Looks at exit slip comments
bring up my class blog
what did I add?
Look at other students class blogs. You will be providing feedback on them later in the week
General Questions

adding a link to your blog on your web page
how to use a blogging platform effectively. I will show you some examples of how I use it today via copyright lesson.
Private posts? Why not?
comments how to moderate/check effectively (CTL - F is your friend!)
how to upload pics from phone
calendar issues not showing up when you embed them
how to search for blogs
gadget to follow someone else’s blog on your blog
When students fill out their blogger profile, first name and last initial only

Blog Layout - what goes where and how do you change it?
favicon
How to handle multiple classes? separate blog for each? One blog many pages? using Composer or posting via email.

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Day 3

Review Questions

Go to our classroom blog

What has changed
Look at replys to your comments
When you comment on a post, be careful where you do it so it shows up as a comment and not a reply to a comment.

adding a link to your blog on your web page
comments how to moderate/check effectively (CTL - F is your friend!)
how to upload pics from phone
calendar issues not showing up when you embed them
how to search for blogs
embed google doc dow to?
post from phone how to
Carol: how to get kids to answer questions she posts
how to download pictures from my phone; I've created two slide shows (I have no idea where those pictures came from); I'd like to add class pictures from my phone to the shows.
*embed a calendar to my site
*add tutorial videos
Melinda: I'm unsure of posting videos and pictures but will try to do some of that this evening.

Have everyone add contributors to their class blogs (used share doc for emails)Create a form, collect emails, add emails to authors

Finish copyright lesson

Add other people’s blogs to your site

How to add other widgets to your site

Dashboard

Post Menu In Dashboard: Delete Selected Posts, label Selected Posts, Add new Labels, display selected posts based on labels

Blog Gmail Acct: school vs personal

How blogs are associated with email accounts. How to modify your blog from any account!

Adding gadgets via html code (twitter)

Move from comments to posts. Have students add classmates as authors to their blogs. Post an assignment on your blog - maybe an introduce yourself. Make sure to label the assignment “student info”. Instead of having students comment on your post, they will create their own blog entry in response to your post. Make sure to tell them to label their blog post, give them a time to post, and no late work allowed.

Day 4

How to write a great comment.

Warm Up Questions: Reply by commenting.

How to you add an external gadget?
How do you add students as contributors to your blog? Did you do that and check it? Problems faced?
How do you add blogs to your blog roll? Did you do that for at least 2 people and check it? Problems faced?
How do you collect student information like email address or blog addresses?
How did you add the creative commons gadget to your web site? Did it work? Which type did you choose and why?
Did you add all your gmail accounts as admins for your blog? Why do this?

Assignments

Day 5

Copy Blogs

Lock a Post To The Top of The Page (Featured Posts)

Youtube and how its organized

Have Tryon show his youtube channel

Finish embedding a screencastomatic video in a post

Google Hangouts

Talk About the Best Way to use the 5 hours in the fall

What needs to be on your blog & the classroom blog review

Class Feedback Form

Post on Other Peoples Blogs

Dashboard (If time)

Post Menu In Dashboard: Delete Selected Posts, label Selected Posts, Add new Labels, display selected posts based on labels, sharing a post on google+, comment count, view count.