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Welcome to your Instructor

Julia Da Silva- Beharry Training Session on how to create a Blog with

at blogger.com. Before we begin our tutorial session let us examine a brief overview on the purposes of a Blog which encompasses the functions of a Blog. Brief Overview: A Blog is an evidence of a self-promotion website towards developing collaborative communities with common interests. It also creates an opportunity with an aim to gather and disseminate the input and expertise of that community knowledge and skills. In this scenario using the Blog in the Classroom as an educational tool, it can be integrated in a multi-faceted manner to accommodate all learners. A Blog can serve at least four basic functions. These functions are considered as student portfolio, classroom management, collaboration and discussions. As a result, teachers can use a Blog as a useful online tool to integrate technology in the classroom. Additionally, a Blog can work well for students because they can be able to access a Blog virtually at any time, in any place with an Internet- enabled computer. Therefore, a Blog can be used by computer savvy teachers to create a classroom that extends further than the boundaries of the school yard.

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Step1: Create a Blog with

This procedure will give you an opportunity to create a Google account. This account can be used on other Google services. If you already have a Google account, please click here to sign in first or use the information below then click Continue

Then Click Continue

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Step 2: Name your Blog.

Step 3: Your Blog has been created.

Then Click Continue

Name your Blog

Then Click Continue

Your Blog has

been created

Check availability

of your Blog

Address

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Step 4: Choose a Starter Template.

Step 5: Template has been chosen for the Blog.

Choose a Starter

Template

Then Click Continue

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Step 6: Create a post for your Blog.

Step 7: Your Blog post has been published successfully. Click on view post.

Create a post

Your Blog has been successfully

published post. Click to view your

post.

Publish your post

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Step 8: You can view your post on your Blog

Step 9: Create one new post of your interest for each day of the week.

Comment on two of your class members post from Day 7 to Day 10.

Step 10: Create an Instructional Technology Blog for your Collaborative Group at: http://www.blogger.com.

Post your URL to your Instructional Technology Blog.

Then comment on two of your class members post from Day 7 to Day 10.