April 13

It's easy to add a gadget (link list, text, video, html, etc.) to your blog.  This is the logical place for stand alone information, images,  and links to units of work, examples, pertinent reference materials: information that you want the students to have easy access to.

Click on Design, locate your sidebar, then click on Add a Gadget.  You can then explore all the free options that Blogger offers;-)

http://buzz.blogger.com/2008/07/spice-up-your-blog-with-google-gadgets.html

* Remember that you can add the Learning Objectives for each task. 

Learning Objective - The teacher will: learn how to add pertinent information to the sidebar.

April 6

What Are Pages?

According to Blogger

"Blogger pages let you to publish static information on stand-alone pages linked from your blog. For example, you can use pages to create an About This Blog page that discusses the evolution of your blog, or a Contact Me page that provides directions, a phone number, and a map to your location."  http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?answer=165955

This is quite a handy tool when you would like to have information that is readily available.

Example:  Year 7 Blog,   Year 8 Blog,    Year 9 Blog

Now, it's your turn;-)

Learning objective - The teacher will: learn the value of Pages and how to create them.