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Its a new school year and a new set of student blogs are on the horizon.
Put the URL of your brand new blog in the comments and I will add them to the blogroll. I am always excited to see what you come up with!
The March session at LVS Online is just around the corner. The classrooms open on Monday, March 9 for the Blogging Basics and the Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune classes with the first lesson on 3/14/09.
Registration deadline is March 11, 2009. Don’t miss out on the fun and information. We have a lot of new material in the blogging studio course, Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune this session on blog statistics and monetizing your blog.
Blogging Basics and Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune, LVS Online Blogging courses start this week!
The Blogging Basics course is for those brand new to blogging. In this introduction course we focus on creating a plan for your blog, setting up your blogand the basics of good blog writing. We also learn how to make your blog a multimedia experience!
Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune is a totally different kind of online course for bloggers. Students offer support and critiques of each others work while building social networks. Although there are short lessons each week, the content of those lessons are determined by the need, interest and the desires of the students. Topics include social networking like Twitter, blog promotion, modifying themes, search engine optimization and increasing conversation. We work together to promote our blogs and to stay on top of the best blogging tools.
Both blogging classes start on 1/10/09, register now!
Here is the registration link for Blogging Basics
Here is the registration link for Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune
Here is your opportunity to share with us great examples of blog writing. Please provide the link and why you think the post is so effective in terms of the audience, topic and/or author.
In the first week of Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune, we spend a lot of time looking at different blogs. We look at little blogs, big blogs, indie blogs, corporate blogs and everything in between. Part of the reason is to get a scope of blog diversity. Another reason is to initiate students into blogging communities. The third reason that I have students look at so many blogs is to help them get a sense of what works and what doesn’t work for them with blogs. This can encompass topic, style, perspective and more.
For part of this week’s assignment, I am asking that students comment on this post. The comment should state your personal favorite blog that you reviewed this week and a couple of sentences of why it was your favorite. The comments on this blog are moderated. The first time you post on this blog, I must approve the comment before it will appear. So don’t fear if you don’t see your comment go live right away.
Learn the blogging basics or step up and discover the benefits of the blogosphere in the new blogging classes at LVS Online. Bean has modified her popular Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune classes into two distinct offerings. The first course Blogging Basics, covers the nuts and bolts of blogging. It is designed as an introductory blogging course and is suited for personal and professional blogs. We be using the WordPress blogging platform for our examples and demos, but other platforms will be mentioned.
The second course, the revised Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune class will function as more of a blogging studio and is in response to students requesting a “lifetime membership”. Although it is really easy to start blogging, once you begin you can see how how multi-faceted it is. You can take your blog in many differnt directions or choose from a wide assortment of goals. You can evolve and refine your blog posts from good to compelling. You can gain an appeciative audience as you gain authority. You gain authority from participation. Although the core context of the course will remain the same from session, each session the students will have the opportunity to make choices about what type of template modification we will tackle or which social networking site we want to explore in detail. In November session we might devote time and attention to Blog Catalog and changing CSS styles in our templates. In January, we might focus on Weblog and modifying what appears with each post on our home page.
Blogger’s Studio to build content and community for you blog
This Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune class is designed for those that really want to promote their Word Press blog for professional gain or personal satisfaction. Students can take it once or sign up repeatedly for their “lifetime membership”. Students will learn from the lessons, instructor examples and more importantly from each other as they support and offer each other feedback and information.
Register for the Blogging Basics course at LVS Online.
Register for the Blogging for Fun, Fame & Fortune course at LVS Online.
