Week 4 challenge
Since last week, I noticed a few classes in the first list of the participant’s page now have blogrolls with student individual blogs listed on them. Also please note the blogmeister blogs have individual blogs on their sidebar as well.
Classes and students have been out visiting and commenting on lots of blogs and, thanks to Sue Waters from the Edublogger, we now have a teacher, pre-service teacher or student helping with commenting on all class and individual blogs. Most people using Blogger blogs have made sure commenters can use a profile of anonymous or name/URL.
Lots of students have created blog and comment avatars, but remember, if you have uploaded it on Edublogs, then it will only appear when you comment on an Edublogs blog. There is no way your comment avatar will appear on all blogs.
So, I hope everyone is enjoying the challenges. We have classes and students taking part from the following countries: Australia, U.S.A., New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Hong Kong, Canada, Scotland, Thailand, Venezuela, Greece, Chile and Basq country. Hopefully Portugal will also be joining us soon.
Challenges this week
- To keep up the international flavour, add at least one widget to your sidebar that shows your reader a bit about the area you live in. This could be a weather or time widget. What else might be appropriate?
- Visit a blog from at least five different countries not including your own. Leave a useful comment on the blog. This might include asking a question about the area the blogger lives in.
- Now write a post about what you learnt about the five bloggers you have visited. What did you find interesting about their blog? Is there someone in your class you would recommend read that blog as well?
- Make sure you have read this PDF blog post about adding a URL as a hyperlink in a comment. Try using this in activity 2 by linking to an interesting website about your country that the blogger could visit.
- With so many countries taking part that have bloggers writing and speaking different languages, it is nearly necessary to have some form of translator widget on your blog. Can you find a widget to translate in Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Greek and Basq?
September 27, 2009 @ 9:25 pm
Hi Miss W.
School in Madeira only started last week. I have already spoken to my students about your blogging challenge and they were both excited and scared with the idea of entering it. They have never blogged before so we’re in the process of setting up blogs (they want individual blogs) and going through the notions of internet safety and comment rules. I really do want them to be a part of this wonderful project and have the opportunity to grow as individuals and as learners, but I know we won’t be able to keep up with all your challenges, since we’re so far behind. Can we still be a part of it even though we don’t manage to get through all the tasks? Or would rather we didn’t officially join and just tried to keep up with some of the tasks you set up?
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September 29, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
[...] This week’s challenges are a great way to get out there into the blogosphere and meet new student bloggers from all over the world…enjoy your travels! [...]
October 9, 2009 @ 11:04 am
hi i can’t remeber witch people i looked at can u help me this is my page check out the edublogger
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October 9th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Hi Jaimee,
Sorry but I can’t work out who you left comments for. That is why it is suggested that you make a copy of the comment and paste it in a word document. Also copy and paste the URL of the person whose blog you are on.
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October 20, 2009 @ 1:08 am
Hello,
I am sorry can I have someone direct me in how to put a widget on my blogroll, I am so new and I am trying to keep the kids and myself up to the challenges.
thanks
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Miss W. Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am
G’day Mrs Weiland,
This is one of the most important pages I use when I am not sure what to do with my blog.
http://help.edublogs.org/getting-started-with-edublogs/
Another important blog I always use is:
http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/
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