MORE BLOGGING TOOLS...

INSERTING VIDEO OR MUSIC TO YOUR BLOG

If you want to add video or audio media in your blog you should use embded code.

1. Search for the embded code in the source web. For example: youtube.

2. Copy the code as you can see in the above picture.

3. Click in the "HTML" button in the Blogger program.

4. Paste the code in the HTML code.

5. Click the "Redacta" button in order to see the result.

6. If you do not like the place where the media is, just move it !!

Like this, you can insert much media: Slideshare files, audio, video, flash,... 

You only have to grab the embed code !!

LINKING FILES YOU STORE IN THE CLOUD

If you are interested in linking files stored in the cloud, you only have to get the link to those files and then put the links in the linking tool.

For example: Dropbox or Google drive.

Click in:                     DROPBOX LINKING EXAMPLE

                                  GOOGLE DRIVE LINKING EXAMPLE

EXERCISE 2:

Create your second entry.

The entry's name must be Exercise2.

It must include a youtube video inserted and a link to a file stored in your dropbox. 

If you have time enough, try to change between different templates in the "Plantilla" option. The dynamic ones are quite gaudy !!

You could also try to improve your blog in the Format option.

LET'S CREATE A BLOG !!

Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. 

It was developed by Pyra elopLabs, which was bought by Google in 2003. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at a subdomainof blogspot.com. A user can have up to 100 blogs per account.

Blogger is very popular, easy to use and a powerful blogging platform. It's free and you only need to have a google account.

It is very intuitive !!!

STEPS TO CREATE:

1. Enter to your gmail account.

2. Select the Blogger item.

3. Click New Blog.

4. Fill in the title and address you want. 

5. Select New Entry.

6. Put the New Entry Title.

7. Fill with text, pictures and linkings to other files (dropbox) and websites.

EXERCISE 1:

Create your first blog.

Put your first names in the title and the address. The entry's name must be Exercise1.

It must include text, pictures and a link to a website. After this, send a word file with your blog address and the gmail account you have used to the school platform (Clickedu) into the "POU" called Exercise1. 

DIGITAL COMPETENCE

INFORMATION  is  POWER !!!

"Those who control information are the most powerful people on the planet"

It is very important to have the ability to search, obtain, process and communicate the information turning it into knowledge.

We must use the information and communication technology as an essential element to be informed and to communicate.  

This is called digital competence.

Blogging is a good manner to communicate to the world. 

Blogging has become one of the more popular pastimes on the internet. Some people blog for money, others blog about current events, and others blog for humor. 

It's really quite easy. 

You only have to decide which blog host ( blogging platform ) you are going to use. Some of them are free, for example : Wordpress selva, Blogger, Posterous, Tumblr.