1. Digital Communication 30th September & 1st October 2009

2. Aims and Objectives Aims To promote methods of research using ICT and the internet To introduce Blogs and web tools for learning, research and evidence Learners to set up their own ‘blog’ and publish a post Objectives Learners to discuses area they need to research in follow brief Learners will be able to identity different ICT tools available for assessment Learners will be able to know what a Blog is and its uses. Learners will be able identify a Blog though an example Learners to create a blog account at blogger.com 2 2

3. The word blog (an abridgment of the term web log) "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. A Blog is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.

4. A typical blog combines Text images, links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.

5. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media.

6. Blogs can be hosted by dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software, such as WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger LiveJournal, or on regular web hosting services.

7. https://www.blogger.com/start http://www.livejournal.com/ http://www.movabletype.org/ http://wordpress.org/

8. Summary / Q+A Q- What is the word “blog” refer to? Q- Name three things a Blog can do? Q- Name two blog websites? 8 8

9. How to set up your blog We want you to make your own blog You need to create a gmail or Google mail email account. This will be your username and password to log into your blogger.com account. Use your FULL NAME when making your log in email for your blog So if you name is Joe Blogs then please can you use Joe.blogs@gmail.com We also want your blog address to be something like this as well, http://joeblogs.blogspot.com The . characters are not allowed 9 9

10. How to set up your blog Press this button Follow the instructions 10 10

11. How to set up your blog Fill out this form Make sure every field is filled in. REMEMBER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND PASSWORD!!!! I am Not your PA! 11 11

12. How to set up your blog Go to www.blogger.com/ sign in with your new Goggle mail address and password VERY IMPORTAN ! REMEMBER THESE 12 12

13. How to set up your blog Go to www.blogger.com/ sign in with your new Goggle mail address and password VERY IMPORTAN ! REMEMBER THESE If you have a existing email address you can use this, if you don’t want a Google mail account. Google mail will be a bit faster to log on your blog 13 13

14. How to set up your blog Enter your email address And the rest of the fields, then press continue when done 14 14

15. How to set up your blog Give your blog a title (this can be changed) Give your blog a unique address [YOUR NAME] Check if this is available, press the availability button, press continue 15 15

16. How to set up your blog Choose a template, (this can be changed) Press continue 16 16

17. How to set up your blog That’s it! Press the start blogging arrow! 17 17

18. How to set up your blog 18 18

19. How to set up your blog There are two ways you can view how you write your blogger post, In HTML View Compose view 19 19

20. How to set up your blog You can add web links by selecting a word and pressing the link button, this will bring up a window to add a http:// link, paste in a link from a site here, To add an image (from hard drive or a web site) press the picture button, this will bring up a window. 20 20

21. How to set up your blog This is the image upload window. 21 21

22. How to set up your blog To add things like YouTube video clips, you can copy and paste Embed codes this will embedded the clip into your blog. Select this and copy it, And paste it into the html body of your blog, 22 22

23. How to set up your blog It will look like this.... Don’t worry will wont look like this when you view your blog 23 23

24. How to set up your blog You can also add video files to your blog as well Blogger accept AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, Real and Windows Media, 100 MB maximum size. Press this button and the video upload window will open. 24 24

25. How to set up your blog When you hit the Publish post button, it will remind you to add tags to your blog, these can easily add links and categorise your posts Example Tags that you could use might be The subject which you are writing about, or the main content summed but in a few words. To add a tag type in a word then a comma, this splits up the words to make tags to either search by subject or jump to. 25 25

26. How to set up your blog The Dashboard is the page is where you can manage your blog, If you wan to Edit or Delete a post then you can do it here. Click Edit Post 26 26

27. How to set up your blog The Setting Page is the place where you can set up your blog so that you can add posts to it via email. This means you can email the blog and it will appear on the page. 27 27

28. How to set up your blog From the Dashboard you can Edit Profile page 28 28