e/merge 2008: Connected Teacher Toolkit

Blogging (Tuesday July 8th )

• Where?
  At Edublogs http://edublogs.org/
• Why blog? 
  Introduce the idea of blogging as a journaling, reflection and organisational tool. Reflect on the conference at http://emerge2008.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/conference-reflections/ . We also have internal blogs in e/merge for people to experiment with.
• How?
  • Go to URL http://edublogs.org/
  • Register for an Edublog account to be added to the e/merge 2008 group blog.
  • Share your reflections on the conference and your learning on the group blog.

Resources

• Joint blogging example – Teachers Count http://teacherscount.wordpress.com/
• Edublog support – http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2008/06/14/looking-for-the-latest-how-to-information-for-using-edublogs/

Video tutorials:

• Edublog video tutorials ( Writing posts and pages; Customizing your design; Configuring your settings; Playing with your plugins; Managing ‘Users’; Using the ‘Manage’ tab)