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This mini tutorial about Blog, has been created exclusively for educational purposes. 2011

Introduction

Mini Tutorial Goal

Mini Tutorial Goal Introduce the concept of Blog to educators and inspire them to create Edublogs.

Web 2.0 The Web 2.0 allows us to contribute and help to build the Web, through friendly tools that enable endless possibilities for our creativity.

Web 2.0 Tools Map Blogs are one of the multiples tools that allow us contribute and build content for the Web 2.0 Click here if you want to see the Web 2.0 Tool Map again.

Blog - (Weblog abrev.) - A type of “Web page” where the author, or authors, (blogger) publish content (articles or posts) in chronological order (in reverse from newest to oldest) and usually offers the readers the possibility of participation trhu comments and messages. Blog Definition

Blog Characteristics Multimedia Personalizado Blog Personalized Interactive Easy to use

Blogs Importance La importancia de los Blogs “reside principalmente en haber simplificado notablemente el proceso de publicación de contenidos en la Web, ofreciendo a cualquier persona un espacio de expresión y comunicación”. Santos Martín, J., Galán Ordax, J. y del Olmo Martínez, R. (2005). Nuevas estrategias de enseñanza: experiencia con Weblogs. The importance of the Blogs "lies primarily in having greatly simplified the process of publishing content on the Web, offering anyone a space for expression and communication." Importancia de los Blogs Traducir-Translate Pulse aquí. Click here.

Blogs Importance… Graphically resumed, a Blog allows… Publish Share Participate Educastur (2005). Web social educativa 2.0: Aplicación didáctica de los blogs. Recuperado el 25 de marzo de 2009, de http://www.slideshare.net/nestoralonso/blogs-y-educacin?src=related_normal&rel=362925.

Mechanism of a Blog Creator Administrator Users Web Content Management System (WCMS) of the Blog. Host A Blog mechanism is composed of two parts... 2. The users interface 1. The administrator interface Where the Creator/Administrator manage the content of the Blog. Where users access the content of the Blog. Blog

Blog Anatomy From the administrator/s perspective: Information heaer Working area… Menu Column

Content column: Articles or posts Comments Blog Anatomy From the users perspective: Header Menu History Links RSS Information column

Types of Blogs Personal Blog Thematic Blog: Politics Religion Hobby Others Media Blog Fotoblog Videoblog Audioblog Multimedia Blog Educatinal Blog Blogs started being as online journals of publications of thoughts and ideas, but then started to be about specific themes or areas of interest… Now Blogs are a mix of everything and we can classify them by:

Edublog Class, I’ve got a lot of material to cover, so to save time I won’t be using vowels today… Nw its bgn, pls trn t pg 122.”

Edublog An Educational Blog or Edublog, is the type of Blog whose it sole purpose is to support the teaching-learning process.

Edublogs Models The teacher as an instructor. Mixed model Innovative model Traditional model Learning community. Click on the name on the name model to see it graphically… Adaptacion de la grafica EDUBLOGS: tipos según autoría en la presentación Uso educativo de los blogs (?). De Tíscar Lara http://www.slideshare.net/tiscar/uso-educativo-de-los-blogs The teacher as a tutor or guide. Group Blog

But also… Edublog Importance… An educational Blog allows… Publish Share Participate Educastur (2005). Web social educativa 2.0: Aplicación didáctica de los blogs. Recuperado el 25 de marzo de 2009, de http://www.slideshare.net/nestoralonso/blogs-y-educacin?src=related_normal&rel=362925.

EduBlogging Benefits create spaces where people can learn from each other… create enthusiasm for communication by its interactive nature… give the opportunity of collective and collaborative learning… develop online learning communities… allow students to articulate their thoughts… foster the development of writing and research skills… gives students ownership of their learning proces… increase students motivation to do their best work… support digital literacy… Edublogging can: among others.

Edublogs Ideas Teacher’s Theme or subject Class or curse Student’s Team or group Project Newspaper Journal Hobby Others…

Edublogs Examples Examples selected from: Edublogs Community & Blog Directory

How to start… 1. Select provider: 2. Sign up… 3. Start Edubloging!

Want to know about tips, tricks, ideas and help with using Web 2.0 technologies and Edublogs… visit The Edublogger for more info.

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