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Part 1 : What is a blog?
You’ve heard about them, you’ve seen them, maybe your friend’s uncle’s brother’s nephew even has one and you know that now is the time you join the 21st century as a teacher. You need a blog!
This course is here to help empower you and equip you with knowledge and know-how so that you can start up your own blog for your class or subject.
Wikipedia says : “A blog (a truncation of the expression weblog)[1] is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries (“posts”) typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first).” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
It’s a journal or diary where the user posts content in chronological order in the form of posts or pages. Blogs are mostly interactive as other users can read and comment on posts as well as share on social media. Blogs, however, have shifted from the realm of personal online expression to corporate marketing tools and content management systems (much like the Tech Teachers web site, which is a WordPress site)
With social media being so accessible, anyone and everyone can have a blog. Some blogs are popular and others never ever get read or noticed. Here are some things you, your school and/or students can use blogs for:
- Academic classes
- E-Portfolios
- School web sites
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Personal sites
- Groups or clubs
- Online courses
- Marketing
- Research sites
- Intranets
- Video and Podcasts
There is no shortage of Blogging service providers. My favourite and blog platform of choice (whether hosted or self-hosted) is WordPress. It is a very powerful-yet-friendly platform with easy-to-use features and also very accessible to search engines!
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