Thursday, April 14, 2011

Blog Challenge

Here are the tasks you need to complete. Remember you do not need to do them all. Only the ones you feel comfortable with.

Go to the Challenge Yourself to Blog to find out more details about what you need to do.

Go to Mrs. Gorneau’s blog to find out how to complete a challenge. Use the Search widget to find what you need. (Google Translate, Avatar, Clustr Map).

Email me if you need help.




Items you can have on your blog for the challenge:

  1. About Page (no personal details-last name, address, phone number) – Pages - About


VISUAL LOOK

  1. Changed Theme (must allow widgets….Goodreads)

  2. Header (source cited) if theme supports one     - Appearance-Header    (text widget)

  3. Background (source cited) if theme supports one  - Appearance-Background    (text widget)


Categorize and Tag all posts. You might want to create a category for Blog Challengeand add the posts that are relevant to that category.


WIDGETS




  1. Tags (2 per post) (Tag widget)

  2. Categories (1 per post, Not uncategorized)     (Categories widget)

  3. Links  (FOSS Science, Math Connects, etc…)     (Links widget)

  4. Avatar     (Blog avatar widget)

  5. Goodreads     (HTML Javascript Adder widget)

  6. Clustr Map     (text widget)

  7. Google Translator     (HTML Javascript Adder widget)

  8. Comments (10 people, 10 different countries, from: Challenge Blog)

  9. Get your badge and add it as a widget (text widget)


POSTS

  1. Write a post about your favourite colour and include at least three images. (Copyright and caption)

  2. Write a post about a global activity you have taken part in

  3. Write a post in another language

  4. What is a digital footprint?

  5. Write a post about why students and classes should visit your blog.

  6. Write a post about the importance of tags and categories

  7. Miss W needs to find her way to your community

  8. Where in the world would you like to find your way to?

  9. Add a Wordle, ToonDoo, Your own images, create an image (paint program or similiar)


OTHER

  1. Create a poll

  2. Create a slideshow or gallery of avatars or images




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