Creating a Blog Using Blogger

For our writing intensive course, we will be using BLOGS!  What is a blog you may ask?  Watch this quick video below!

Now to create our own!

Your task has several parts for this week.  Read the directions carefully!

1.  Create a blog

2.  Write your first post!

What is one word you would use to describe yourself?  Why'd you choose this word?  

CHALLENGE!  Use images, video, links!

3.  Post the link to your blog on the Blog Buddies spreadsheet on Edmodo!

CHALLENGE:  Using proper netiquette, comment on your classmates writing!

This assignment is due on MONDAY!

Creating a Blog using BLOGGER!

Your task this week is TRIPLED!

1.  Create a blog to use for our weekly writing assignments

2.  Type up your first blog post which you can find on the Ms Spiezio twitter!

3.  Email me your blog link!

Challenge!  Incorporate IMAGES, VIDEOS, AUDIO, LINKS, ETC!

Task 18: Creating a New Page to an Existing Blog Using Blogger

Your Task:

Create a page on your blog for our 40 Book Challenge!

When done, go to the 40 Book page on our class wiki and create a hyperlink that connects to your blog!

Task 13: Embedding a website or blog into your portfolio

Well students,

Now that you are all officially "Techies," it is time to teach you how to use a bit of "HTML." "HTML" is a language that the computer understands and obeys! Today we are going to write an easy bit of HTML in order to embed our blogs or websites into our portfolio.

Please follow the steps below and use the HTML code exactly in order for the computer to understand :)

Step One:
Open up your google portfolio/site you are using to keep all of your work.

Step Two:
Once you have opened the portfolio, click on the button that says "Create New Page" (probably has a green plus sign next to it).

Step Three:
Name the page "Blog" or something similar

Step Four:
Once on this "new page" click on the "HTML" button.
When the screen pops up you will see "<br>"... LEAVE IT ALONE :)

Step Five:
Type the following HTML code directly underneath it:
(Type your blog URL where it says "your blog URL")

<iframe src=http://yourblogURL/></iframe>

Hit "update" and then click "SAVE"

Step Six:
You can play around with the size of the blog by doing the following:

- Click on "Edit Page"
- Double click the top of the gadget
- Click on properties

I like to the the width at around 750 - 800 and the height at about 500

Step Seven:
To get the page to show up in the "sidebar navigation" you may have to follow these steps:

- Click on "Edit sidebar"
- Once on the edit page click on the "edit" button under the "navigation" section
- Click "Add Page"
- Choose the page you would like to add to the sidebar
- Click "OK" and then "Save Changes" and your done!

YOUR TASK:

1. Insert your Blog or website into your portfolio!

2. Share your portfolio with your teacher if you haven't already

Check out the video below to watch these steps in action!