Blog Activity
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Blog Activity
Preparation:
| Description | Learners will create a personal blog and post to it. |
| Source | Courtesy of Karl Wurst and Greg Hislop |
| Prerequisite Knowledge | None. |
| Estimated Time to Completion | 20-30 minutes |
| Learning Objectives | To understand the purpose of a blog. To create and post a blog entry. To use tags to distribute blog postings to a planet. |
| Materials/Environment | Access to Internet/Web and web browser. |
| Rights | Licensed CC BY-SA |
| Turn In | Nothing |
Background:
According to wikipedia [1] "A blog (a portmanteau of the term web log) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first). ... Many blogs provide commentary on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries; others function more as online brand advertising of a particular individual or company. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important contribution to the popularity of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (art blogs), photographs (photoblogs), videos (video blogs or "vlogs"), music (MP3 blogs), and audio (podcasts). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts. In education, blogs can be used as instructional resources. These blogs are referred to as edublogs."
Directions:
Part 1 - Creating a blog
Do the following:
