Classroom+Blogs

=So you want to do a blog in your classroom, but you don't know how? =


 Here are some basic tips to help you get started.

First, you need to decide the purpose of your blog. What do you want your students to accomplish by using a blog?

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Examples of classroom blogs:
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The best place to start creating your own blog is the site that hosts my blog, [|**http://www.blogger.com/**]. [|**Education World has step by step instructions for this.**]  If you don't want to make your student blog public, it allows you to restrict viewing of the blog to only students that you choose. This way the blog can only be open to your class. You will have to regulate your blog to make sure that student postings even if they are only viewable by others in the class maintain an appropriate level and tone. [|**If you have students blogging, you will want to post blogging rules like these.**]
 * 1) Go to **Blogger**.
 * 2) Click Start Here or Learn more about it and then click to begin.
 * 3) Type in your username, password, name, and e-mail account.
 * 4) Fill in a title and description for your blogging Web page.
 * 5) Keep the circle by "Host at…."
 * 6) Type an address for your blog.
 * 7) Click to accept terms of service, and then click Next.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Select a template and click Finish.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Type an entry. (Maybe something like, "This is my first blog entry.")
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Choose different formatting if you wish (to bold, italic, etc.).
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hit Post and Publish.
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wait a few seconds and then hit View Web Page.