Congratulations Bloggers!
You are all doing a fabulous job with staying connected online. Over the last few weeks we have been able to use this platform for sharing ideas and resources without email. We have also been trying to utilize and understand the difference of face-to-face support vs. online.
It also appears that we are turning the corner to thinking beyond our course and how we can begin using this new concept with our students. BRAVO!
Over the next week or so, we will kick your class blog "up-a-notch" to make it personally reflect your subject area as well as your teaching style.
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To Do Checklist:
1. Under the Customize or Layout tab of your blog, add 1 "Link List" gadget. You will need to provide a heading for the link list. Include in this link list at least 3 links your students can use as a resource to your classroom/curriculum.
2. Under the Customize or Layout tab of your blog, add 2 "Picture" gadgets that will make the overall presence of your blog reflect your subject or teaching style. These can be pictures that you have personally taken from your classroom or related projects. They can also be taken from any additional picture source online such as Google or PicSearch for example.
3. Under the Customize or Layout tab of your blog, you can now rearrange the order of these gadgets at anytime. Please practice by dragging and placing your gadgets in the order as you will want them to appear on your blog. (These are the rectangular boxes under "Add a Gadget")
4. Please note while adding a few gadgets, there are 20 Basic Gadgets, there are 11 Featured Gadgets, there are 6 Most Popular Gadgets and 465 More Gadgets....we will be taking a look at these other gadgets later in this course. However, feel free to experiment with them at anytime. I recommend the Poll Gadget as well as the Daily Calendar Gadget under More...
5. Add a new post to your blog that connects to what you are currently working on in class with your students. After you title this post, use the above toolbar to bold and italicize text. If there is an additional source or link you can embed in this post, please use the "insert link" tool as well. Another helpful tool to use as a final check is the built-in spell checker.
Once you have completed entering your text in this post, use the "add image" icon/tool to upload an appropriate photo or two within the post. Practicing aligning 1 photo to the left and align a 2nd photo to the right.
If you want comments to this post, be sure to select directly under the post "Post Options-Allow". If you do not want comments, select "Don't Allow, show existing."
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*This post will be open for comments, questions and reflections, however they are not required. Over the next few weeks, spend some time working and personalizing your blog for you and your students.
5 comments:
Sandra - I can't remember how to sign students up so they can write comments. (I don't think I want them as "authors"...right? but "readers" doesn't seem to let them comment.
Is there a way I can send all the students in my classes an "invitation" to join the "commenters" to the blog? Do they have to create a Google account? Sorry for being so forgetful but I've been trying to figure it out for the last 45 minutes and I'd love to invite them to comment next week.
Hello Christine, Sorry to have gotten this later rather than sooner.
Let's see....you do not need to invite your students to comment. They will comment the same way we have been in class. However, they will select the 3rd option for their "identity" NAME/URL after they comment in the comment BOX.
I would recommend, as we saw in class yesterday with Andrea's students, to leave the URL box empty and only type in their first name, last initial. It may also help to have them include their period or class?
Example: SandraD Period 3
THEY DO NOT NEED A GOOGLE ACCOUNT. We happen to all have one because blogger is connected with google.
I hope this helps...by the way love poll gadget and post you have added.
Do want your comments to be filtered with the "comment moderation" as we also discussed in class. I am available period 2 if that helps on Friday...?
Good luck and have fun Christine.
I am impressed! Nice work already with photos and posts and links added to your blogs.
I hope you enjoy the blogging experience as much as your students will?
How are the profiles coming along? If anyone needs some help, please feel free to let me know anytime with anything we covered on Wednesday. Also, feel free to come a few minutes early on the 21st.
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