ARDA Staff 'Show & Tell' Wednesday 12th November

Some brief notes:

1. Welcome
2. You Tube Video on what blogs are (in plain English) available here

3. Short online slide session on what a blog is (available here).

4. have a look your self at some blogs that are available

- this blog! (Year 10 Computing at St Philip's College)

- see the right side of this page for Some Blogs of Interest
5. Have a go at commenting on a blog

6. RSS - Really Simple Syndication

7. Maybe having a go at using Google Reader

Resources:

a. Creating a blog:

http://www.blogger.com

http://wordpress.com/

b. Some blogs - see the right side of this page for Some Blogs of Interest
Search: http://blogsearch.google.com

c. http://www.commoncraft.com

d. http://www.slideshare.net

e. Safe and responsible blogging for students (some guidelines)

Hope you will learn/do:

- what a blog is

- where to find them

- some possible uses

- have a look at some blogs - see the right side of this page for Some Blogs of Interest

You might learn (depending on time/information overload):

- create a google account (btw- you already have one if you have a GMail email account

- about RSS (really simple syndication) and feeds

- how to set up a feed reader

- maybe setup your own blog