What is a Blog?• Blog is short for Web
Log.• Think of it as a journal of
fact based opinions.• You write about an issue
or question, or reflect on an event.
• People can read your posted writing and comment on it.
Web logs are simply websites that can be easily updated.
Administrator = GOD in Your Own Blog◦ You can post anything (articles, comments, etc)◦ You can design the blog◦ You can arrange the feature◦ etc
Contributor◦ You just can post articles◦ Manage your own comments◦ Creating polling
Role in The Blog
We will using http://wordpress.com Have an Email Address Never registered at Wordpress.com Indo-Thai Partnership blog is inviting you to be
a contributor You will get the invitation via email Accept the invitation and create your own
wordpress account You will have your own blog You registered as a contributor at Indo-Thai
Partnership blog
Situation
Write your blog addressExample: ‘hothilehang’
hothilehang
hothilehangWrite your username
vietnam2011Write your password
[email protected] your correct email address
Sign UpClick Sign Up Button
vietnam2011
Post the articles about the progress of your partnership program
Post the news if you conducted the activities together with your partner
Give a comment to the other schools articles
What You Have To Do in Indo-Thai Partnership Blog???
At Least Once a Month
Steps to Using a Classroom Blog
1. Register a Classroom Blog as a Teacher
1a. Write, edit and publish class blogs as a teacher
2. Add students to your classroom blog so that they can post blog articles
3. Student composes an article related to an assignment
4. Student gives the article to teacher for review
4a. Teacher reviews the student article
5. Classmates or other audiences read and comment to the student article
5a. Teacher reads and approves comments before they are published
How do I use Blogs in Class• For real-world writing
experiences• Keep class blogs together in
one area for easy tracking• Prolong discussions outside
the classroom• Q and A with guest speakers• Quickly give feedback to
students • Use it for literature circle
activities• Get responses to a question
with different answers each time
• Students give feedback to each other
• Track student writing development
• Students use their peer network to develop their own knowledge
• Update new information on homework assignments
• Encourages students to help each other with their writing
• As a classroom discussion and debate area