Hi 8R and 8G!

Welcome back to Term 2, 2006. This term I am aiming for you to have at least 2 periods per week on computers to reflect on topics of interest, to practise writing and communication skills, to share your thoughts and to improve your learning. After you have read the following entries on "5 Good reasons to Blog" and "5 Rules for Blogging", you will set up your own BLOG, an on-line journal or diary. You will need to get parental permission to do this, so remember to take the note home, get it signed and returned to school ASAP.

Step 1: Go to www.blogger.com

Step 2: Click Start here or Learn more about it.

Step 3: Type in your username, password (twice) , name and e-mail account.

Step 4: Fill in a title and description for your blogging web page.

Step 5: Type an address for your blog.

Step 6: Read and Click to accept terms of service and then click next.

Step 7: Select a template (This is one of the fun parts) and then click Finish.

Step 7: Now you can start blogging! Type an entry, like you would write in a diary.

Step 8: Hit Post and Publish and in a few seconds you can View Web Page.

Step 9: Each lesson allocated for blogging you can return to your Blog page and add a diary entry on your thought for the day, respond to other's entries or reflect on some learning.