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Unit 1 #Designyourblog: Buzz 1.1: What Is A Blog?
Unit 1 #Designyourblog: Buzz 1.1: What Is A Blog?
This topic will enable you discuss aspects of blogging: what is a blog, why
people blog and how to set up your own blog.
At the end of this topic, you will be able to:
1. develop a blog.
2. Identify the reason people blog
3. Create your own blog account.
BLOGS
Weblogs or blogs can be described as a form of personal,
easytomanage Web sites with content presented in reverse
chronological order. (Schiano, et al., 2004).
Schiano also said blogging is about yourself, unlike
avatars or other digital identities
There are many reasons why people blog. They use blog to express their
feelings, to share information and experience.
Knowing reasons why people blog will give you clearer reason of why you blog.
Schino et, al. (2004) said that by people blog to documents one life and
to express deeply felt emotion. Other advantages of blogging are:
Knowing the advantages of blogging will give you a purpose in writing and
making you more aware of the aspects of blog writing.
Unit Summary:
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Unit
#knowmoreaboutblog
This topic will enable you to discuss the following areas: what are the types of
blog, what are the blogging dos and donts and why it is important to have the
code of Ethics.
At the end of this topic, you will be able to:
1. differentiate the types of blog.
2. list the blogging dos and donts.
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Basically there are many types of blog. Knowing the definition of blog enable us
to differentiate the types of blog.
The most common and favorable type of blog and easiest to find content
for. This is because it features personal life experiences and events or
author opinions and thoughts.
Personal blog acts like online diaries and journals that carry a personal
tone.
http://ryannabella.blogspot.com
http://scarflet.blogspot.com
http://www.myamethyst-shea.com
http://theretrogamer.tumblr.com
Themed/Niche Blogs
This type of blog may or may not be written in a personal tone depending
on the authors preference. Themed or niche online properties however
distinguish themselves from the personal kind because they revolve
around a specific area of concentration, usually excluding highly
unrelated topics.
Themed blogs can either be broad or specific. For example in the area of
sports, you can choose to blog about all kinds of sports or you can
concentrate on the specific topic of parkour.
http://ssdhaliwal.blogspot.com
http://www.parkourmalaysia.com/blog/why-practice-parkour/
o Broad topic: Language Learning
http://theenglishlearnersblog.wordpress.com
o Specific topic: Writing
http://teenscanwritetoo.wordpress.com
Corporate/Official Blogs
These are the kinds of blogs written for and about a specific company,
organization, movement, institution or public figure. Bloggers or staff
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Examples include:
http://ninjamalaysia.blogspot.com
http://autosurfcafe.blogspot.com
The best type of blog will depend on your intentions, purpose or objectives for
blogging. Blogging is a platform for you to connect with an audience, talk about
what you know and share information.
a) Blogging dos.
Blogging Dos.
1) Do fellowship with other blogger.
2) Do join a blog community, and check
out other bloggers and follow
discussion threads.
3) Do try to comment on blogs that you
have visited.
4) Bloggers love to have other bloggers
to link to their sites.
b) Blogging donts.
Blogging Donts.
1) When commenting on other blogs or
leaving messages on their tag boxes,
please dont type in many URLs after
your comment.
2) Dont ignore comments that visitors
make on your blog posts.
3) Dont plagiarize other blogs content.
Knowing these dos and donts and adhere to them will make you respect
others and other will respect you too.
CODE OF ETHICS
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Knowing the ethics in blog writing is important so that you would not offend
people and most importantly is for you to know that you are accountable for
every word that you post online!
TOPIC SUMMARY
Unit 2 has covered:
a) Types of blog
b) Blogging dos and donts.
c) Code of ethics
This topic will enable you to discuss the different techniques: use of informal
language, capitalizing words and using modal and how that could help to
engage your audience.
At the end of this topic, you will be able to:
1. Identify the different techniques in blog writing.
2. Recognise the impact of the different techniques on the blog entry.
3. Modify a blog entry to make it engaging
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http://www.thecurrentonline.org/features/2013/02/21/surviving-the-ib-program/
Reaching
Your
Audience
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Appropriate conventions
Spelling
Punctuation
Capitalizing words
Knowing your audience is very important for you to be able to write to engage
them in reading your entries.
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Post your modified version here.
One of the characteristics of a good writer is to have the ability to edit your
own work. Always proofread your entry before post it online.
TOPIC SUMMARY
Unit 3 has covered:
a) The different techniques in writing a blog entry.
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Unit 4: #catchyheadlines
This topic will enable you to discuss the following aspects: what are the
different types of headlines and how to write catchy headlines.
At the end of this topic, you will be able to:
1. Write a catchy headline
2. Know the importance of having catchy headlines
Learning outcomes
1. Look at samples of catchy headlines
2. Learn about catchy headlines
3. Write a catchy headline
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http://livingtheteenagelife1.edu.blogs.org
http://crapteenager.blogspot.com
http://romanticfawn.blogspot.com
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http://teensknowbestpaul.blospot
here.
Headlines are the one of the most important aspect in writing a blog. Normally
the headline is neglected. Therefore it is important for us to know and learn
how to write catchy headlines.
It is important to have a catchy headline in your blog in order to grab attention
of the audience. It will make your blog more attracting.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z5C_W-ccJ0
Applying these techniques would help you to create catchy headlines. It is vital
to make your blog more interesting and informative.
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Topic Summary
Unit 4 has covered:
1. different tips on how to write catchy headlines.
2. create their own catchy headlines.
UNIT 5: #blogit
This unit will provide you with an opportunity to put into practice the skills that
you have learned about blog writing by viewing a movie and writing an entry
on it.
At the end of this topic, you will be able to:
1. Write a blog entry that can be simply a review or a reflection of movie.
2. Integrate all the techniques of writing a good blog entry.
USEFUL PHRASES
In order for you to effectively write an entry that is reflective of the purpose,
below are a few links that will help you with the right phrases to be used. Keep
in mind of all the techniques of blog writing that you have learnt and make sure
that you apply them in tandem with the skills.
Phrases for Writing a Movie Review
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http://www.slideshare.net/alinaemma/film-review-suseful-phrases
http://www.port.ac.uk/media/contacts-and-departments/student-supportservices/ask/downloads/Reflective-writing---a-basic-introduction.pdf
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/
5.2 ASSESSMENT
The whole point of having a blog is for you to share your thoughts with people.
Therefore, you have to get people to read your blog. Promote your blog to your
friends through other mediums of social networking sites like Facebook or even
by commenting on other peoples blog. Get them to evaluate your entry by
leaving a comment. Another indicator that you are a good blogger will depend
on the numbers of comments and also followers.
Topic Summary
Unit 5 has covered:
1. Writing a blog entry.
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