Creating an Educational Blog or Website with

Presented by Laura Bogush

www.SmarterTechTeaching.com

What is a

Website?a collection of web pages

documents that are accessed through the Internet

What is a

Blog?It is a kind of website.

Web + Log = Blog

Blogs in Plain English video

Typical Website BlogLike a book Like a journal or

newspaper

Not usually space for reader comments

Invites readers to comment

Pages linked in planned structure

Posts are ordered chronologically with newest on top

Updated occasionally Updated often!

What is a

WordPress?It is free and open source

blogging tool and a content management system (CMS).

Video: What is WordPress?

Two kinds of WordPress:.com and .org

Other Popular Blog/Website Tools

Blogger

Tumblr

Edublog

And many more!

Why did I choose WordPress?

Free!Easy to learn

Many options

Ability to self-host

Professional web designers use it

Why do teachers create a website or a blog?

To communicate!with other teachers

with parentswith students

WITH THE WHOLE WORLD!

Teacher to Teacher

Singing Pigs

Blogush

Mrs. Meacham’s Classroom Snapshots

Go Figure with Scipi

The Organized Classroom Blog

Teacher to Parentsand students too!

Beth Newingham’s Third GradeMrs. Gold’s Class

Mrs. York’s Fourth Grade

Mrs. Yollis’ Website

Teacher to Students

Duke of Definition: English on the Web

Students for Tomorrow

Teacher with students

Mrs. Yollis’ Classroom Blog

The Avery Bunch

Huzzah!

Techi Kids

Tim

Time to Explore!What blogs or websites do you like?

• VisualColors, layout, graphics

What blogs or websites don’t you like? Why?

Notice what makes it easy or hard to find information and move around.

Tim

Plan your website or blogComplete the planning sheet

As you explore and view websites and blogs