ONLINE ASSIGNMENT

TOPIC:

BLOG CREATION

SUBMITTED BY
PARVATHY.G.L
B.Ed MATHEMATICS
S.N.TRAINING COLLEGE
NEDUNGANDA

BLOG
A blog is frequently updated online personal journal diary. It is a place to express
yourself to the world. A place to share your thoughts and your passions. Really its
anything you want it to be. For our purposes we will say that a blog is your own website
that you are going to update on an ongoing basis. Blog is a short form for the word
weblog and the two words are used interchangeably.
Collection of posts.short, informal, sometimes controversial, and sometimes
deeply personalwith the freshest information at the top - Meg Hourihan
TERMINOLOGY
As so often happens in the English language, many derivatives of the word
blog have been created. One who participates in the activities of maintaining a blog is
known as a blogger and the activity of keeping a blog is known as blogging. So we could
say that the blogger blogs in his blogs, but that might cause your English teacher to weep.
We are going to use these terms with alarming frequency so make sure you understand
what they mean before you go on.
Blog (Noun) a journal or diary that is on the internet.
Blogger (noun) a person who keeps a blog bloggers are revolutionizing the way news
is shared.
Blogging (verb) the action of writing a blog blogging is my way of sharing my
passions with the world.
Originally blogs were known primarily as places for people to write about there day to
day activities. Their mundane, everyday tasks became fodder for journal entries.
Somehow these writers gained a following and the hobby of blogging was born. Today
people write about far more interesting topics, but we will get to that in a minuet.

WHO BLOGS
So who are these fearless people who would be willing to post about their lives
in as a public a forum as the internet? They are people just like you. Once haven of
technical know it alls, blogging has suddenly caught on as a legitimate hobby and
has entered the mainstream. Every day millions of people, some of whom have no
technical ability what so ever, write on the blogs.
To meet this demand some amazing tools have been created that will allow anyone, even
people with very little knowledge computers, to have their own blogs. If you can find
your way on to the internet and follow some basic instructions you can your own blogs.
Its just that easy.
HOW TO CREATE A BLOG
Contrary to what you might be thinking right now, starting and managing your
own blog is quite easy. You dont any development or design skills. Here what we
suggest as the easiest path to create blog site.
Step 1: choose which software you want to use to manage your blog. There are so many
popular free blogging tools.
Step 2: find a host that supports your chosen software
Step 3: choose a theme for your blog
Step 4: start blogging
IN EDUCATIONAL FIELDS
Weblogs are personal web pages written in chronological order and maintained
through specific software that helps their administration. From an educational point of
view, webblogs are the development of traditional learning logs for students and teachers,
whether as a complement to traditional lectures as a e-learning tool. The importance of
these applications has increased due to changes in the classroom dynamics that Bologna
will bring shortly to the European higher education area, which entitle the substitution of
conventional education for autonomous learning.

USES
Blogs can be used for variety of purposes

News and announcements

This covers a variety of uses: - departmental news, service updates, events or

latest information on specific theme .also it provides students with up to date information
on the legal sector.

Supporting research projects

A website is a common requirement for funded research projects. Blogs make

an ideal tool for recording the process and disseminating outputs

Learning journals
Students can use blogs to support and develop their learning. These blogs are

often reflective and might be private shared with a teacher or completely public

Resource sharing
Many blogs are developed specifically to share resources with their

communities

Collaborative authoring
Blogs can be used as a publication. The commenting functionality allows the

readers and collaborators to comment on each others text

BENEFITS
The first and foremost benefits of weblogs in higher educations is their use we elearning tools. This way the teaching and learning process can continue outside the
classroom.Weblogs help create connections between students with diverse opinions and
interests .collaborative weblogs support team work and group learning. Different
instructors and students from different parts can share a weblog and teach and learn
together.

IN MATHEMATICS
Blogging can improve students writing skills and build their confidence as
writers. By blogging, students can take ownership of their writing, become better
observers of others writing, and develop a more immediate and powerful understanding
of audience. Blogs encourage experimenting and risk-taking, seriousness and play, and
they foster an increased awareness of private and public writing. Blogging blends both
the freeing aspect of short pieces that can be written in a relatively low-stakes
environment with the sense of claiming ones own voice and learning how to develop
analysis and articulate ideas to a larger public. Guided by clear expectations of what is
required in a class blog, students can see their writing develop over the course of the
term. This handout describes strategies for using blogs as a writing tool in the classroom.
USING BLOGS IN CLASSROOM
Blogging can improve students writing skills and build their confidence as
writers. By blogging, students can take ownership of their writing, become better
observers of others writing, and develop a more immediate and powerful understanding
of audience. Blogs encourage experimenting and risk-taking, seriousness and play, and
they foster an increased awareness of private and public writing. Blogging blends both
the freeing aspect of short pieces that can be written in a relatively low-stakes
environment with the sense of claiming ones own voice and learning how to develop
analysis and articulate ideas to a larger public. Guided by clear expectations of what is
required in a class blog, students can see their writing develop over the course of the
term. This handout describes strategies for using blogs as a writing tool in the classroom.

Example for blog

REFERENCES

WWW.WIKIPEDIA.COM
WWW.GOOGLE.COM
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/why-i-blog/307060/
http://www.rebeccablood.net/handbook/excerpts/weblog_ethics.html
http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/ten_tips.html