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Class Review:
“My daughter has been a reluctant writer.  This class gave her confidence in her writing and she enjoyed the topics.  I highly recommend this teacher to help your child become an independent writer.” -Lora O.

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*This class will not be canceled if only one student is enrolled for class.
*Many students take this class for English credit, STEM or technology credit, general Elective credit, and/or Writing credit, and may request a grade at the end of the semester for school credit. This class may also help students improve their writing skills to prepare them for higher education or college.
*To become a master blogger and to improve writing and technology skills, it is best to enroll in this 101 class, then spend the year blogging in the follow-up classes: 102, 103, 104, 105, and 106. Classes are scheduled out for the year to help parents plan. These classes may also help with yearly school credits for English, STEM, Technology, History, Elective, Writing, and/or Social Studies.

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If you have something to share, say, inspire, or teach, this is the class for you! This class is for those looking to improve their writing skills or display short stories they've written. Journalists, food critics, book reviewers, future politicians, creative thinkers, gamers, hair stylists, artists, bakers, chefs, sports casters, travelers, and all are welcome!

In this course, your 14-18 year old will learn how to write blogs, will write their own blogs, and create their own basic website through the free version of WordPress. (No coding experience is required. This class will not cover coding but basic website page builders.) Your student will learn the importance of blogging in today’s society and how blogging helps market businesses. Teacher feedback on writing as well as web page building will be provided to all students.

Blogging is an important entrepreneurship skill. It drives business sales and digital traffic to a company or organization website. Blogging also helps to share new ideas while inspiring others.

Many students have also taken this class so they can share short stories they've written on their website. 

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Week 1
*Introductions
*Expectations
*Student introduction activities
*Introduction to blogging
*Differences between Blog, Vlog, and Podcast
*Naming your website

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Week 2
*Setup Blogging Website
*How to write a blog workshop
*Create introduction blogs

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Week 3
*Learn and create pages and posts for blogging website
*Publish about me blog post

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Week 4
*Create a new blog workshop: Current Events

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Week 5
*Create a new blog workshop: Entertainment, Music, Books, Television, Sports, Gaming

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Week 6
*Create a new blog workshop: Food

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Week 7
*Create a new blog workshop: Travel

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Week 8
*Create a new blog workshop: Student Choice

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Examples of student blog websites created in this class:
https://adventuresmadebymee.wordpress.com/
https://speakupandchangetheworld.wordpress.com/

Examples of student short story websites created in this class:
fictionalis.wordpress.com 

Sibling made examples: (This website was created by siblings. They have one website and each of them write their own blogs on the one site. Message me if you would like a class like this for your children.)
https://adventuresmadebymee.wordpress.com/

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What is WordPress?
WordPress is one of the largest used website building platforms that professional website developers use. In my own marketing business, we use WordPress to build websites for business and organizations. WordPress is an easy to use platform that requires very little coding knowledge. Students in this course will not need to know coding to build their own blogging website. Students may learn a few basic coding techniques. 

During class, students will set up a free WordPress account to create their own websites. Creation and setup of WordPress will be taught in this course. 

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What is the structure of this class?
During the first half of every lesson, teacher instruction will be provided on how to complete that day’s activity. The second half of every lesson will allow students to write their blogs and build their websites. 

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What’s your teaching style and how will you teach?
I like to have fun in my classes. I am thorough in execution but joyful in presentation. I do expect students to follow instruction and do the assignments, and I welcome every question a student may ask. I will use slides to help present my lessons and hands-on work to engage student learning. I love having students bring in their own learning styles and ways of participation. Since this is a small class, I do expect to interact with all students. I want to learn about my students and what they are experienced in.

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