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Create and Edit Blogger


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•   Click BloggerBlogger
•    Sign in with your iGoogle account.
•    Name Blog. (Write down User & Password).
•    Select Template.
Complete the form at Gmail, Blogger and iGoogle Information


Add Followers Gadget
  • Introduce yourself to the class with your first post.
  • Use this Blog to post the Question of the Day.
Add Links Gadget or Page
o   http://sites.google.com/site/ictessentials/    ICT 1
 o   https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/vviereck.bravehost.com/Dashboard
 o    http://viereckquestion.blogspot.com/  Question of the Day
 o      http://blogger.com/

For safety reasons you do not want a public Blog.
•    After you create you account go into settings and be sure to Change:
Under basic
•    Add your Blog to our listings? NO Let search engines find your blog?  NO
•    A Public blog appears in your Blogger Profile. If you select "No" we will not show your blog anywhere on Blogger.com, but it will still be available on the Internet.

Change Comment Moderation to Always
  • You can then decide which comments will appear on your blog



ADD Followers
  1. Check out other Students Blogs using their links.
  2. Go to  Student Blogs to get the links of other students in your class.
  3. Then go to your Blogger Dashboard.
  4. Add these links to your Blogger Reading list.
  6. Post at least two comments telling the person what you like about their blog. Roar


Research Questions
What is a blog?
What do those letters at the end of a Web address mean?
How can I start my own blog?
What is a journal? How do you keep one?
How do people make websites?


Vocabulary

http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_4/eFUxV.htm

Blog: A personal journal published on the World Wide Web

Chronological: Arranged in order of time of occurrence

Journal: A personal record of occurrences, experiences, and reflections kept on a regular basis; a diary.

Commentary: a personal record of events or facts

Hobby: an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation

Forum (on websites): A section of a website that allows visitors to communicate with each other by posting messages.

Interactive: a two-way system of electronic communications

Audioblog:A blog where the posts consist mainly of voice recordings

Blogosphere:All blogs, or the blogging community.

Blogger: Person who runs a blog.

Post:  An entry written and published to a blog.

Vlog: A video blog


Top 20 definitions of blogging