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=== Directions: ===
 
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==== Part 1 - Creating a blog ====
 
==== Part 1 - Creating a blog ====
 
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If you do not already have a blog, create one at wordpress.com [https://wordpress.com/].
 
Do the following:
 
Do the following:
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# Go to wordpress.com [https://wordpress.com/].
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# Click Get Started and fill out the form provided.
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==== Part 2 - Posting to your blog ====
 
==== Part 2 - Posting to your blog ====
 
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Now that you have a blog, it is time to make a post.  This first post should be about you, the school you teach at, the courses you typically teach and your interest in incorporating HFOSS in your coursework.
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# After you have drafted your post ...
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==== Part 3 - Tagging your blog post so it appears on the TOS planet ====
 
==== Part 3 - Tagging your blog post so it appears on the TOS planet ====
 
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[http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Planet_Feed_List]
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# Tag your post with whatever tag you will use for posts that you want to appear on the Teaching Open Source Planet (suggestion: TOS).
 
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# Go to Teaching Open Source (http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Main_Page) and create an account: (http://teachingopensource.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Main+Page)
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# Add the URI for the feed for the TOS tag to the Planet Feed List 9http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Planet_Feed_List). You will have to edit the Feeds section to add the URI and your name. Follow the format of the other entries there.
  
 
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Revision as of 01:39, 4 April 2013

Contents

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

If you do not already have a blog, create one at wordpress.com [2]. Do the following:

  1. Go to wordpress.com [3].
  2. Click Get Started and fill out the form provided.


Part 2 - Posting to your blog

Now that you have a blog, it is time to make a post. This first post should be about you, the school you teach at, the courses you typically teach and your interest in incorporating HFOSS in your coursework.

  1. After you have drafted your post ...


Part 3 - Tagging your blog post so it appears on the TOS planet

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  1. Tag your post with whatever tag you will use for posts that you want to appear on the Teaching Open Source Planet (suggestion: TOS).
  2. Go to Teaching Open Source (http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Main_Page) and create an account: (http://teachingopensource.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Main+Page)
  3. Add the URI for the feed for the TOS tag to the Planet Feed List 9http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Planet_Feed_List). You will have to edit the Feeds section to add the URI and your name. Follow the format of the other entries there.
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