An introductory powerpoint to help with creating blogs

1. Welcome to my soapbox Using blogs in the classroom Curriculum Resources Jacquei Hicks

2. Web 2 – making it work for you Blogs can be a great learning tool and a great way of staying connected. It can also be your soap box, and a way of collecting together information for yourself or for your class They can also be time consuming and become a chore So make sure that you set it up to work for you, not against you. Load up resources that you want to share Don’t turn it into an online thesis Make it dynamic and interesting Great for collecting together links Videos, slides and other media 2

4. Getting started Login and setup your profile. Most require an email address Dashboard Posts Customise Give yourself an avatar Themes Widgets Adding Users or Permissions Tips Make sure there is an enticing “about” entry Give your blog entries categories so you can search by these Short and punchy is the best way to go Limit opportunities for advertising to plant itself on your blog Most free blogs are web accessible, so remember thatnetiquettestill applies, especially in a school 4 Setup:

5. Examples of blogs Misrule: Children’s and youth literature and other chat The Hub: Campaign for Quality School Libraries in Australia Teachr 2.0: while this has some great teaching ideas about social networking and Web 2.0, it doesn’t have information in its “about” section Dingwall Primary School Videos : a primary school linkup National Museum of Australia Terrible Yellow Eyes 5

6. Jacquei’s Weblog Notions of English Jake’s Books Food Glorious Food Waratah Wobbles 6 Jacquei’s Blogs

7. Blogger.com working space 7

8. WordPress and Edublog workspaces 8

9. Blog.com Dashboard 9