This document provides guidance on setting up a blog and includes useful tools for creating blog content. It discusses choosing a blogging platform like Blogger, Tumblr, or WordPress. It also offers tips for what to include, like making the blog look professional for an audience like an examination board. A checklist is recommended. Finally, the document lists over 30 useful online tools for creating word clouds, mind maps, presentations, comics, scrapbooks, timelines, and more multimedia content to engage readers.

2. Overview
0Setting up a blog?
0What to and what not to include
0Strategies for success

3. Blogger Tumblr Wordpress
Posterous Wix

4. Blogger
0 Create a Blogger account via Google
0 Make sure an email address is used that you access
regularly
0 Create a memorable password
0 Blog address: yournameASMedia…
0 Design the look of your blog but keep it sensible – the
examination board WILL look at it.

5. What it shouldn’t look like

6. What it should look like
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7. Create a checklist

8. Useful tools
• www.wordle.net - an online tool to produce creative thematic word
clouds/brainstorms
• www.bubbl.us - online brainstorm/mindmap creator
• www.prezi.com - interactive presentations
• www.pixton.com - an online comic strip creator
• www.scrapblog.com - online scrapbook tool
• www.mashuparts.com - the ability to combine multimedia to form
another product
• www.sketch.odosketch.com - online sketching
• www.mindmeister.com - online mindmap creator
• www.smartdraw.com - create 3d graphs or spider diagrams
• www.spicynodes.org - online organisation tool for websites
• www.gliffy.com - flowchart creator etc
• www.evernote.com - upload photos and make notes on top to
preserve ideas
• www.springnote.com - create group notebook online
• www.glogster.com - online poster construction
• www.my-diary.org - free online diary
• www.goanimate.com - create animations for free

9. Useful tools
• www.polljunkie.com - create online polls/questionnaires
• www.animoto.com - create short 30 second videos out of photos or
video clips
• www.voicethread.com - upload docs and allow people to leave
comments
• www.authorstream.com - upload and share powerpoints to
blogs/websites
• www.slideshare.com - upload and share documents to blogs
• www.mixbook.com - create photo albums and share online
• www.timeglider.com - create online timelines for projects/research
• www.timetoast.com - create online timelines for projects/research
• www.voki.com - convert text to speech – online voice for websites
• www.prezentit.com - online presentations
• www.vcasmo.com - synchronise videos and slideshows side by side
• www.worditout.com - word cloud generator
• www.sketchfu.com - Create a drawing, save and play back as a movie
of the drawing being created. Embed into any
webpage

10. Useful tools
• www.a.freshbrain.com - decision making tool
• www.openstreetmap.org - online editable world map useful for
location details
• www.tadalist.com - free to-do list creator
• www.video2mp3.net - convert videos from youtube to mp3
• www.wallwisher.com - online comments board

12. Embedding Media
Click Share, then click
Embed.
Copy this into the
HTML bit of your blog
post (not the compose)

13. Tagging/Labelling Posts

14. Evaluations
0 Be creative and imaginative
0 Not just a load of text or uploaded PowerPoints.
0 Make each one different.
0 USE ONLINE MEDIA
0 Be clear and thorough

15. http://youtu.be/YXkQZkaNFmM

16. 0 http://youtu.be/G9IuYkwup2Q
0 http://ringwoodmediaalicesadvancedportfolio.blogsp
ot.co.uk/

17. 0 http://youtu.be/VGEGTXxQ4P0

18. 0 http://vimeo.com/23419989

19. 0 http://prezi.com/lkmh3cqq2zrt/evaluation-question-one/