Blogging for the Real World By Jessica Barnhart

Revised Throughout the Years  Mentor Texts  Teacher Blog  Personal Blogs

Mentor Texts  Responding to media  Combining Student Life and writing  Responding to peers’ interests and posts  Creating Writing Prompts  One blog per class  Teacher blog

Link to Mentor Text 15phoenix3.blogspot.com/ 15phoenix3.blogspot.com/

Teacher Blog  Model Examples for students  Resources  How-to videos  Links to other websites  Interesting Information  Writing “in front of” the students

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Personal Blogs  Students writing on a regular basis  Allows them some choice in their topics  Combines their lives with writing  Formative Assessments  Online decorum  Authentic Audience

Requirements for Blog Posts  250 words  Title  Picture/Video  Link  Small Paragraphs or bullet points

Getting Started Confirm Profile Blogger Front Page 1 of 2 screens

Create your blog!

Choose your title and web address don’t worry … you can change it later if you don’t like it Choose your title and web address don’t worry … you can change it later if you don’t like it If using for your classroom, make it something simple. You may have to add numbers or dashes to find an address that is available.

Congratulations! Now it’s time to start writing!

Type Away! Because this does not have a word count, some of my students (and even me sometimes) prefer to type in Google Docs and then copy/paste it over.

Tool Bars Media input and format Basic Text Features Insert a Link Insert a picture Insert a video Change Alignment Number Bullet Point Font Size Heading vs Body Bold Italics Underline Strikethrough Text color Highlight

Then What? Make sure it has a title. Publish Save Preview Close

Back to the dashboard … Side bar – very important! Overview

Closer look This is probably the most used toolbar on the site. Return to front page List of all posts. Go here to edit or update posts The Template is the place to change the look and layout of your blog The Settings Tab lets you change your title, address, timestamp, etc.

Blogger Front Page

Post List

Template

Setting

Impressive Student Blogs  og.blogspot.com/ og.blogspot.com/ og.blogspot.com/  ot.com/ ot.com/ ot.com/  ogspot.com/ ogspot.com/ ogspot.com/ 

My Grading Method

Other opportunities  Blogging with other classrooms  Extending Mentor Text  Weekly Updates  More Collaboration

Other blogging platforms                       Information on these platforms and more available here and herehere

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