Back to Blogs

It was a good start on Web 2.0 tools today! We had a great experience with creating personal blogs and learned what trackback means - A way to notify a blogger that you've linked to them from your blog and automatically leaves a link as a comment on that blog which tracks back to the original (Bloggingglossary.com)

Review March 12, 2009 post, "play" with your blogs, and follow instructions listed under number 5 (the last section of the March 12 entry).

Next session will be on March 26, 2009 (Thursday), 1:45 - 2:45.

Blogging 101

March 17, 2009:
Blogs: What it is and how students use it at school.

1. Introduction
a) Web 2.0 in general
b) Blogs as one Web 2.0 tool
A blog is an online journal that can be used for a variety of purporses, including education.
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=df93ks3_2cqx96jf3

c) Blog audiences
* Listed in web searches and open to public
* Unlisted
* Private - stored on public server but only invited people can view
* Private - used through another private system, i.e. Blackboard

d) Examples of Blogs
*For WBAIS students - Ben Ozilio's English class, ES Book reviews, Eggerton's English class
*For WBAIS parents - WBAIS Library Buzz, WBAIS TechTalk
*For the professionals - Smart Poodle Blog, Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog*For the general public - Yael's Yummies, Lost Roads - Jamie Margolis' blog, Dad's Blog, Blog Catalog

2. Blog structure
a) Posts
b) Comments
c) Links
d) Other features - photos, about the author, videos, podcasts


3. What makes a good blog?

a) Links to Best Blogs
b) This is Not a Blog Article
c) Top 100 Blogs by Technorati

4. Steps to creating your own blog
a) Video Blogger: How to start a blog
b) Create Google account
c) Go into Blogger
d) Determine settings for your blog
e) Write your first post
f) Share your blog with others!

5. Homework
a) Add a post to your blog and share it with others, especially those in the class
b) Check out different blogs and comment on them by clicking on "Comments" below. What did you like about the blogs you viewed? What do you think could make them better?

Susie Trifman and Marina Brodsky