3. Blogs in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs Blogs IPE - Individual (.mov)
4. What is a Blog? Posts are displayed chronologically Online publishing platform Many social media sites allow for integration with blogs Blog posts consist primarily of text with some embedded media and hyperlinks Many blogs allow for some static pages (e.g. About Me)
6. Alternatives to Edublogs Class Blogmeister http://classblogmeister.com/ 21 Classes http://21classes.com/ Blogger http://www.blogger.com/ Ning http://www.ning.com/
12. Use the blogroll to add web links to your sidebar organized by category.
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14. For More Integration Ideas . . . http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/blogworkshop You can also access training guides for Edublogs, Blogger, Wordress, and Class Blogmeister as well as dozens of examples of class and teacher blogs.
15. Blogs + DE streaming Blogs can be used instead of Writing Prompt Builder when you want to encourage students to respond to each other’s writing. You can link to any DE streaming media assets for blog prompts. Students will be required to sign into DE streaming in order to view them. You can insert DE streaming images into blog posts as long as you include the citation information. You can use a blog prompt as the student response element on a DE streaming Assignment. You can use a blog aggregator, such as Google Reader, to embed a blogroll widget into a DE streaming Builder.
16. DE streaming Images in Blogs Images from DE streaming can be downloaded and uploaded to a blog. You can also link to a DE streaming image by right-clicking on Preview and selecting Copy Link Location. Be sure to include the image citation information on the blog post.
17. DE streaming Images in Blogs If you are including DE streaming images into blog posts and pages, be sure to include the citation information.
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20. Teachers can subscribe to the blog feeds for their students’ blogs using an RSS aggregator. Students, parents, and community members can also be invited to subscribe to the feeds.
28. Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders Visit the Teacher Center in DE streaming and select one of the Builders – Assignment Builder, Quiz Builder, or Writing Prompt Builder.
29. Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders Copy the URL of the blog you wish to add and paste it into Add a Subscription. Click Add. http://www.google.com/reader/
30. Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders Add the new subscription to a folder or create a new folder.
31. Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders 1 Click Manage Subscriptions 2 Open Folders and Tags – Make your folder public. Click Add a Blogroll to Your Site.
37. What is a Vlog? Posts are displayed chronologically or thematically depending on hosting service Online publishing platform Many social media sites allow for integration with vlogs Vlog posts are in video format Vlogs can be integrated with traditional blogs
38. Example of a Class Vlog http://www.cdsnews.net/shownotes/
39. Vlogging – Step 1 Teachers and students will need access to a video editor: iMovie (free) Windows Movie Maker (free) Adobe Premiere Elements (educational discount) Pinnacle Studio DV (educational discount) Jaycut (online) Jumpcut (online)
40. Vlogging – Step 2 Teachers will need access to DE MediaShare or other video hosting service: TeacherTube http://teachertube.com/ SchoolTube http://www.schooltube.com/ Vimeo http://vimeo.com/ Viddler http://viddler.com/ YouTube http://www.youtube.com/ Moonk http://www.moonk.com/ http://mediashare.discoveryeducation.com/
44. Vlogging – Step 3 Videos can be published and syndicated by embedding them onto or linking them to a blog, wiki, or website. They can also be syndicated through a video podcast service, such as: Podbean http://www.podbean.com/ Podomatic http://www.podomatic.com/ iTunes U http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/
45. Every MediaShare user has an automatic RSS feed that can be used to syndicate videos published through MediaShare.
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