Weblog Thanavathi

1. WEBLOG
Personal Website - ePortfolio
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3. Outline
Blog Introduction
Blog Meaning &
Definition
Educational Blogs
Popular Blog Sites Importance of Blogs
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4. Outline
Features of Blog Steps to Create Blog How to Upload
Ways to student
engagement
Advantages of Blog
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5. A blog…
◦ is a page of entries (posts).
◦ is organized in reverse-chronological order.
◦ is normally public.
◦ The entries in a blog usually come from a single author.
◦ Readers can add comments on each entry and the author responding.
◦ Interact with our readers.
◦ Readers respond with comments.
◦ Comments are powerful motivators.
◦ Writing is ‘inside’, blogging is ‘outside’.
◦ Writing is ‘monologue’, blogging is ‘conversation’.
◦ Writing is ‘thesis’, blogging is ‘synthesis’.
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6. Meaning and Definition of Blog
Meaning:
◦ A blog is a website that allows an
author to publish instantly in the
Internet from any Internet connection.
◦ It is a website that allows an author to
publish instantly on the Internet from
any Internet connection.
◦ A frequent chronological publication
of personal thoughts and web links.
Definition:
◦ “A blog is a website where entries are
made in journal style and displayed in a
reverse chronological order.”
- Wikipedia, 2006.
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7. Educational Blogs
Teacher or tutor blog - by
teacher for students
Student or learner blog - by
students(s)
Class blog - by class members
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8. Teacher or Tutor
Blogs
 Channel of communications
between teacher and
students.
 Class schedule
 Regular reading practice
 Web links
 Syllabus guide
 Self study guide
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9. Students or Learner
Blogs
Individual or group projects
Learner diaries
Writing practice
Give students greater sense of
ownership
Allow quieter students to
express themselves
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10. Class Blogs
 Bulletin Board
 Class Discussions
 Action Research/Learning
 Publishing platform for student
work
 Develop writing skills
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11. Blog Sites
www.blogger.com
www.wordpress.com
www.tumblr.com
www.edublogs.com
www.livejournal.com
www.typepad.com
www.sixapart.com
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12. Blogs are cool because
◦ They are supported by research.
◦ Blogs support macro and micro democracy.
◦ They are easy to use.
◦ They are web-based.
◦ Increase student interest.
◦ They encourage community or collaboration.
◦ Communication
◦ Conversation
◦ Expression
◦ Participation
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13. Features of Blog
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14. STEPS TO CREATE
BLOG
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15. Step 1
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16. Step 1 click this site
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17. Step 2 Click Get Started
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18. Step 3 Create your account
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19. Select your domain name
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20. Step 4 Select free account
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21. Step 5 Click Start with a free site
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22. Your site ready – get started your upload
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23. HOW TO UPLOAD
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24. Set your personal details - profile
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25. How to upload
◦ You can edit homepage
◦ Add a page
◦ Write blog post
◦ Edit menus
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26. Click write your post
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27. Start your writing ….
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28. POST THE SUBJECT
SPECIFIC ARTIFACTS
Post the Educational
materials/assignments
developed by the
blogger/student.
Materials or assignment may
be text, images, videos, audios
etc. but it developed by the
student.
Materials or assignments
should be own contributions
of the respective student.
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29. after writing you can preview it
then you click Publish button
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30. The same way students can create number of posts /
pages based on their number of subjects required
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31. Student’s will share the blog web address
(eportfolio address) to the class teacher after
posting their artifacts in the blog for the
assessment purpose.
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32. Blogging may facilitate student engagement
and active learning in the following ways:
◦ Blogging is useful for students to reflect and publish their understanding and opinions. This requires students to actively
explore and organize their thoughts.
◦ Blogging helps students identify what they have learned and what they need to improve through self-reflection.
◦ The on-going blogging promotes continuous learning. Students build their own understanding and knowledge over time.
◦ Blog is an open medium for people to present and express themselves, potentially developing an online presence and getting
credits. It even helps students become subject-matter experts.
◦ Blogging may also create a sense of community and encourage students to actively participate in peer learning.
◦ Blog commenting provides a convenient and effective way for sustained and informal discussion among students. Students
communicate in a way that is simpler and easier to follow than emails or discussion forums.
◦ Blogs provide opportunities for diverse perspectives, and enrich students’ learning experience. As Web 2.0 technologies
develop, the features of blog have also evolved.
◦ Two major improvements are the social networking feature and blog site development framework feature. With these features,
blog has been meshed into a bigger system together with other tools to help create a learner centered social learning
environment.
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33. Advantages of Using a Blog
for Teaching and Learning
makes education focused on demand.
helps students learn anytime and anywhere.
encourages learners to work or learn continuously.
helps people reflect and think critically.
helps improve communication competencies.
helps develop initiative and creativity.
helps people learn to work with people.
makes learning more informal.
opens up learning in more ways.
encourages students to experiment with different media.
makes learning or working or living come together.
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35. Conclusion
Web 2.0 has brought us many useful technologies that extend the learning
beyond the classroom and a single course. Blog as a major tool has been widely
used for teaching and learning.
A blog is not only a way to engage students in active and collaborative learning,
but also to bring students to the world of open knowledge publishing and
sharing.
A few students out of the class have become regular and professional bloggers
and really enjoyed their posts.
However, as this was the first time to design and offer a team blog network
project, it had shown some issues and challenges.
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36. My Blog Address
Wordpress :
http://thanavathi.
wordpress.com
Blogger :
https://cthanavathi.
blogspot.com/
Tumblr :
https://www.tumblr.com
/blog/thanavathi
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38. Click www.bogger.com
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39. Create your blog
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40. Choose a name for your blog
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41. Choose a URL for your blog
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42. Confirm your display name
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43. Click New Post
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44. Type your posting Title then you type or
paste the matter, insert ….
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45. After posting you can preview it then you
publish your post.
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46. You can view you Blogger Posts
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47. THANK YOU!
We think too much about effective methods of teaching
and not enough about effective methods of learning.
John Carolous S. J.
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