The use of blogs in education

What is a blog education or edublog?

The Wikipedia defines a blog as an edublog is used for teaching or learning environments for both teachers and students.

Defining blogs

A blog is an electronic file that contains links, reviews, opinions and reflections of an author arranged chronologically inverse of an item or concept.

A blog is an easy to use website where you can, among other things, quickly express

your opinions and interact with other users on the blog you can put all sorts of

information from documents to videos.

Categories

List of Links

Comments

Search

Archives

Easy to use

Free

Shared

Access from

anywhere

Multimedia

learning

Advantages of blogs

Creating a blog?The basic steps for creating a blog are:1. Open your Internet browser (Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) and place in thesearch bar "to create a blog for free."2. Select a Web site or blog where to create, for example, or www.weebly.com www.blogger.com.3. You must register to create an account and make the blog.4. You must enter your personal data in a form with your name, nickname, your email must be a valid email address.5. The registration will be completed successfully.6. Your blog is created the default and you can begin developing your blog (add information, pictures, videos, animated gif, etc).

www.blogger.com www.weebly.com

www.wordpress.com ww.livejournal.com

www.lynksee.com www.blog.com

www.tumblr.com www.weblog.com

www.myspace.com

1. Navigate to www.weebly.com

2. Create a free Weebly account; check the "I accept the terms of service" checkbox. and click on the "Start Creating" button.

3. Create and name your new website: click on the "Create a Site" button; give your site a name and click on the "Continue" button.

3. Create and name your new website: click on the "Create a Site" button; give your site a name and click on the "Continue" button.

4. Weebly overview: tab contents: you can choose between several menus and optionsto design and configure your page.

5. Begin by choosing a design from the designs tab: you must click the layout tab and choose a model that will be enjoyable.

4. Weebly overview: tab contents: you can choose between several menus and optionsto design and configure your page.

6. Return to the elements tab to continue your work: Click on "Elements" to select it. The elements tab is now white (active) and the design tab has returned to blue (inactive). And the menu of choices has changed.

7. Click on elements to add content to your page and Drag-and-Drop a Paragraph with a title.7. Click on elements to add content to your page and Drag-and-Drop a Paragraph with a title.

8. Add a picture: from the elements tab, select the picture icon. Drag-and-Drop the picture icon down into the work area. Click on the blue square marked "Click here to Edit". And a new tool bar appears. Click on the words: "Upload new Image".

9. How to add a new Weebly page to your Website: Click on the "Pages" tab. click on the orange "New Page" button, fill in the new page name and click the "Save“ button.

9. How to add a new Weebly page to your Website: Click on the "Pages" tab. click on the orange "New Page" button, fill in the new page name and click the "Save“ button.

10. The new page appears at the bottom of your list of pages, you need to put a nameto another page.

10. The new page appears at the bottom of your list of pages, you need to put a nameto another page.

11. To make changes to a published site, edit the site:Look for the Pencil. It's subtle, and easy to miss, but that's your door back in to make changes.

11. To make changes to a published site, edit the site:Look for the Pencil. It's subtle, and easy to miss, but that's your door back in to make changes.

11. To make changes to a published site, edit the site:Look for the Pencil. It's subtle, and easy to miss, but that's your door back in to make changes.

12. This page shows the text editing toolbar as well as examples of text.The text toolbar includes the hyperlink button, which is used to link to another web site or to a video on You tube, etc.

13. Most Weebly designs have a default image that can be changed.Most Weebly design templates have some type of default image displayed. That image can be changed. Click on the header image to open a dialog box that allows you to upload a new replacement image.

12. This page shows the text editing toolbar as well as examples of text.The text toolbar includes the hyperlink button, which is used to link to another web site or to a video on You tube, etc.

13. Most Weebly designs have a default image that can be changed.Most Weebly design templates have some type of default image displayed. That image can be changed. Click on the header image to open a dialog box that allows you to upload a new replacement image.

14. The new uploaded image will replace the old image.The new image should be the same size and scale as the original header image or it will be tiled.

14. The new uploaded image will replace the old image.The new image should be the same size and scale as the original header image or it will be tiled.

15. Now, you have to save the page and publish it.

¡¡¡Congratulations!!!, now you are running your blog on the Internet.

Possibilities of items to a project blog

Possibilities

Communication tool Discussion Forum To improve the writing of students To offer courses / workshops Distance. Blog or specialized course in a discipline

Possibilities

Communication tool Discussion Forum To improve the writing of students To offer courses / workshops Distance. Blog or specialized course in a discipline