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 * =[[image:Google_Blogger_Icon.png width="144" height="152"]]= || = Contestants will set up a Blog using Google Blogger. Each contestant will review resources on creating Blogs and will set up a team blog. Each contestant will change Blog settings and invite others to the blog. Team members will then post comments to the Team blog. = ||

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=  You can create blogs with a variety of software applications or service providers. One of the most popular blog-hosting communities is Blogger. 1) Go to [|www.blogger.com] and set up an account. Once you have successfully set up an account you will see the Dashboard which is the interface you will use in the future to manage blogs, create new blog posts, or change your blogger profile.   2) Set up a blog by clicking the ** Create a blog ** link from the Dashboard. 3) Name your blog  a. Initials from your first and last name   b. lcmatrace   c. Team number    (my blog name would be kalcmatrace0) Click on the Check availability link to make sure the name of the blog you selected is available. If the name is available, click continue    4) Choose a starter template by clicking on the ** Picture Window ** template and click continue. 5) Once you receive the notification your blog has been created click ** start blogging **.   6) We will use the standard template for now. 7) Anyone can post comments to your blog. There are some blogs you may want to limit the people who can comment on the blog. For this journey, we will limit the comments to the blog to our team members, and the Race coordinators Kim Allen – kallen214@gmail.com, and Peggy Hale pnhale@gmail.com . In order to do this, start at the Blogger Dashboard. Click the Manage: Settings link next to your blog name. When the Settings page appears, click the ** Comments ** link. Locate the Who Can Comment section of the page. Select ** Only Members of This Blog **. Click the ** Save Settings ** button.    8) In order to add invited guests to your blog, click the Manage ** Settings ** link next to your blog name. When the settings page appears, click the ** Permissions ** link. Go to the ** Blog readers ** section and select who can view your blog: select ** Only People I choose. ** The page will expand to include a text box which will allow you to enter the email addresses of those you want to be able to comment on your blog. Be sure to separate the email addresses with commas. When you are finished, click the ** Invite ** button. 9) When you are ready to post, the easiest place to start is the dashboard. Click on the ** new Post ** icon. Once the page appears, enter a Title for this post. Enter the text of your post in the large text box. One team member should post the following question for their team members to answer, “How do you think Personal Learning Communities can enhance communications in our District.”   10) (Note: In a research topic journey later in the race, once the participants have located a useful site or tool, have them post the link to their blog (Highlight the text you want to link, click the ** Link ** button. The hyperlink dialog box will appear, enter the URL for the link, and click ** OK **)   11) When you are finished with all activities above, click ** publish post **. 12) If there is time, add an image to the blog. Position the cursor over the location you want the picture to appear, and click the ** Add Image ** button. You will see the Upload Images window. To upload the image from your computer, click the ** browse ** ** button ** in the Add an Image from your computer section. Find an image and select the file. You can select your preference for the way the image is shown in the blog post. In the Choose a Layout section, select center and small. Clicking the ** upload image button ** adds the image to your blog post.   13) All team members should go back to the original post created by the team leader of this journey and answer the question “How do you think Personal Learning Communities can enhance communications in our District. 14) Once all team members have posted a response to the question, Give the journey 3 card to a race coordinator.   15) Congratulations – you are now ready to move on to your next journey. (Blog I created for the team lcmadminamazingtechnologyrace)