The document discusses the Global Virtual Classroom, an online platform that allows for virtual international collaboration. It describes how the platform can be used to connect classrooms across borders through video conferencing, message boards, and shared workspaces. Teachers are able to schedule calls between classes, share lessons and course materials, and allow students to work on group projects together. The goal of the Global Virtual Classroom is to promote cultural exchange and global citizenship.

1. The Global Virtual Classroom
Aisha Hassan ALZaabi
201011914

2. Overview
 What are Blogs?
 Other Blogs
 Tumblr
 Why Tumblr?
 Signing up in Tumblr
 Other Peoples Review
 Quiz
 Bibliography

3. What are Blogs?
 A blog is often a mixture of what is
happening in a person’s life and what is
happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid
diary/guide site, although there are as
many unique types of blogs as there are
people.
(1)

4. Example of blogs
 Blogsome  Blogger
 Edublogs  Glogster
 WordPress  Weebly
(2)

5. Tumblr
 Tumblr is a Blogging website that allows millions
of people to share the things they do, find, love,
think, or create.
(3)

6. Why Tumblr?
 Tumblr lets People effortlessly share anything.
Post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and
videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email,
or wherever you happen to be. People
can customize everything, from colors, to
theme's HTML.
(3)
 Users can follow other users, or choose to make
their tumblelog private. The service emphasizes
ease of use.
(2)

7. Creating Tumblr account
 Creating a Tumblr account is very easy and
anyone can create an account.
 Click Here to go to written instructions on Signing
up
 Click Here to watch video on Signing up
instruction

8. Creating Tumblr account
1. Visit Tumblr's website.
Click here to go to website.

9. Creating Tumblr account
2. Enter your email address and choose
a password.

10. Creating Tumblr account
3. Select a unique URL. Choose something you
like, as your URL will come out
as URLchoicehere.tumblr.com for your Tumblr's
link.

11. Creating Tumblr account
4. Click the green "Start Posting!" button.

12. Other People’s Review
“Tumblr Makes Blogging Blissfully “It's blogging, the way blogging was
Easy” meant to be”
“Tumblr: Microblogging Done “CEO Spotlight: Tumbling is a fast form
Right” of blogging, and it's catching on”
“Tumblr—which is beloved by its “Marketers trying to keep pace with
users for its clean interface, ease of Twitter and Facebook may want to check
use and community” out another emerging social media
platform: Tumblr”
(3)

13. Short Quiz
 Here is a link to a short Survey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DQ8MZX6

14. Bibliography
1. http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/blog/
2. http://savedelete.com/10-best-websites-to-
create-your-blog-for-free.html
3. http://www.tumblr.com/about
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOYu3XyJIo
s
5. http://www.surveymonkey.com/