Blog



Description: Blogger is an online website. Blogs are like online journals. They can be used for the classroom. They are a great way to interact with your fellow classmate. For this project we were to set up a blog on Blogger.com for our Blackboard classroom. We were to comment on our class blog which was set up by Dr. Williamson. We were to comment on two of our classmate’s blogs. You can add text, photos, and videos to your blog. There are many templates so you can choose one appropriate for your topic. Once complete, you invite your classmates to view and comment on your blog.

Process: The first step was to get the email from our instructor who invited us to join our class blog. We needed a Gmail to enter. I signed up for a new email just for blogging. I remember back when that you should blog with a separate email address. On our class blog, I noticed that everyone that commented had a picture or an avatar. I didn’t have a good head shot so I decided to make an avatar. One of my classmates, Chandra had given the link on her homepage to build your own avatar. I went to the website Voki and made my avatar. I then had to figure out how to save the picture file since it was an audio file too. I was able to figure it out and when I signed into the blog I was able to set up my avatar. I read all the blogs and made my first comment. I started to try to figure out what I could do my blog on. I decided to make my blog on my first week of class work, file management. Making the blog was fun. I went out to another website to find a free template. I needed to download it in html and it actually worked. It looked like a folder so I thought it was appropriate. I then added a funny YouTube, translate the information to Spanish, add an RSS feed, followers, about me, let visitors share, and add links to other information about file management. Finally, I had to invite my classmates and instructors to join in to my blog.

Reflection: This project drove me crazy at first. I was so unfamiliar with the concept of blogging. I had never done it. Whenever I go into something I don’t do I craze out a bit before I settle down. I struggled to figure out what I could blog on for my class. I think this is an area I need to work harder on. I am use to thinking of teaching software as a black and white issue but now I can see how I can help my students think outside mere instruction. It was apparent to me how blogging can open up higher learning and thought processing on a subject matter. I have to say I enjoyed our class blog. I learned so much from all the other comments.

References (2009). Retrieved February 17, 2010, from Voki: http://www.voki.com/ (2010). Retrieved February 17, 2010, from Gmail: https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&rm=false&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3Dhtml%26zy%3Dl&bsv=zpwhtygjntrz&scc=1&ltmpl=default&ltmplcache=2 // Blogger //. (2010). Retrieved February 18, 2010, from Blogger: https://www.blogger.com/start Williamson, D. S. (n.d.). //EDT 6020//. Retrieved January 18, 2010, from Wilmington University Blackboard: http://wilmu.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_303251_1%26url%3d