Introduction to Blogging

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A basic pesentation to newbies interested in creating Blogs for educational purposes

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Introduction to BloggingIntroduction to BloggingPart 1

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Elaine Huber &Agnes BosenquetLearning & Teaching Centre

OutcomesOutcomesexplain explain what a Blog is

identifyidentify some (educational) uses of Blogs

comparecompare common blogging platforms

searchsearch for a Blog

subscribesubscribe to a blog feed

What is a Blog?What is a Blog?

A weblog is a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser.

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Why Blog?

http://twentyfivedays.wordpress.com/

The LTC Blog

http://www.mq.edu.au/learningandteachingcentre/blog/

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Blogging Platform

Edublogs http://edublogs.org/ 20MB

WordPress http://wordpress.org/

Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start

TypePad http://www.typepad.com/about/

2GB $5

Blackboard Discussions

Blog SearchBlog Search

Is Blog searching Dead?

Pairwork

PAIRSPAIRS

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TILT

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http://macquarieltc.ning.com/group/blogginghttp://macquarieltc.ning.com/group/blogging

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