Introduction to Blogs

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Introduction to using blogs with EFL learners.

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Do you blog? : 

An Introduction to BLOGS IN THE EFL CLASSROOM Do you blog?

Do you blog? : 

Do you blog? What? Why? How?

Blog : 

Then Now Personal Chronological Public Comments Public and Private Tags (labels) Projects Collaborative Blog

Examples of Blogs : 

Examples of Blogs

Exploring a Blog : 

Exploring a Blog Presentation Permission Participation Privacy www.helensclassroom.blogspot.com

Getting Started : 

Getting Started Teacher / Student / Class Parental Permission Privacy Name Organisation Copyright Design Class Time Teacher Time Student Training

Using It! : 

Using It! Resources Homework Information Useful Links Projects Make it visible!

Looking Ahead : 

Looking Ahead Plan Organise

Create a Blogger Blog : 

Create a Blogger Blog Create your blog www.blogger.com If you have a Google account, Sign In If you don’t have a Google account, click on CREATE A BLOG

Create a Google Account : 

Create a Google Account Create a Google Account (if you don’t already have one).

Name your blog : 

Name your blog Name your blog Blog title URL (web address)

Choose the design : 

Choose the design Choose a template This is easy to change later.

Start Blogging : 

Start Blogging Click on START BLOGGING

Your First Post and Image : 

Your First Post and Image First Post Download an image to your computer Title = My First Post Upload an image Type something about you Labels (tags) Publish Post View Blog

Your favourite video : 

Your favourite video Second Post Title - My favourite song Click on Edit HTML Find your favourite video on Youtube Copy and paste embed code into post Type why you like the song. Type labels Publish Post View

Tags and Links 1 : 

Tags and Links 1 Click on Design Click on ADD A GADGET

Tags and Links 2 : 

Tags and Links 2 Click on LABELS Give it a title (eg, grammar, animals, etc.) Click on SELECTED LABELS and EDIT. Choose the “labels” from your blog entries you want to show in this list.

Permissions and Privacy : 

Permissions and Privacy Permissions and Privacy Click on SETTINGS. You can control the blog authors and blog readers here.

Useful Websites : 

Useful Websites Help www.help.blogger.com http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/blogger/index.html www.youtube.com (search Blogger) Design http://www.freewebpageheaders.com/gallery/ http://www.stockvault.net/ http://www.blogbulk.com/ Google Advanced Search (copyright free) Make your own!

That’s all! : 

That’s all! Thank you for your time