The document describes a student's experience learning to create a blog and use various social media sites for the first time. It outlines the steps they took to make a blog header using XHeader software and add it to their home page. The student discusses their first blog post where they realized they were in over their head with the class. They believe using social media more will help them better understand it and be able to use the sites to communicate with athletes and students if they become a coach. The presentation concludes by thanking the viewer for watching and noting they have learned a lot from the class.

1. Final presentation of
Social Media 8517

3.  I watched videos on YouTube to understand
how to make a blog header.
 I downloaded software from
https://XHeader.com
 Go to the XHeader website and click on
„Create a Blank Header‟ and followed the
directions to complete the banner

4.  My home page includes my title, profile
information, navigation bar, and badges
and widgets.
 Tried to include my header but I do not
know how to resize the picture.

6.  The following slide shows my first posting. It took me awhile to
figure out how to create my blog. I was very serious when I said “I
am way in over my head”.
 It may not seem to the viewer that I know much more now, but I
assure you I have learned a lot and am going to continue learning
how to use these websites.

7. In way over my head
Posted on December 13, 2011
I have come to the conclusion that I am way in over my head in this class. I have
never blogged before (unless you count ranting and raving on Facebook) and I think I
should have double checked my earlier assignments before now.
I am trying to go back and make corrections. I am learning more this time around
since I have been playing around with some of this stuff but I really wish I had caught
on much earlier. Well, better late than never, as they say!
I am a student-athlete in tennis. I am beginning to see a little how I can use the
different social media sites to stay in contact with other athletes and my coach. I can
also see how, as a coach, I could use them to better communicate with students,
administration, and parents in the future.
I think I am going to like all this when I finally understand it. I guess the more I use
it, the more I will make sense of it.

8. On the left is an example of
my sidebar which includes
my Facebook widget, and
Twitter updates.

9. I learned to post
videos. This is a
great one. You
should listen to it.

10. Additional sidebar information
Comments on a classmate‟s website

11. I commented on the following posts:
Cori Neel – “Google+ vs. Facebook Pages”
Kelly Regouby – “Don‟t Use OKC ICoats”
Jack Stallings - “Country Roads Banner”
Katrina Heilhecker – “The Banner News”

12. Here is the first part of my discussion on
social bookmarking

13. Here‟s the rest of the story…….

16. My Profile
Page

19. Thanks for watching my
presentation. I‟ve learned
a lot from this class. I hope you
have learned a little from my
experience.