Objective: At the end of the
activity, students should have:
- completed the blog post entry for
10 weeks.
- given comments to other posts.
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Language : Writing skill
Skills : How to write a
blog entry and to comment on others’ post
Control : Guided
Level : Beginner and Intermediate
Time : 10 weeks
Materials : Laptops, internet
connection and blogging platform
Introduction
What is a blog?
A blog is a frequently updated online personal
journal or diary. It is a place to express yourself to the world and also a
place to share your thoughts and your passions. Blog is a short form for
the word weblog and the two words are used interchangeably.
What is blogging?
Blogging is an activity of running and
managing a blog. Some people use blog for business, education and some for personal
purpose. Blogging can improve your writing skills because as you update your
blog you also practice your writing skills.
Preparation
You might want to learn more about blogging.
Visit http://startbloggingonline.com/ for
more information regarding blogging.
How
to Start A Blog Community
1. Choose
a class representative to create the class weblog. Use blogger.com free blog
service for this purpose.
2. He/she
will be the admin of the blog. If you are not familiar on how to make a blog,
you can refer to http://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Blog
for more information.
3. The
admin of the blog will invite other students via email to participate as
authors for the blog.
4. The
link of the class blog will be given to the lecturer for monitoring purpose
Procedure
General
Instructions
1. You
need to write an entry in the class weblog every week for 10 weeks.
2. Each
entry should consist of at least 100 words.
3. For
each weblog entry, you may write about:
a) your
expectations on what you are going to learn in the next class,
b) your
reflections on what you have learnt in class, or
c) how
you spend your weekends.
Things
to Remind
1. Students
are forbidden from plagiarizing other students’ work or from other source of
information.
2. Students
are advised not to use proper name in their writing to ensure privacy.
3. Students
are encouraged to use appropriate language in their writing to avoid
misunderstanding.
4. Students
are advised to reread their writings before submitting.
Variation
1
a) Interact
with other writers by giving comments and feedbacks on others’ entry.
Variation
2
a) The
best author is awarded to a particular student who receives the most comments
from other students.
b) The
best article is awarded to the entry that receives the most comments and
feedbacks from other students.
Resources
1. Tips
and tricks for blogging : http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/100-tips-tricks-professional-bloggers-use-list
Prepared
by:
Mohamad
Khairul Anuar b. Abu Bakar
Wan
Muhammad b. Wan Abdul Samad
