Many people think that making and having their own place on the Internet is difficult. It is not. I am going to create a series of videos and postings showing how it is easy to create your own online space. First we are going to create a blog.
One of the aims of this blog is to share my knowledge of ICT. Hoping that we do this together.
Lesson instructions below
A blog is a place where you can put your diary, lessons, your learners’ homework, get comments from parents and learners, etc. It is a place to express yourself to the world.It is a quick and easy way to get your own place on the Internet.
Instructions
- Create a blog with Google Blogger with postings, images, links to other places, and gadgets/widgets.
- Must be about communicating information on your vision and or yourself, a digital CV.
- Encourage fellow students, friends, or family to add comments anonymously or under their own names so that the blog is a tool for presenting information and collaborating.
- Have a look at a blog I have worked on - studyopp.blogspot.com
- Go to YouTube for information on creating/using the features mentioned.
- Add gadgets/widgets in the layout such as a calendar, the weather, a clock, etc.
- Add advanced educational JavaScript features - add the link in the posting area of the blog, not the gadget area as there is not enough space.
- Impress! Have fun!
Tips
- Save all images on your computer and then insert them into a posting - do not do copy/paste from a website.
- Do not leave open empty lines before or after an image.
- Check that hyperlinks used actually work! Links must be to a special place, not to a Google search! If you want me to view the hyperlink, tell me to do so / make it obvious that it is a hyperlink
- Write your posting in Word, check the spelling and grammar, and then copy/paste to the blog, or write it on the blog but use a grammar check such as Grammarly.
- Any weather gadget must display the weather in Cape Town and in Celsius.
- Any poll/survey gadget must work.
- If you show Your Profile in Google+ fill it in / complete it.
- Any feature which requires an image and a large amount of space, should be on the main part of the blog and not as a gadget.
Assessment
- Has at least 5 postings - 2
- Has at least 3 images that contribute to the content/meaning of the posting where it is found - 2
- Has at least 3 working hyperlinks in postings, to pages that contribute to the content/meaning of the posting where it is found - 2
- Has at least 3 working gadgets - 2
- Have at least 3 comments from anonymous or individual persons - 2
- All material is free from spelling and grammar errors - 3
- All content is uplifting, i.e. would be suitable for your CV (nothing on religion, sex or politics) - 3
- Blog looks good. (Pictures are a suitable size. Font is readable and all postings use same font. Layout is ‘right’.) - 3
- Extra features, with worth - 3 marks each - 6
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