The LA19 Blogging Challenge!

Well, we’re a bit late to start the “Student Blogging Challenge” but there is nothing to stop us trying a few of the activities in order to hone our skills and improve our blogs. This week I want us to create and develop an “About Me” page. I found some really great examples of student blogs by following links on the Student Blogging Challenge page, four of which were Sophie, Shweta, Kyle and Molly. We also need to think carefully about our avatars. Avatars are a great way of helping people remember who we are and of protecting our anonymity. Check out the links on this page, you will need to scroll down just a little to Activity 3, then create a new avatar for yourself.

Creative Commons

Copyright is a big issue for bloggers. We have to make sure that the images and videos we use on our blogs are truly free and appropriate for use. This means we don’t just carry out a Google search for just any old image, but we look for ones that we are allowed to use. Any resource (text, images, video, music etc.) that we find online and we wish to use needs to include a creative commons license, similar to the one on this page below the Clustr Map. Two great options to make sure you are safe include Creative Commons Search and the Advanced search option on Google where you can select the right license type (look for the cog).  A great place to find more information, and where some of this is taken from, is The Edublogger by Ronnie Burt. Have a read and scroll down to find Where To Find The Goods to find links and information on appropriate resources.

iPads

Check out the Class News page to see some of the excellent art we created on the iPads. The work was influenced by the Blush album cover and was made using the Brushes app. To find out why we did this have a look at The Big IT Project on the Staff Room page.