advanced blogging overview

Advanced blogging

Christine wells

Learning intentionsGathering

• To identify features that make a blog scannable and visually appealing.

• List ideas to use with students.

Processing

• To select and make sense of the features that would add visual appeal to your own blog.

Student Examples

Lucy:

https://lucyhatfieldsschoolblog.wordpress.com/

Alex:

https://alexdebeer09.wordpress.com/

What made their blogs visually appealing?

• Scannable - bold, italics, bullet points, numbers

• Visually appealing and interactive - photos, embedded presentations and YouTube clips

• Categories - easy to find subject work

Ultranet Resources

• https://ultranet.oc.school.nz/WebSpace/5876/

Plan for the day

• 9:30- Pimp my blog

• 11am - Interval

• 11:25am - Brainstorm ideas to use with students

• - Continue pimping blog or creating a resource to use with students

• 1:25pm - lunch

• 2:15pm - continue pimping or creating

• 2:45pm - show and tell

Success criteriaApplying

By the end of the day you will be able to:

• Make your blog scannable

• Embed slideshows and YouTube clips

• Add photos

• Optional: Create a resource to use with students