GOALS
My goal during week three was to learn how to correctly construct a blog and show my creativity when creating my blog and reflections.TASKS- BLOGGING!
The task for this class was to create a blog, create a welcome page for the blog and create pages for your blog! Even though I did my blog before the class or before given formal instruction, I can still provide the steps for completing each task.
How I created my blog
1.
I went to Blogger.com
2.
Then I went to sign in to email, where I input my email
address and password to my Gmail account.
3.
I inserted the tittle to my blog
4.
Then I typed in the URL I would like associated with
my blog. (I changed it a few times till I found something I actually
liked!)
5.
I then added a template to my blog
6.
Then I created my blog
How I created my first post/default page for my blog
1. Posts
was selected from the left hand side menu of the webpage
2. New
post was selected and I created a title of my post
3. I then created my post as my default page
which is my welcome screen to my visitors.
4. I then customized my post to my liking.
5.
I changed my settings to allow my contributors/visitors to add a comment on my
default page.
How I created pages in my blog
(STEPS PROVIDED BY LECTURE TERRY-ANNE MARSH-ROBERTS VIA EMAIL)
1.
Go to the blog dashboard that
you want to create page on
2. Click
on pages from your more options dropdown menu or left hand side visible menu once you
are already working on the blog
3. Click
on New page you may
see a different set up of pages if you are creating pages for the first time
than if you already have pages and then you are creating a new page.
4. Name
the page in the page title box
5. Type
or compose what you
want to share on the page for others to read and comment on
6. On
the top right hand corner click Save, Preview, exit the preview page by x on the top right hand corner then
click Publish
7. It
will take you right back to pages
8. At
the top click on Show pages as drop
down menu select how you want the pages to appear on the blog e.g. as top tabs or side links
9. Remember
to always then go to the top right hand corner and click on Save Arrangement that is to save
all changes you made to your pages, in this case was that of creating a new page
10. Then
click on View Blog to
see the new page on
the actual blog
11. Note
that perhaps after the first time using the blog to set up a new page may
appear different. However, create your new page using steps 4, 5 and 6 and make
sure to click on Publish.
How I invited a
contributor/author to my blog
1. I signed into my blog and went to settings
2. Then I scrolled down to the bottom of the page to permissions
3. I selected 'add author'
4. Then I selected add contact however if you are not able to add a contact, you have the option to manually input the person you want to add.
5. I then sent the invitation after adding contact and waited for the individual to 'accept invitation'.
How I added a comment to my peers blog
1. Visited the individual's blog and landed onto the default homepage,
2. I scrolled to the bottom of the default page or any pages I would like to comment on.
3.Add a comment was selected
4.The comment I made was published so it becomes visible on the page.
How I created a link to add to my page/posts
1.
The tab ‘Link’ was clicked on the tool bar on
the edit page
2.
When there was a pop up, I entered the name I
wanted to name the link.
3.
Then I entered the URL
4.
Then I select the box, open in new tab. However
you don’t have to select this box, it is optional.
WERE THERE ANY CHALLENGES FOR ME THIS WEEK???
OHHH YES! Yes I did experience a challenge this week with creating
pages and moving my first unit reflection from my posts to my page. However, I
overcame this challenge by researching on Google and watching a Youtube video
on how it was done and from doing this little research I was able to learning
how to create and better customized my blog pages. This was the only challenged
I face during this week because I am now better able to manipulate my blog.
HOW WILL THIS BE USEFUL IN THE CLASSROOM?
When it comes to using blogs with my
students when i get back into the classroom, i don’t exactly think it would be
very effective because of the major issue of unavailability of internet
connections but what is worth a try?
I would use the blogs to allow the students
the opportunity to feel like artists where they would be able to portray their
work for everyone to see, which i think will push them to work a bit harder to
not only impress themselves but everyone who will see their work. Another way i
would use the blog is to for giving notes and assignments to the students
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| HOW I WANT MY STUDENTS TO BE USING THE BLOGS BACK AT MY SCHOOL |
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