Blogging

Blogs can be used to connect with your students in a personal manner, giving you greater insight to their lives and letting them learn about you as well. Blogs can be multi-functional ranging from journals, assignments, reflections, thoughts, experiences, homework, publication of student work, uploading articles so students can react to them etc.  Blogs can be used for many purposes.  Therefore, we will be incorporating blogs and wikis into our assignments.  The purpose of this blog is to learn to blog and it is in the form of an assignment.

Greetings bloggers!


Your first assignment is to write a post.  Include the following:

• Go to blogger.com and either sign in or create a Google email account.
• After signing in with your gmail account, click on create a blog next and then get started.
• Next, give your blog a title of your choosing.  
• Next, supply a blog address:  http://blogginginalabama.blogspot.com/ for example; then, check the availability of your blog name.  
• Now click on continue.
• Then choose a starter template of your choice and click continue.
• Type whatever you want after you click on compose or create.
• Proofread, save, preview, and publish if you are satisfied.

Write a comment on each of the following:  1.  What were your initial thoughts about blogging  2.  How can blogging be used in our curriculum or class?  3.  What were your feelings about the prospect of starting your very own blog?  (a) I'm excited  (b) Ugh, this is going to be hectic and plenty of work  (c) I don't respond to online poll questions  (d) none of the above.

3.  Your answer is:  ____

 

Congratulations!!!  You have now completed your first blog consisting of a post.  Please proofread it, save it, preview it, and publish it if you are satisfied with your creation.  Be sure to submit your comments after completion of this assignment.

Happy Blogging!!!

*Note:  Your assignment should be posted no later than midnight on Friday, July 05, 2013.