ClassBlogmeister Academy

Welcome to the ClassBlogmeister Academy!

AGENDA

Exemplars:

1st and 2nd Grade Blog: Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog

Primary Library Blog: TakeWing Media Resources

4th Grade Blog: Mr. Smith's Class

6th Grade ELA blog: English Corner

6th Grade Science: Anchorage, Alaska

Livonia High School Library Book Club Blog: BiblioBlog!

Creating an Account, Logging In

Go to the main page of Classblogmeister.com and click on "Register." You will need to know your e-mail address, and the district's passcode to create a new blog.

Templates and Control Panel

Now, you get to pick a "look" and a name. ClassBlogmeister has 7 templates from which to choose.

Accepted Web practice is to create a cryptic name that sounds like an in-joke: "Sheltered Sanity," "Vampire Librarian,"Big Pink Cookie" and "Conscious Living Poetry" are taken already.

Sorry.

Publishing an Article

Choose "Articles" from the control panel.

Don't forget to click "publish," and add a link to a podcast if needed.

Setting Up a Class

Remember to protect your students' privacy.

Approving Comments & Student articles

Two ways for students to interact: articles & comments.

Remind your students about Livonia's AUP.

Acceptable Use Policies are required by federal law.

Student Pages

Students can personalize their blog pages: photos, podcasts, bios

Adding Pictures, Links, Podcasts, Tags, and Maps.

Adding a photo cut & paste: <IMG SRC="http://www.PictureAddress.jpg"> Replace the red text with your image's URL.

Adding a link cut & paste: <a href="http://PutWebAddressHere">Put what the text should say here.</a>

Replace the red text with the URL of the link, and the blue text with the words you want your readers to click on.

Adding a podcast: just add the podcast URL to the box underneath the body of the article.

Making a picture into a link: Replace the red text with the link you want readers to be able to visit. Don’t forget the “http://” ! Put the picture you want readers to click on in place of the blue text.