4.+Technology+Training-+Blogger

Blogger is a great tool to use in your classroom, or even for personal use. A blog can best be defined as a technology tool that individuals, "read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal," (wwww.princeton.edu). You can make your blog public, private, or only allow specific individuals to view and comment on your blog posts.

Wikipedia defines Blogger as, "**Blogger** is a [|blog] [|storage service] that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It is funded by on-screen ads. It was created by [|Pyra Labs], which was bought by [|Google] in 2003. The service itself is located at [|www.blogger.com]. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at [|subdomains] of blogspot.com. Until May 1 2010 [|[3]] an FTP service allows pages edited through Blogger to be published to other hosts. If this service ceases, all blogger blogs will be hosted by Google, though domains other than blogspot.com may be used."

This may seem like a very deatailed explination the site, so let me break down for you some of the ways that blogger can be used:


 * Personal:**
 * 1) Blog recipies that you create and enjoy
 * 2) Personal journal
 * 3) Travel log
 * 4) Family blog, update photos and stories via blog


 * Educational:**
 * 1) Parent communication
 * 2) Post homework/upcoming tests & projects
 * 3) Post educational games that align with the curriculum
 * 4) Post weekly objectives
 * 5) Post upcoming field trips
 * 6) Student of the week/ classroom profile
 * 7) Classroom newsletter

//Plus many more for both sections!//


 * Here is a short, but informative tutorial on how to use website [|www.blogger.com]**

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Here is a short video explaining how to upload your own videos to your blog, or embedd a video from another website onto your blog.

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**Resources:**
[] (All about Blogger) [|www.gmail.com] (Set up a Google account) [|www.blogger.com] (Sign into and create your blog) [] (Blogger's support site)