Transcript Bloggingx
DBPPT... Death by PowerPoint Inc. 16 slides 1 down, 15 more to go… Why R U in2 Blogging? • What are your reasons for doing this? • What do you hope to accomplish? • How much time can you devote? Why I am into Blogging? • • • • What are my reasons for doing this? What do I hope to accomplish? What ultimately happens to me for blogging? How much time does it take? What have I done? Click me… What's the difference between a Blog and a Website? • A blog is an asynchronous communication system in which the sender and receiver are not concurrently engaged in real-time communication. Blogging in Three Steps… 1. Login 2. Type your message 3. Logout Websites • A website is a form of static communication (but can have dynamic components) • • • • Websites have become digital brochures Have a discussion board (forums) Tend not to be updated as quickly as a blog Tedium of publishing Blog vs Website • How to choose? • Depends on your needs • Depends on your time The Essence of Blogging • Blogs go from being a monologue, or "brochure," into a dialogue with readers or customers.” (Source: Dave Taylor, intuitive.com) • Can stimulate communication, thoughts and ideas, hopefully enhancing the world around us… • Archives content • Easily searchable FaceBook vs Blogging • • • • What is better? Neither/Both Utilize one to feed off the other. Yes you can search content on FaceBook but FB is not a CMS or Content Management System Other Topics • Microsoft Word and Blogging • Copy & Paste for Blogging • WordPress CMS (Content Management System) & RCC • To get a WordPress account and website, please fill out the Academic Website Request Form • VBlogging? – What is it? – And should I do it? Blogging & your iPhone + = Instant Communication Tips • List out your topics • Schedule time for blogging • Make your entries concise – Read your entry out loud to yourself • • • • • Make your entries interesting Fill a niche Add images Add links to other sites, blogs, videos etc… Go mobile My List • 16 week semester list of topics that will take me 30 minutes every Friday – – – – – – – Snap Shot Tool in PowerPoint 2010 Snap Shot Tool in MS Word 2010 Publish your blog from Word 2010 Using the snipping tool in Windows Vista or Win 7 Exploring Themes in Word & PPT Explore picture editing tools in Word & PPT How to use MS One Note and IE 9 together for more organized information – Etc… Visit the Tech Tips Blog http://opencampus.rcc.edu/groups/techtipslive/ Scan my QR code with your phone and book mark my site! Thank you…