Blog+On

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You get to make your own blog! This is a very public - school - blog and you will be sharing your blog address with your teacher, the school Principal, your parents, your fellow students and other people in the educational community. All of these people might comment on your blog. You will receive credit for blog comments you make on other blogs plus when someone from outside of school makes comments on yours you’ll receive more credit! So spread the word among your family and friends.

1. Set up your own blog. We’re going to use **Edublogs** as your blogging platform.
 * Assignment 1:**

2. Edit your profile information. You will need to edit your name, nickname and publicly displayed name. You will also need to reset your password to your school password.

3. Set the appearance of your blog. Here are some pointers from edublogs:

Changing your Blog's Look

Getting started with Edublogs

4. Make an avatar. Here are some sites to get started. Avatars must be school appropriate - no weapons toting or scantily clad avatars, please. Whatever site you use, **you must save your avatar as a JPEG or PNG file in your H drive**. If you need to set up an account, please supply only your first name and last initial. You can use eastcheetahs@gmail.com if you don't have your own e-mail and are asked for an e-mail address.

Watch this if you need to see step by step: [|Tutorial for adding Avatar]

Avatar Makers Gaia Dream Avatar Doppel Me Avatar Maker Face Your Manga Simpson's Avatar Choose the Create an Avatar tab

Build a Blogroll
 * Assignment 2:**