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IntroductionMy name is Lana Adeleye-Olusae. Welcome to my presentation on Blog. This is a presentation for an Introduction to Emerging Technologies for Learning Course in University of Manitoba, Canada To give you a perspective of why a blog will be of interest to me I want you to know a little bit about my background. I am an Organizational Development Consultant in a Crown Corporation. I am also a Christian Minister with interest in encouraging believers to live out their faith in the workplace and I provide life transition and career coaching services.I believe that blogs will be of value to the two professions I am into.

My presentation will cover the following:What is a Blog? – DefinitionWhy Blog?Should everyone blog?Blogs vs Traditional WebsitesHow does it work?Different Types of Blogs Learning and Sharing with Blogs Finding Blogs Relevant to Your Interest Setting up a blogHow I intend to use a blog for sharing about a Christian MinistryConclusion

The term ‘weblog’ was initiated by Jorn Barger in 1997, to describe the process of "logging the web" as he surfed. The short form, "blog," was later coined by Peter MerholzIt is a website with dated entries, presented in reverse chronological order and published on the internet. The word ‘blog’ is both a noun and a verb. People who maintain a blog are called bloggers. The act of posting to a blog is called blogging and the distributed, collective, and interlinked world of blogging is the blogosphere.Posts can be retrieved via an RSS reader (such as Google Reader), negating the need to visit the blog.

Individuals and corporate bodies engage in blogging for different reasons like:To keep a journal on different topics in lifeTo express themselvesTo engage in dialogue and discourse with othersTo share knowledgeTo extend the classroom or a teaching contextTo communicate or sell For Example:Blogging enables unique opportunities for educators to improve communication with (and between) learners, increase depth of learning through reflection, and enable the formation of diverse viewpoints and perspectives. Perhaps most importantly, they enable educators to connect with each other.Google uses its blog to communicate new products or offerings. CNN uses blogs as an alternative news source. NASA has a launch blog. Individuals use blogs and it figured prominently in the last American president election, providing candidates with another venue to connect with voters.

Probably not. It is a matter of interest, time, and intent. For me, I had the interest and intent but time kept me away from blogging till I registered for IET 09 Course.Most courses and disciplines benefit from some use of blogs - to enable transparent and diverse conversation, to encourage deep reflection, and to enable connections between students and experts in a field.

Blogs differ from traditional websites and provide many advantages over traditional sites, including: Easy creation of new pages, since new data is entered into a blog usually through a simple form and then submitted with the blogger updating the blog with little or no technical background — blogs have thus become the novice’s web authoring tool. Filtering of content for various blog entries, for example by date, category, author, or one of many other attributes. Most blog platforms allow the blog administrator to invite and add other authors, whose permissions and access are easily managed. Providing a personal writing space that is easy to use, sharable, and automatically archived. Ability to link and inter-link to form learning communities. Opportunity to serve as a digital portfolio of students’ assignments and achievements. Extensions into fully featured content management systems.

Prospective bloggers can sign up with an online service – such as Blogger, Typepad or Edublogger – or download software to a server and host their own blog (Movable Type or Wordpress).Blogger, Edublogger and Wordpress offer basic blog free Edublogger is for teachers, students, researchers, professors, librarians, administrators and anyone and everyone else involved in education.TypePad offers a paid service blogging for professionals and small businesses. Its fees range from US$8.95 to 89.95 p.m.Posts can be made through a desktop application (such as Microsoft’s Live Writer, MarsEdit (Mac), BlogDesk and ScribeFire (Firefox)) or through the interface accessible with a web-browser. Blogs generally allow readers to provide comments. Due to spam, many bloggers use anti-spam measures such as holding comments in moderation or requiring commentators to enter information to verify a person, not a script, is entering the comment.

Blogs are simple tools for learners and educators to use in teaching and learning. Educators can use a blogs to update learners on course activities, post reflections on in-class or online conversations, and to share journal articles and related course resources. Learners can use blogs to reflect, connect with others, use as an e-portfolio or journal, and comment on important posts made by other learners.Educational benefits of blogs include promoting: Thinking – Critical, analytical, creative, intuitive, associational and analogical thinking. Communicative and Collaborative SkillsBlogs have potential for increased access and exposure to quality information. Blogs provide a combination of solitary and social interaction. Difference between blogs and discussion fora. Discussion fora are predominantly shared community spaces in which individual voices may make themselves heard but are afforded no specific space of their own. Blogs provide a platform for individual expression and also support reader commentary, critique, and interlinkage as subsequent steps.Blogs foreground the individual, while discussion fora foreground the group. Blog is the more useful tool where there is no strong sense of group belonging or loyalty, or there is a lack of group turn-taking and communication skills. An example of this could be large classes or at early stages of students’ semesters and/or degrees.

Finding Blogs Relevant to Your Interest Blog search tools can be very helpful in getting started. You can use the following: Google Blog Search - http://blogsearch.google.comIce Rocket - http://www.icerocket.comTechnorati - http://technorati.comSphere - http://www.sphere.com

Many services are available for setting up your blog - some free, others for a monthly fee. Blogs can be either web-based for entering posts or desktop applications. A few sites to consider: Blogger Edublogger Wordpress TypePadI will speak to the process of setting up a blog on Blogger.com

Go to www.blogger.comIf you have a Google Account, type in your Username and Password and click ‘Sign In’.If you do not have a Google Account, click on ‘Create your Blog now’ Arrow and create Google Account. You can use any e-mail account to sign up for a Google Account. After creating the account click continue.Click on ‘Create a Blog Now’ button or ‘Create a Blog’ link to start a blog.Name your blog by creating a title and an address for it. You may be prompted to check availability of the addressYou may be prompted to verify a random word on the screen, type in the letters provided and then click continueNext choose a template from the library by clicking the circle next to the name of the template then click continue. You can easily change the template later.Your blog is now ready for you to add your post, click ‘Start Posting’Use text editor to create a text for your blog.To add image, click on image icon in the tool bar above the text bar.A window will appear from where you can select your image from your desktop or hard drive.You can choose a layout for the position of the image and size of image (small, medium or large). Then click ‘upload’ image to continue.You have posted to your new blog and is time to view it, click ‘publish’.Click the ‘view blog’ link to view your blog.You can now send your blog link to your family and friends.

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Blog Presentation
October 2009
Contents
What is a Blog? – Definition
Why Blog?
Should everyone blog?
Blogs vs Traditional Websites
How does it work?
Different Types of Blogs
Learning and Sharing with Blogs
Finding Blogs Relevant to Your Interest
Setting up a blog
How I intend to use a blog for sharing about a Christian Ministry
Conclusion
‘Weblog’ - JornBarger in 1997
‘Blog’ - Peter Merholz
Dated entries, presented in reverse chronological order
‘Blog’ is both a noun and a verb.
Bloggers
Blogging
Blogosphere
Posts can be retrieved via an RSS reader
Why Blog?
Journal
Express Self
Dialogue and discourse
Share knowledge
Extend teaching context
Communicate or sell
Should everyone blog?
Probably not.
Interest, time, and intent.
Courses and disciplines benefit
conversation
deep reflection
connections
vs Traditional Websites
Easy creation of new pages
Filtering of content
Manage permissions and access
Personal writing space
Form learning communities
Digital portfolio of assignments and achievements.
Extensions into fully featured content management systems.
How does it work?
Posting Options
Desktop application or interface accessible with a web-browser
Readers provide comments
Anti-spam measures a person, not a script, is entering the comment
Different Types of Blogs
Personal blogs
Corporate and organizational blogs
By genre
By media type
By device
Learning and Sharing with Blogs
Course Update
Reflections on conversations
Share resources.
Thinking
Communicative and Collaborative Skills
Solitary and social interaction.
Finding Blogs Relevant to Your Interest
Google Blog Search - http://blogsearch.google.com
Ice Rocket - http://www.icerocket.com
Technorati- http://technorati.com
Sphere - http://www.sphere.com
Setting up a blog
Blogger
Edublogger
Wordpress
TypePad
Setting up a blog – www.blogger.com
Sign In or Create a Google Account
Create a Blog
Choose Template
Start Posting
Upload Image or Video
Publish
View Blog
Send Link
Sign In
Create a Google Account
Name your Blog
Choose a Template
Posting Your Blog
www.blogger.com
Christian Ministry Blog
Create and maintain a blog
Send blog link to individuals
Post an blog excerpt and link on social network sites
Link blog and website
Archive blog as PDF files
Use blog as material for a devotional series or book on specific topics
Conclusion