collection of gadgets
Click the + to add
Fill in information & click Save
Popular Gadget: Links list for resources:

What’s next? Start blogging!
Add posts
Customize your look
Layout
http://btemplates.com
http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/
Invite people to read and/or comment

Blogs to visit & explore
http://tiltlinkshare.blogspot.com/
http://emergingt.blogspot.com
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
http://www.angelamaiers.com/
http://blog.ted.com/
http://www.tommarch.com/ozblog/

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Creating A Blog

by Desiree Caskey on Jan 25, 2010

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