creating blogs & websites for education
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An introduction to blogging workshop for Plymouth E-Learning Conference, April 8th, 2011TRANSCRIPT
Creating Blogs & Websitesfor Education
Matt Lingard,LSE Centre for Learning Technology
#pelc11
•Personal Publishing• What’s so great about blogs?
•Examples of blogs in Education
•WordPress hands-on• Create your own blog / website
•Blogging good practice
Outline
Easy-to-publish
• As easy as email• Single or many authors
• Design Templates• Free
Unique Structure
• Posts• Reverse Chronology• Tags (Categories)
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LinksAnother BlogA websiteJohn’s Blog
Feeds & Social Media
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About
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LinksAnother BlogA websiteJohn’s Blog
• Website• Easy-to-publish• Unique Structure• Feeds & Social Media• Comments
Uses for Blogs in Education
• Teaching• Teacher &/or student course blog• Student learning journal
• Newsletter / Updates• Showcase / Disseminate / Share• Participate in a Community• Personal reflection (e.g. your own research)• Personal homepage• Document a project
UK Primary Bloggers
“I love our blog, it’s so fun to go on.
I learn lots of new things in our blog.
I especially liked working with the other P5 class from Tannochside Primary on the rainforest.It’s awesome, I hope I get to come on tomorrow”
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/brilliantbloggers/
Chloe F, Year 5,Chapelside Primary School
Blog Post
Blog Index
Comments >>GI413: Gender & Militarisation
LSE Moodle
http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/eportfolio/dyson/mattdyson/files/webfoliopage40058.html
http://lselawcareers.wordpress.com/
http://brunel.workglobal.org/
http://opensourcing.wordpress.com/
[My blogging is] “driven by my need to create and sustain a community of researchers and interested people around my research area”
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
http://delilaopen.wordpress.com/
http://therightsfuture.com/
Creating a Blog
• Institutional services• Blogging platform• VLE / E-Portfolio
• Free WordPress Services• WordPress.com• Edublogs.org
• Other Free Services• Blogger, TypePad
Create your own blog
Suggested Tasks
1. Create a Wordpress Account & Blog
2. Amend Basics Settings
3. Add your first ‘Post’
4. Comment on another participants Blog
5. Change the Blog Appearance
6. Add a post with a link &/or image
Today’s blogs
http://xxxxxxx.wordpress.com
Good practice tips
• Clear purpose• Know your audience and their purpose
• Write regularly • Tag your posts• Consider your writing style• Make use of links• Publicise your blog
Writing for the Web
• Users scan, sometimes read • Post Titles really matter• Lead with key information• Structure for Scanning• Plain language• Remove redundancy
Further Help
• Today’s links• http://bit.ly/blogpelc11• Contact me• [email protected]
• LSE Blogging Help• http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/help/