VirtualMV/Digital Learning Technologies/Blogging/Activities

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Microblogging

Resources to work through

  1. Blogging
    1. Overview
    2. Microblogging
  2. Create a microblog account

Learning activities

Activity Description Time Link
View Twitter Video Twitter in Plain English 2:25 mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
Create a Twitter Account 10 mins http://www.twitter.com
Post Microblog Post an Inspirational or creative microblog post on the twitter. Use #vmvdlt hash tag, and view on course home page 5 mins
Follow someone of twitter Search for a friend who you think could be on twitter and follow. This could be a class member also. 5 mins
Research an alternative microblog service Read about identi.ca, read the wikieducator tutorial on identi.ca 10 mins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identi.ca , http://wikieducator.org/Create_an_identi.ca_account
Optional Create an identi.ca account and link it to your twitter account 10 mins

Blogging

Resources to work through

  1. Blogging
    1. Overview
    2. WordPress features
    3. In teaching and learning
  2. Create a blog account

Learning activities

Activity Description Time Link
View Blog Video Blogs in Plain English 2:59 mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
Create a Personal Blog Create a Wordpress (or alternative) Blog 10 mins http://www.wordpress.com
Post to Blog You are to give a brief introduction of yourself. Make a comment on the privacy implications of students making blog post introductions (this will include what you felt you could and could not be included in your introduction). 10 mins
Post to Blog Add the Statement of authenticity. If you are using WordPress use one of the pages to add the statement of authenticity. If you are using another blog system you may need to add this as a blog post. 10 mins

Statement of authenticity
I confirm that:

  • This is an original assessment and is entirely my own work.
  • It contains no material previously published or written by another person or myself except where due acknowledgement is made in the text.
  • No material which to a substantial extent, has been submitted for any other academic course, is included without acknowledgement
Post to Blog Answer the questions from DLT Week one 20 mins http://wikieducator.org/VirtualMV/Digital_Learning_Technologies/Blogging
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