Day 10 Friday Goals

Hello!
Today we are going to be visiting peer blogs by moving around to music in the room. You will have a handout with various things you will be looking for on the blogs you see. When the music stops, you sit down and read over the blog in front of you. This way, you get to pay attention to some blogs you might not have visited much over this past week.

After the musical chair activity, we will return to our own blogs and complete the blog bingo. Have fun...it's Friday!

Day 9 - Thursday Tasks

Hello!
Today is a day to catch up and to write one of your last posts for the week. Tomorrow, we will be visiting different blogs, including yours, so get them ready for viewing!
Here are the things you get graded for this week:

At least 3 posts about your topic. Each post should include 8-10 sentences with correct grammar and punctuation. I am seeing alot of sentences that don't begin with capital letters, so be sure to correct them! 15pts

One video created by you about your topic. 5pts

Comments made on 5 peer blogs. (Names on orange post-it). 5pts

You may have to go back and add some details to your posts. That's okay! Sometimes doing things backwards is more fun...like this guy shown eating cotton candy in reverse.:)

Day 8 Tasks - Making a favicon and creating a video

Tasks for today:
1. Vote for my pet name.
2. Add an image for your favicon.

3. Create a video related to your topic and upload to a new post.
Try any of the following:
*Stupeflix video - can make for free on any computer. No account needed.
*Powtoon- can make your own videos in a cartoon style.
APPS
*Flipagram
*Zoobe
*Picmusic

*Tellagami  Make your video and add it to your blog as a link, like mine below. You can work on the video today or tomorrow.
Mrs. C Tellagami

 4.  Get caught up on posts - add another for some bonus points. Be sure to put "BONUS POST" in your title if you do!


See me if you need help!

Add this app to your device for tomorrow!

Tellagami

Day 7 Subject Post & Commenting

Hello bloggers!
TODAY'S GOAL 1: Write your second post about your topic. You should still write about 8-10 sentences, but you can decide what other content you want to include, like images and pictures.

 

GOAL 2: When you finish the 2nd blog post on  your selected topic, please visit and make positive comments on the blogs of 5 of your peers. On the post-it, put your name and the names of those people whose blogs you commented on.  Turn in.

Thanks and enjoy your day!

Mrs. Christoffersen

Day 6 - Your 1st Subject Post

Hello in Blogland!
Today you get to have some time to catch up on your task from Friday and write your first post over the topic you picked for your blog. Here are some guidelines to follow:

1. Finish the work from Friday 1st! I need to grade #9 on the gradesheet.
2. Write your first topic post about the subject you chose. It should:
      A. Include a greeting of some kind that shows an awareness of your audience.
      A. Have 8-10 sentences (overall) in the post about your topic.
      B. Include at least 2 images to support your topic.
      C. Include a closing sentence that shows you an awareness of your audience.

Good luck on your first topic post! Let me know if you have questions!

Mrs. Christoffersen

Day 5 Learning to Link some Favorites

Greetings everyone! THANKS for doing so well this first week and being patient with some of the glitches that come with setting up blogs and dealing with technology. Here is what I am grading this weekend, so double check your blogs and make sure they have the following posts and items:

1. About Me Post -Day 1
2. Avatar with description of why you picked it to look the way you did. 
3. A-Z List of descriptions about you
4. 30 +5 Blog Tag questions
5. Poll on sidebar/blog
6. Class blog link on sidebar
7. Stats bar
8. Blog Scavenger Hunt
9. Links to favorites (See details below) and commenting.

FAVORITES BLOG POST - How to add image links and videos.

I would like for you to practice putting in video links and images. Writing is an important feature of blogs, but images and videos are also key in getting traffic to your blog and help make it more visually interesting. Here is what you should find videos or images for today in order to link to your blog.

HOW TO LINK
    1. Find your video or image and copy the url.
    2. Go to "Insert Image" or "Insert Video" in your tool bar and click on it.
    3. Paste the link and save.

WHAT TO LINK :

1. TOP 2 FUNNY VIDEOS OR IMAGES that make you laugh.
(Keep them clean! - no bad words/images!)
2. Favorite famous person (living or dead) that you would like to have met or meet one day
3. Favorite Movie (Trailer?)
4. Favorite Season (Image)
5. Favorite dessert/candy (image)
6. Come up with your own idea!

AFTER  YOU FINISH YOUR LINKS, VISIT OTHER BLOGS AND COMPLETE THE VOTING BALLOT!

Have a great weekend! Cheers!

Blogging Day 4 - Adding Widgets and a Scavenger Hunt!

1.Create a link to the main class blog: bloggingforfunclass.blogspot.com

Steps:    1. Go to Layout

               2.Add a gadget

3. Choose “Blog List” and copy and paste the class blog address into it.

2. Take my poll, and create one of your own for your blog. It can be about whatever topic/question you want, as long as it’s school-appropriate. To make your own poll:

               1. Go to layout

               2. Add a gadget

               3. Choose “POLL” and create!

3.Add a statistics bar to easily see how many pageviews you get!

               1. Go to layout

               2. Add a gadget

               3. Choose BLOG STATS and pick the way you want it to look!

4. Start visiting some of your classmates blogs and complete the scavenger hunt bingo. Give it to me when you finish!

Day 3 Revealing the Self Online

Today, we are adding to who we are and revealing more of our personalities, likes, and dislikes to share with others online. You have three tasks today to load onto your blog: Complete the blog tag questions I have for you, add 5 of your own, and complete the "A-Z about me" writing.

Copy the blog tag questions from below and paste them into your post, then answer them!

1:Do you sleep with your (closet) doors open or closed?
2:Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?  
3:Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?
 4:Do you have freckles?
5:What is your biggest pet peeve?
6:What is your Song of the week?
7:What is the dumbest movie you've ever seen?  
8:What do you dip a chicken nugget in?  
9:What is your top 3 favorite foods?
10. What food do you dislike and why?
11:What movies could you watch over and over and still love?
12:What time do you usually go to sleep every night?
13:When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween? List what you remember.
14:Do you sing in the car?
15.What do you want for Christmas this year?
16:What did you want to be when you were a kid?
17:Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever seen one?
18:Who would you like to see in concert?
19:What was the last concert you saw?
20:Can you swim?
21:Ever won a contest? If so, for what?
22:Who was your first crush?
23:If you were an animal, what would you be? Why?
24:Do you miss anyone right now?  Who? 
25 What's a weird habit or phobia of yours? 
26. What was your first stuffed animal && it's name?
27. What was your favorite TV show when you were a kid?
28. If you could live in any time period, when would it be and why?
29. What are the two most important for you? Love, fame, money, or power?
30. What did you do for your last birthday?

* Don't forget to add 5 more of your own!

Day 2 -Tell me about yourself and create an Avatar!

 Who are you? What makes you unique? For your 1st post, please answer and do the following:

1. What are three words that describe you? Are you a different person online than in real life? How do you change or not when you are online? Write a post (5-10 sentences) about how you are online (using texting, Twitter, Facebook, etc...) compared to how you are in real life when you talk face to face with people.

. When someone is online, they are usually represented by an avatar. An avatar is supposed to represent the real you. Create an avatar for yourself and insert the picture into your 3rd post along with the blog tag questions that you will copy from the list below. 

Avachurra - creates an avatar for free that you can save as a picture and easily upload to your blog.
Bitstrips - needs facebook account in order to download picture

Resource with lots of links to help with avatars.

Use Toondoo to make your own avatar using the "create a character" element.

How to personalize your profile picture in blogger.

Welcome! Hello! Who are you?

Hello class! Welcome to Blogging for Fun 101! You will learn so much in this course, especially if you have never blogged before. Every day, there will be something new for you to create and add to your online persona. I can't wait to see what you can do!

Your first task will be to set up your personal blog, of course....this means you need to pick templates, layouts, colors, etc...to make your blog a reflection of you. If it doesn't look the way you want right away, don't get discouraged...you can always change and add to it.

For today, please go to blogger and set up your own blog. You will need an email address and will be able to set up your own blog address. Please record your password and such, so that you can always get back in each day.  I will ask for a record of these passwords as well.

After you have your blog set up, please do the following:
1. Go to TEMPLATE and pick out your background. You may add images if you like and can figure it out. Blogger is relatively intuitive.

2. Go to LAYOUT and play around with how you want your blog elements to look. Remember - these can always be changed!

3. Write a few lines in the ABOUT ME sidebar. Add your photo as well if you can!

4. Try writing your first blog post using this prompt:

Are you a different person online than in real life? How do you change or not? Write a post (5-10 sentences) about how you are online (using texting, Twitter, Facebook, etc...) compared to how you are in real life when you talk face to face with people.