BLOGGER

Done by: Sara Saeed Al Mehairi

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• Blogger : is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogger is one of the biggest blogs owned by Google.

Who Uses Blogger ?

• Teachers • Students• Administrators

Types of Blogs ? • Educational• Personal• Tutorial • Announcement • Fashion and lifestyle

•Educational•Personal•Tutorial •Announcement •Fashion and lifestyle

How to create a Blogger ?

• Open the official website: Blogger.com

Sign Up to Create a Blog

• Create a Google Account:

• Name Your New Blog

How to create a Blogger ?

name your podcast

• Creating your blog:

• Create your first post:

How to create a Blogger ?

click the New Post icon

confirmation page:

select Publish Post, and you should get a confirmation page.

• You tube link on how to create a blog:

• Educational Purpose

1. Classroom Management: inform students of class requirements, post handouts, notices, and homework assignments, or act as a question and answer board.

2. Discussions: provide a space where teachers and students can work to further develop writing or other skills with the advantage of an instant audience.

3. Student Portfolios: present, organize, and protect student work as digital portfolios. Students are more motivated to produce better writing.

• Easy for new bloggers to use.• No need to install anything.• Free to use.• Ease in posting.• ability to share knowledge.

Advantages

• Domain Name is long.• Limited flexibility.• Need to keep it constantly updated.

Disadvantages

• A teacher’s thoughts - a blog about explorations of technology, science and learning.

• Arrowhead Tutors Educational Blog - Arrowhead Tutors Educational Blog.• I Teacher (Andrew Robitaille) - Engaging students with Information and

Communication Technologies.• The Education Technology Blog – Technology tools for teachers.• Dave’s educational Blog - Education, post-structuralism and the rise of

the machines.

Links to some useful Blogs

References

• Blogger’s official website.• Link: http://www.blogger.com/

• Visual videos on how to create a blog. (blogger help) • Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/BloggerHelp?blend=7&ob=5

• List of blogs on educational blogging.• Link: http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers

• http://www.podcastingnews.com/articles/Make_Podcast_Blogger.html

• http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images-tick-cross-buttons-image12262014

• http://www.iconarchive.com/show/high-detail-social-icons-by-iconshock/blogger-icon.html

• http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/educationupclose.phtml/47