Week+2

=Week 2 - Blogging (1 activity) = January 10-14 = Activity 3 - Setting Up Your Blog= media type="youtube" key="NN2I1pWXjXI" height="405" width="500" Now that you’ve done some self-reflection and better understand why change is necessary, it’s time to setup your very own personal blog to begin recording your thoughts, discoveries and exercises in. For this program, I recommend that you use [|WordPress] a popular free online blog hosting service that is extremely easy to use.  Creating a blog using WordPress takes just a few steps:
 * 1) **Create an account ** (click the SIGN up now button.)
 * 2) **Fill in the form ** – your username and password can be the same as the school division ones so you don’t have more to memorize!!
 * 3) Go to Dashboard then find on the lower left side - **Appearance ** . Select your theme. (Use preview to see if that theme is what you would like.) Feel free to check my [|professional blog] out for ideas.
 * 4) Write down your **blog URL address and post it in this discussion tab so that others may follow you . **

 Once you’ve created your blog here are two important things to know:
 * **To add posts **: Go to the Dashboard and on the left side you will see Posts click on it and then Add New. (Or at the very top of your blog site should have New Post and you can go from that area as well.)
 * **To view your blog: ** If you are working on your blog, just click on your blog name found on the top left corner. If you haven’t logged in yet, just type in your blog URL address from #4 above. (e.g. http://username.wordpress.com and you can sign in from there.)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> If you run into problems or would like more information about blogs here are some discovery resources you can use:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Resources For Blogs In The Classroom
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Great List Of Educational Blogs
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">How To Use Blogs In The Classroom
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Blog Etiquette
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Suggested Guidelines For Student Blogging

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> OK -- Now, it’s your turn...

=**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discovery Exercise: **= <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Note: Use one of your test posts to create an entry/reflection about the videos and habits among the <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13.05pt;">[|7 and 1/2 lifelong learning habits] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">that is easiest and hardest for you & why. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 3. Have fun!!!!
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Setup a blog for yourself through [|WordPress].
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Add a test post or two.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">IMPORTANT NOTE: **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> How you choose to identify yourself on your blog is your choice. You can blog under a screen name, anonymously, or as yourself. Remember, anything posted on the Internet is searchable. Be smart! If you wouldn't say it in real life, don't post it on your blog.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">* Use of [|WordPress] is only a recommendation. I recommend it because of all of the services I have investigated it is the easiest to use.

=Bonus Activity=
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;">Create an avatar **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"> -- a cartoon representation of yourself. Go to [], design an avatar. (You will have to set up an account.) Right click on your DoppelMe avatar, “Save image as…” to your My Pictures folder.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"> [HINT: Here's how to add the image of your avatar to your blog. When you are adding a new post (most likely in the About Me section), upload your image and insert it directly into your blog.]