The document describes a blogging challenge hosted by Techie Lab Teacher. Participants are tasked with completing daily blog-related assignments over the course of a week, such as following other blogs, adding links and comments. The winner will be the blogger who completes all tasks by the deadline of July 19th at 8pm with quality. Completing the tasks could result in winning a $50 Target gift certificate.

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Techie Lab Teacher’s Boost Your Blog Challenge
– A Fun Blogging Challenge with some Ching! Ching!
Your 3rd Blog Challenge Is Here!
Join the “Boost Your Blog Challenge” #3 – Complete the Daily Blog Tasks
and try Win the $50 Target Gift Certificate
Check your email daily OR the 157 Staff Dev. Blog for challenge instructions http://bit.ly/dXlJnu
Daily Blog Tasks
– Each pg. has a different daily task. Good Luck!
(Wed, July 13th)
Task #1 “Can You Follow EVERYBODY?”
---- Follow EVERY Johnson Teacher's Blog
Link: http://slidesha.re/raQSi6
Posted July 16, 2011

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Techie Lab Teacher’s Boost Your Blog Challenge
– A Fun Blogging Challenge with some Ching! Ching!
(Thurs, July 14th)
Task # 2 “Link It Up!”
--- Make a new link category titled- Teacher Resources
Make the following (4) links to:
1. Techie Lab Teacher Blogspot - http://bit.ly/eR0GcT
Blog discusses free educational tools available to educators
2. Edublogs “Teacher Challenge- “Kick Start Your Blogging”
http://bit.ly/pmlGZi
Blog provides helpful activities to help educator produce effective
classroom blogs.
3. Choose (2) other comprehensive websites/blogs/wikis that you think
would be useful to every teacher at our school site.
For example: (you can’t use it -Lol!)
Google Tools for Educators -
http://sites.google.com/site/toolsforeducators/Home
Posted July 16, 2011

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Techie Lab Teacher’s Boost Your Blog Challenge
– A Fun Blogging Challenge with some Ching! Ching!
(Fri, July 14th)
Task # 3 “Say Something Nice”
1. Post comments on (7) of the Johnson Blogs –
Link: http://slidesha.re/raQSi6
 IMPORTANT:
Notify R. Matthews by email which blogs you posted comments.
2. Post comments to the following Techie Lab Teacher Blogspot posts:
Post Title:
Check Out Schrock’s Google Apps Blooms Correlation Map
 http://kathyschrock.net/googleblooms/
Post Title: “Boost Your Blog” Challenge No. 1 Winner
 http://techielabteacher.blogspot.com/2011/02/boost-your-blog-
winner.html
Post Title: Learn 2 Blog Effectively with Edublogs
 http://techielabteacher.blogspot.com/2011/01/learn-2-blog-
effectively-with-edublog.html
 IMPORTANT: Must do for this task - Discuss your successes
and challenges you have had since you began to blog.
Posted July 16, 2011

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Techie Lab Teacher’s Boost Your Blog Challenge
– A Fun Blogging Challenge with some Ching! Ching!
(Sat., July 15th)
Task #4 “Voki – The Mouthpiece”
Embed a “Voki” widget into your blog -
http://www.voki.com/create.php
Your “Voki” message MUST include:
 A “Welcome” to your visitors
 A short message of the purpose of your blog
See these (6) “Voki” examples:
1. 157 Staff Development Blog - http://157staffdevblog.blogspot.com/
2. Nutrition and Wellness Biology 50- edublog
http://nutrition.edublogs.org/2008/04/20/meet-professordoc-the-nutrition-
course-voki/
3. Voki Educaton Resource Link: http://blog.voki.com/2011/02/18/interviews-
with-educators-lisa-nielsen/
4. LibGuides Help & Documentation -
http://help.springshare.com/content.php?pid=170792&sid=1474214
5. History – Voki – Pbworks w=Wiki – Jennifer Whitmer
http://innovations2010unco.pbworks.com/w/page/31340909/History%20-
%20Voki
6. World History – Great Voki by Kennedy Jones (A Student)
http://www.7aworldhistory.com/4/post/2011/02/great-voki-by-kennedy-
jones.html
Posted July 16, 2011

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Techie Lab Teacher’s Boost Your Blog Challenge
– A Fun Blogging Challenge with some Ching! Ching!
(Sun, July 16th)
Task #5 “Lights, Camera, Action”
The WINNER will be the blogger who can complete all the tasks with
“finesse” by Tuesday, July 19th by 8:00pm (PST).
See next page for blog task instructions.
Good Luck!
Blogging Tasks
(Wed, July 13th)
Task #1 “Can You Follow EVERYBODY?”
Follow every Johnson Teacher’s Blog
Posted July 16, 2011

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Resources 4 U
Edublog – Teacher Challenge “Kick Start Your Blogging”
http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/challenges‐2/30‐days‐to‐kick‐start‐your‐blogging/
Free blogging icons
http://bloggeruniversity.blogspot.com/2008/08/round‐up‐of‐free‐blogging‐icons.html
Posted July 16, 2011