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Week 1 – Introducing me!

September 21, 2008 at 11:25 am · Filed under Internet savvy, Literacy, Technology, To do, activities, blogging, competitions, have-a-go, starting out, stubc08 ·Tagged stubc08

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A blog is all about you beginning and continuing a conversation with your readers. Because you can’t meet face to face (f2f), somewhere on your blog, you will need to introduce yourself. There is usually a page called “About” or “About Me” in your sidebar.

Activities to choose from for week 1

1. Write about yourself or your class on your “About” page. Remember though to be internet savvy. Check out these sites for what to say or not say. Here are some examples of students and teachers who have already introduced themselves to their readers. (Some themes don’t have pages, so you might have to write a post instead to introduce yourself or your class. )

2. Any words in orange relate to blogging in case you want to begin a class blogging glossary.

3. Why did you choose the theme for your blog? Have you looked at some others? What were some good or bad points? Check out this post about the themes used with Edublogs. You might want to write a post about your choice of theme or make a comment here at this blog.

4. What does your tagline say about your blog? My class one says: Using Web2.0 in Miss Wyatt’s room My class blog is all about showing my students lots of things they can learn or have a go at while using Web2.0 tools. Maybe you need to think about what your blog is about and choose an appropriate tagline.

5. How do the introductions of Sue Waters and Miss W. differ? They are both teachers yet one gives out more personal information than the other. Why?

Reminder: Remember to write stubc08 somewhere in your post or comment. Keep a copy of any comments in a word document or something similar otherwise your teacher won’t know if your writing has improved or not.

You do not have to do every activity for this week. Just complete at least one of them.

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The Student Blogging Competition Is About To Begin: Have You JOINED? | The Edublogger Said,

September 21, 2008 @ 6:54 pm

[...] Best of luck for those joining the student blogging competition. Please drop past and let me know how you are going!!! Would love to hear. [...]

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meghna Said,

September 21, 2008 @ 9:58 pm

An ‘About’ Page is a must for all bloggers and this is the page through which the esteemed readers of your blog come to know about the person behind the blog.

I have been blogging for more than one year and has an ‘About’ page, the link to which is given at the top of my blog. This gives easy access to the page and readers have no need to look around.

The ‘About’ page gives all the information about me as a blogger and as a person. It shows everything that the reader wants to know. It shows information such as the blogs I own, awards I received, guest posts I wrote etc.

I consider an ‘About Page’ in all blogs as a predominantly important useful page.

My About page is here:
http://meghnaspages.blogspot.com/2008/01/everything-you-want-to-know-about.html

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Blog Competition | kfinkcomp8's Blog Said,

September 22, 2008 @ 12:52 am

[...] is your first project. You are to write about yourself in the About Me section of your blog. Rememebr the rules about [...]

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September 22, 2008 | Collaboration Nation-A Middle School Blog Said,

September 22, 2008 @ 10:42 am

[...] and for number of students blogging answer 100. Then you need to go to the post describing what you have to blog about this week and write your post following the directions there. Please comment on at least one [...]

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Have You Set Up Your About Page? | The Edublogger Said,

September 22, 2008 @ 11:58 am

[...] to say or not say - read Miss Wyatt’s post and if in doubt check with your teacher or maybe ask Miss [...]

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Nadine Said,

September 22, 2008 @ 2:51 pm

Hello Miss Wyatt
I’m scrared! I will try my best to do one of the activites… but must we save every comment we make in a word document?
I hope to do well. But first, I must decide well which one to choose. I have a bit of time left. Cross Fingers!

Nadine

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Katie Said,

September 23, 2008 @ 7:04 am

Hi Miss Wyatt,
I think i finished my blog but I’m not sure if it is good I’ve only been blogging for less then three weeks and i was wondering if you can be one of the first critics for my blog. stubc08

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Katie Said,

September 23, 2008 @ 7:06 am

sorry i forgot the link for my blog its http://katherinee09.edublogs.org

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megan Said,

September 23, 2008 @ 9:35 am

I think this competition is such a great idea. I am definately doing this!

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Time to Start the Blogging Competition! | Write to Learn Said,

September 23, 2008 @ 11:44 pm

[...] week one of the blogging competition. Complete the one of the activities listed. I’m going to do [...]

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chris Said,

September 24, 2008 @ 3:31 am

Hey Miss W i totally think that this blog compitition is an awesome idea it will challenge kids and it will help them to think in a very new way of thinking. I am definately going to join.

Sincerly ChrisE09

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herky Said,

September 24, 2008 @ 10:55 am

hey Miss w i really like this idea bout the blog competion i think it will help other students by making them come out of their box and write what they think, but that dosent mean i am not gonna do my best.

sincerly:
herkyf09

stubc08

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Chrissy Said,

September 25, 2008 @ 6:14 am

Hey Miss W. I can’t wait for the competition to begin, BUT I gave you the wrong URL for my blog due to my horrible spelling so I am going to reregister for the competition. The URL that I gave you is http://christinee109.eublogs.org/ (I forgot the d. My real URL is http://www.christinee109.edublogs.org/ .

Thanks Bye,
Chrissy

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brian Said,

September 25, 2008 @ 10:09 am

Hi Miss Wyatt,

Yes, I’m going to take part in the Blogging competition. I am very excited to be in a competition like this, and I admire you greatly for this. I admire all of these teachers on the Blogs, beacuse I can just tell the hard work it takes to get everything together, and technology is just a great way to learn. Thank you Miss Wyatt!

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sam Said,

September 26, 2008 @ 8:23 am

Thank you Miss W. on your advice. I put the Introducing Me post on my about page. Hope to here from you agin. Thanks

-Sam

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Getting Started | Reading B/log Said,

October 17, 2008 @ 8:08 pm

[...] 7. Create your “ABOUT” page. Ms. Wyatt explains why and how you can introduce yourself here. [...]
jamieleeish Said,

October 29, 2008 @ 9:23 pm

Hi ms wyatt I’d love to be part of this compitionthanks fo rintroducing this to my class mate and I thanx.

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