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ES/MS Online Communication: Thursday, 4/21
Classwork & Homework
1. Please continue to work on resizing photographs.
2. Review the handout on uploading photo batches.
3. Follow the steps in the handout in order to create a link on your blog to your KS Photo Gallery. You can determine which page you would like to have the link on. KS Photo Gallery URL: http://gallery.ksbe.edu/maui/main.php/v/ksusername
4. Add a photo to a page or a post on your blog.
5. Add another type of media file to a page or post on your blog.
6. Remember to sign-in today, and have a wonderful Easter weekend with your families!
ES/MS Online Communication: Thursday, 4/7
Please complete the following assignment by our next class meeting on 4/14.
Review the following education blogs:
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/
Review the lesson plan format, the NETS-S & NETS-T standards that your received in class today, and begin to think about your final project.
In class today you will learn about:
ISTE Standards: Review NETS-T & NETS-S
Managing the Media Library:
What is a Media Library?
How is the Media Library organized?
What types of file types are supported in the Media Library?
File size limits – 5 MB per file
Resizing photos
How to upload photos/media to the Media Library
Question for 3/31 class
What makes a good educational blog? Your answer should be at least two sentences long. Have a wonderful weekend.
ES/MS Online Communication: Thursday 3/31
Please complete the assignments below by our next class meeting on 4/7.
1. Post a comment on the course blog post titled “What makes a good educational blog?”
2. Develop your own or find classroom guidelines for student posts and review with your students. Here is a good place to start your search: http://www.techlearning.com/article/Blogs/23336
3. Create a new post in your blog for your students to comment on, related to a current classroom activity
4. Create a static page on your blog
5. For our next meeting, please come to class with at least 2 digital files of photos to post on your blog. Have an idea of where you would like to place these photos.
Today during class you will learn about:
What is a Tag?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/tags/
What is the Difference between a Category and a Tag?
Adding Tags to a Post
Adding Comments to a Post
Setting comment options as an administrator
Suggested guidelines for student posts
Guiding your students to publish appropriate posts
Moderating comments
Blogs – Creating Pages
What are Pages?
What is the Difference between a Post Page and a Static Page?
Adding additional static pages
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Spring Break
No Homework!!!
March 10, 2011: ES & MS Online Communication
Please complete the following assignments prior to the next time we get together for class on March 31st.
1. Create and publish a post
2. Assign a category to your post
3. Please incorporate one item from our discussion today into your blog.
4. Enjoy your Spring Break!!!
In class we discussed:
What is a category?
Using categories to organize your blog site.
Creating a category
Editing a category
Assigning a category to a post
Deleting a category
Setting up your iGoogle account
Adding Tabs
Deleting Tabs
Adding Gadgets
Deleting Gadgets
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March 3 & March 7, 2011
Please have the following assignments completed prior to our next class meeting on 3/10 (ES & MS) or 3/29 (HS).
1. Sign up for a google account if you do not already have one. http://docs.google.com
2. Browse the internet to search for 3 educational blogs that you are interested in following, and then create a list.
3. Select any KS Blog, and note one aspect of it that you may want to incorporate into your KS Blog.
Objectives:
By the end of class today, you will know:
What is a blog?
Typical Blog Features
Navigating through a blog
How blogs are used in education: KS Blogs, Other educators
KS Blog Basics
Logging in
Dashboard
Main Menu Options
Setting the General Appearance of your blog
What is a Post and a Comment?
Who can add posts and comments to your KS Blog site
Publishing options
Previewing a post
Editing a post
Hiding a post
Deleting a post
Mahalo! :)val