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Week 1 : blogs

What are blogs?

• Online diaries organised in chronological order

• Each entry is called a ‘post’• Can be written by an individual or group• Content can be anything and everything!• Millions of blogs have been created

Information on blogs on the bloghttp://learning2009imperial.wordpress.com/

Let’s watch a movie…..

Blogs in Plain English

What do we want you to do with blogs?

- Write a post a week (or more!) of about 100 – 150 words describing what you think of each technology. Love it or hate it – we want to know!- Comment on other blogs. Take a look at what others in your group are saying. Do you agree or disagree? Send them a comment and start a discussion.

Week 1: activities

1 – bag your blog

2 – email blog details to us

3 – write your first post and comment

4 – optional extra! templates and widgets

Activity#1 – bag your blog

http://wordpress.com/

Watch the demo

Now work your way through the activities for this week

You’ll find all the details on the Learning 2.0 blog

http://learning2009imperial.wordpress.com/

Ask if you need help!