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YOUR CLASS BLOG
Megan Poore
YOUR CLASS BLOG
Megan Poore
• Ideas for practice
• Educational blogs
• Class management blogs
COVERAGE
• Go to
blogagogy.wordpress.com
pressgo.wordpress.com
• To work at your own pace:
www.slideshare.net/meganpoore
VISIT THE WEB
IDEAS FOR PRACTICE
• Teachers for teachers Sharing tips, ideas, resources Discussing issues, pedagogy,
curriculum, policy Networking Announcements
• Class management Announcements, info Links Advice Communicate with parents Assignment review and
submission
IDEAS FOR PRACTICE
• Educational News, current affairs Explore ideas, theories,
research, opinion Learning journey e-portfolios Writing portfolios
IDEAS FOR PRACTICE
• Website
• Bloggers make ‘posts’ on topic
• Readers make ‘comments’
• Newest material at the top
• Posts are tagged & categorised
• Blogs are all about the blogger
BLOGS
• Still not sure?
• blogagogy.wordpress.com
• Go to Module 1 and watch the video
BLOGS
• Check out some teacher blogs
> blogagogy.wordpress.com
> Modules 3: Ideas for practice
> Links and resources
EXERCISE: BLOGS IN CLASS�
• What is the purpose of the blog? Management or teaching? Do an analysis.
• Are students engaged?
• Are posts focused?
• Quality of writing? Thinking?
• Easy to navigate?
• Blog it!
EXERCISE: BLOGS IN CLASS�
POTENTIAL OF BLOGS
• What sort of blog do you want?
Professional?
Class management?
Educational?
• How you set up your blog will depend on your answer
FOCUS
PressGO!Megan Poore
PressGO!Megan Poore
• Go to
pressgo.wordpress.com
VISIT THE WEB
• Get a blog from WordPress
or
• Pull up the one you made last week
REGISTER YOUR BLOG
PUBLISH AND VIEW YOUR SITE
WRITING POSTS• Play around and write stuff
> Write > Post
• Add images, media, whatever
• Tag and categorise your post
SAVE
MANAGING POSTS• Retrieve a post
> Manage > Posts > [Title of the post you want to edit]
• Delete a post
> Manage > Posts > Highlight the checkbox > Delete
PUBLISH
WRITING PAGES• Play around and write stuff
> Write > Page
• Add images, media, whatever
SAVE
MANAGING PAGES• Retrieve a page
> Manage > Pages > [Title of the page you want to edit]
• Delete a page
> Manage > Pages > Highlight the checkbox > Delete
SIDEBAR WIDGETS• > Dashboard > Design
> Available Widgets• Add
Pages Categories Tag Cloud Archives Meta SAV
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SAVE
ORGANISING PAGES
• Create/Write these pages:
1. Homepage
2. Course guide
3. Assignments and assessment
4. Module 1
5. Module 2
6. Announcements
SAVE
• Set your home page
> Settings > Reading
> Front page displays
> A static page
> Front page: Homepage
> Posts page: Announcements
ORGANISING PAGES
SAVE
• Set your page order 1
> Design > Widgets
> Pages widget
> Edit
> Sort by: Page order
> Change
ORGANISING PAGES
SAVE
• Set your page order 2
> Manage > Pages > [Title of the page you want to edit]
> Page order
ORGANISING PAGES
SAVE
MAKE YOUR BLOG NICE
• Customise your theme
> Design > Themes
> Choose something
SAVE
PRIVACY OPTIONS• Set who you want to view
your blog
> Settings > Privacy
• When looking for a blog host: What support? FAQs?
Forums? Comment moderation?
Privacy? Customisation? Widgets?
Pages? Free space?
WHICH BLOG?
MORE INFO
http://pressgo.wordpress.com
www.meganpoore.com
LICENCE