{"id":316,"date":"2015-09-06T12:36:15","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T12:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bootcamp2\/?p=316"},"modified":"2015-09-21T06:45:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T06:45:28","slug":"bb-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bootcamp2\/bb-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Bootcamp Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week was a quick one. Don’t worry too much if you didn’t keep up and get anything posted. I am a drill sergeant wearing sandals rather than combat boots:-)<\/p>\n

As always get in touch if you have any questions and need a hand.<\/p>\n

Glow Meets<\/h2>\n

There will be 2 Glow Meets, 2pm and 4:15 on Tuesday
\n2pm Glow Meet: Images, why use them, legal and safe, Using nicknames to keep safe, avatars & commenting.
\n4:14 Glow Meet: Comment settings, Plugins (14 Colors), Images.
\nhttps:\/\/meet.glowscotland.org.uk\/bootcamp<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Topics for Week Two are: Images and Plugins
\nWe will also revisit commenting and comment settings.<\/p>\n

Images Glow Help Blog links:<\/h3>\n

Adding an image wp4 | Glow Blog Help<\/a>
\nAdding an image to a post MS docx<\/a>
\nAdding an image to a post PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

\nhttps:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bloggingbootcamp\/files\/2015\/03\/bootcamp-images.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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Plugins<\/h3>\n

Plugins add functionality to your blog.
\nMore information on\u00a0Plugins on the Glow Blog Help<\/a>\u00a0where you can download\u00a0Plugins MS docx<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Plugins PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bloggingbootcamp\/files\/2015\/03\/plugins.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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Discussion Topics:<\/h2>\n

Why use images, where to get them and which sort of images should you use, legal and safety considerations.<\/p>\n

Challenges:<\/h2>\n

A picture of learning<\/strong>.
\nTake a picture that shows what learning looks like in your class. Categorise as bootcamp<\/strong>
\nClass poem<\/strong>, what are we like, bio-poem. Categorise as bootcamp<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You could do this as a whole class or individually.<\/p>\n

Here is a help sheet from\u00a0readwritthink<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Bio Poem<\/a>\u00a0Help Sheet<\/p>\n

Here is an example from 2007 on the class blog I was running:<\/p>\n

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Catchup<\/h2>\n
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  1. If you have not started this is all you need to do to join in the bootcamp.<\/li>\n
  2. Create a Blog
    \nMake the Blog Public<\/li>\n
  3. Create a post, categorise it as bootcamp, send a link to that post to John<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Slides.<\/p>\n

    We have had a request for the slides used in the Meet.<\/p>\n