01.2++Blogging

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Kid Blogs - Blogging in the Classroom, secure & private! Examples of Blogs K-12 plus administrator blogs More School Bloggers (great list)

__ Blogger __
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How to create a blog with Blogger video


 * [|Create a blog]
 * [|Write a post]
 * [|Add an image]
 * [|Add a video]
 * [|Privacy and permissions]
 * [|Customizing your layout]
 * [|Follow other blogs]

More Information
 * __[|Blogger Video Tutorials]__
 * [|Blogger Help]
 * [|How to control who can view the blog (permissions)]
 * [|Create a team blog]
 * [|How to moderate comments]
 * [|How to post (embed) a video in Blogger]
 * [|How do I make a link (hyperlink) to another page]
 * How can I do "more" with hyperlinks (e.g., open in new window, email)
 * How do I automatically email a post after I've written it?

Examples of Educational Blogs from Newell-Fonda Community School District


 * **Blogger - Working with Date and Time** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Working_with_Date_and_Time.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **Blogger - Posting via Email** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Posting_Via_Email.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **WordPress - Uploading Images and Adding them to Your Post** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/WordPress_Uploading_Images_and_Adding_them_to_your_Post.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **Blogger - Creating Your Blog Template** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Changing_your_Blog_Template.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **Blogger - Deleting Your Blog** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Deleting_Blog.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **Blogger - Creating a Blog with Blogger** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Creating_a_Blogger_Blog.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **Blogger - How to Edit Your Posts** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Editing_Posts.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **Blogger - Creating a Blog Feed** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Creating_a_Blog_Feed.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **Blogger - Writing Your First Post** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Posting_Text.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **Blogger - Previewing Your Blog** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Previewing_Your_Blog.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **Blogger - Working With Blog Settings** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Working_with_Blog_Settings.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||
 * **Blogger - Adding New Users** ||  ||   || [[image:http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/img/play_button_sm.gif caption="play button" link="http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/files/Blogger_Adding_Users.swf?TB_iframe=true&height=560&width=800"]] ||

__ Wordpress Blog Directions __
This page is about how to sign up for a WordPress blog. For a more general overview about WordPress.com and blogging, please visit the [|Introduction to WordPress.com] page too.

Sign Up & Activate
To get started, you need to [|sign up for an account]. On the first screen, you will be asked for a username, password, and email address. You must agree to the [|fascinating terms of service], and also select whether you would like a blog URL such as USERNAME.wordpress.com created or if you want to setup a username-only account. If you choose to create a blog when you sign up, you will be able to choose the blog domain (or blog URL) on the second screen in the sign up process. You cannot change the blog URL once it is created, but you can always just setup a new blog URL on the same account later or you can [|customize the domain that your readers see by purchasing a domain mapping upgrade]. You’ll also see options to set a blog title, language, and search engine privacy on the second screen. All of those options can be changed in the settings pages later. After you click the **Signup** button, you will see a page with some additional profile settings. You can add those settings right away or you can change them any time from your profile page later. You will also see the email address you entered printed at the bottom of that page. If you notice that your email is wrong, change the address and click the **Update email** button. Next, check your email for your activation link and click on the link to activate your new account. If you don’t receive the email right away, just [|contact support] and we’ll send you the activation link again.

What Next?
Once you have activated your WordPress.com account, you should login to WordPress.com using the login form at the top left of the [] home page. After you login, you’ll see a gray admin bar along the top of all WordPress.com web pages. The admin bar has quick links for getting to your account pages, blog dashboard, creating a new post, and more. Click on the **My Dashboard** link to get to the settings and editing pages for your new blog. > If you don’t see a My Dashboard link, then you have probably created a username-only account, and you can go to [] again to add a blog to your account. Now that you’ve found the dashboard for your blog, you may want to customize the blog title and tagline. You can do that by clicking Settings on the left menu. See the [|General Settings] help page for more details about what you can change there.

Why Blog? How will students benefit from creating blogs?
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"The educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom" by David Huffaker [|"Coming of Age: An Introduction to the New World Wide Web,"] Terry Freedman et al. [|"Best Practices from Clarence Fisher"] by Vicki Davis, teacher [|"Learning from Blogs"] and __Blogs and Pedagogy__ by Anne Davis, professor at Georgia State University [|"Blogs = Invitations into Lives"] Clarence Fisher, teacher [|"People who care blog"] Vicki Davis, Teacher "[|Personal Learning Networks: Blogs as Webs of Connected Learning]" [|Miguel Guhlin], Director of Instructional Technology and edu-blogger [|Remediation, Genre, and Motivation: Key Concepts for Teaching with Weblogs], Brooks, Nichols, and Priebe. [|Moving to the Public: Weblogs in the Writing Classroom], Lowe, and Williams. [|The Benefits and Concerns of the Read/Write Web in Education: Blogs, Wikis, RSS, and Social Networks, including .com] [|English is no longer the predominant language] - May 1, 2006 [|"Tech Tools for Learning"] by Will Richardson (Cable in the Classroom's //Access Learning//, January 2006, p.6-9 [PDF]). [|"New Media, New Rules"] by Bobbie Eisenstock (//Cable in the Classroom Magazine//, July/August 2006 [PDF]). [|Blogs para educar. Usos de los blogs en una pedagogía constructivista], by Tíscar Lara (Revista TELOS, 65, October-December 2005). [|To blog or not to blog...that is the question!], by Claudia Ceraso (//The FCE Blog, September 2006 [ppt]))//