CREATING A BLOG FOR BUILDING AN ONLINE COMMUNITY TO SHARE RESOURCES SUCH AS TEXTS, AUDIO VISUALS, ANIMATIONS, STIMULATIONS

CREATING A BLOG FOR BUILDING AN ONLINE COMMUNITY TO SHARE RESOURCES SUCH AS TEXTS, AUDIO VISUALS, ANIMATIONS, STIMULATIONS

What is BLOG?

A blog is a frequently updated online personal journal or diary. It is a place to express yourself to the world. A place to share your thoughts and your passions. Really, it’s anything you want it to be. For our purposes we’ll say that a blog is your own website that you are going to update on an ongoing basis. Blog is a short form for the word weblog and the two words are used interchangeably.

DEFINATION

Blog (noun) – a journal or diary that is on the Internet.

Blogger (noun) – a person who keeps a blog – Bloggers are revolutionizing the way news is shared.

Blog (verb) – to write a blog – I am going to blog before breakfast this morning.

Blogging (verb) – the action of writing a blog – Blogging is my way of sharing my passions with the world.

Originally blogs were known primarily as places for people to write about their day-to-day activities. Their mundane, everyday tasks became fodder for journal entries. Somehow these writers gained a following and the hobby of blogging was born. Today people write about far more interesting topics, but we’ll get to that in a minute.

Types of Blogs

There are many different types of blogs on WordPress.com, and they span over 100 languages. You can browse our tags to get a sense of the topics covered by WordPress.com bloggers, or take a look at these examples of popular blog categories:

·         Personal: This is the broadest category and includes blogs about personal topics like politics, music, family, travel, health, you name it.

·         Business: Professionals ranging from realtors to lawyers and stock brokers are using WordPress to share their expertise, and companies have discovered the power of blogs to personally engage with their customers.

·         Schools: WordPress is a great way for teachers and students to collaborate on classroom projects.

·         Non-profits: Foundations, charities, and human rights groups find our blogs to be great tools to raise awareness and money for their causes.

·         Politics: Members of parliament, political parties, government agencies, and activists using our blogs to connect with their constituencies.

·         Military: Members of the military blog to report what they see happening in various parts of the world and to stay in touch with their families.

·         Private: Some people make their blogs private to share photos and information within families, companies, or schools.

·         Sports: We’ve got teams, athletes, and fans using blogs to express and share their passion for various sports.

ADVANTAGES OF BLOGING

There are numerous educational benefits of blogs. Blogs are:
• Highly motivating to students, especially those who otherwise might not become participants in classrooms.
•Excellent opportunities for students to read and write.
•Effective forums for collaboration and discussion.
•Helpful in making teaching learning effective.
WHY BLOG IS IMPORTANT FOR EDUCATION?
Blogs can serve at least four basic functions.

Classroom Management

Class blogs can serve as a portal to foster a community of learners. As they are easy to create and update efficiently, they can be used to inform students of class requirements, post handouts, notices, and homework assignments, or act as a question and answer board.

Collaboration

Blogs provide a space where teachers and students can work to further develop writing or other skills with the advantage of an instant audience. Teachers can offer instructional tips, and students can practice and benefit from peer review. They also make online mentoring possible. For example, a class of older students can help a class of younger students develop more confidence in their writing skills. Students can also participate in cooperative learning activities that require them to relay research findings, ideas, or suggestions.
 Discussions
A class blog opens the opportunity for students to discuss topics outside of the classroom. With a blog, every person has an equal opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions. Students have time to be reactive to one another and reflective. Teachers can also bring together a group of knowledgeable individuals for a given unit of study for students to network and conference with on a blog.

 Student Portfolios

Blogs present, organize, and protect student work as digital portfolios. As older entries are archived, developing skills and progress may be analyzed more conveniently. Additionally, as students realize their efforts will be published, they are typically more motivated to produce better writing. Teachers and peers may conference with a student individually on a developing work, and expert or peer mentoring advice can be easily kept for future reference.

Step by step guide to start a blog

STEP-1 Click on the link www.blogger.com  and after that click on create your blog

STEP-2 After clicking on create your blog sign in your account by entering email id and password

STEP 3  After sign in create new blog page opened

STEP 4 After that fill the details like title, address and theme. Then after filling these details click ON CREATE BLOG.

STEP 5 After that click on  CREATE A NEW POST

STEP 6 After that I added SCREEN SORTS of DIGITAL STORY and wrote about BLOG

STEP 7 After that I clicked on SAVE and after that I clicked on PREVIEW

STEP 8 After that I added  NAME OF POST

Step 9 After adding title I Saved the Post and after that I clicked on PUBLISH

Step 10 After that I added COMMENT and ADD  MEMBERS

STEP 11 After that I clicked on SHARE

STEP 12 after that I clicked ABOUT BOG and see post

CREATING A PEER NETWORK USING SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM

CREATING A PEER NETWORK USING SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM

Server Based Network

In a server-based network, the server is the central location where users share and access network resources (see Figure 4). This dedicated computer controls the level of access that users have to share resources. Shared data is in one location, making it easy to back up critical business information. Each computer that connects to the network is called a client computer. In a server-based network, users have one user account and password to log on to the server and to access shared resources. Server operating systems are designed to handle the load when multiple client computers access server-based resources.

Peer to Peer network

In a peer-to-peer network (see Figure 3), a group of computers is connected together so that users can share resources and information. There is no central location for authenticating users, storing files, or accessing resources. This means that users must remember which computers in the workgroup have the shared resource or information that they want to access. It also means that users must log on to each computer to access the shared resources on that computer.

In most peer-to-peer networks, it is difficult for users to track where information is located because data is generally stored on multiple computers. This makes it difficult to back up critical business information, and it often results in small businesses not completing backups. Often, there are multiple versions of the same file on different computers in the workgroup.

In some peer-to-peer networks, the small business uses one computer that is running a client operating system, such as Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows XP Professional, as the designated "server" for the network. Although this helps with saving data in a central location, it does not provide a robust solution for many of the needs of a small business, such as collaborating on documents.

Difference between Client server & peer to peer server

BASIS FOR COMAPAISON	CLIENT-SERVER	PEER-TO-PEER
Basic	There is a specific server and specific clients connected to the server.	Clients and server are not distinguished; each node act as client and server.
Service	The client request for service and server respond with the service.	Each node can request for services and can also provide the services.
Focus	Sharing the information.	Connectivity.
Data	The data is stored in a centralized server.	Each peer has its own data.
Server	When several clients request for the services simultaneously, a server can get bottlenecked.	As the services are provided by several servers distributed in the peer-to-peer system, a server in not bottlenecked.
Expense	The client-server are expensive to implement.	Peer-to-peer are less expensive to implement.
Stability	Client-Server is more stable and scalable.	Peer-to-Peer suffers if the number of peers increases in the system.

TYPES OF SOCIAL NETWORKING:-

     

FACEBOOK

General photos, videos, blogs and apps. It is open to people 13 and older. This app has 1,280,000,000 people registered in it using face book.

GOOGLE+

 General. It is open to people 13 and older. This app has 1,600,000,000 people registered in it.

  INSTAGRAM: - A photo and video sharing site. It is   open to anyone 13 or older. It has 300,000,000 followers.

TWITTER

General: micro-blogging, RSS, updates. It is open to all ages. This site is followed by 645,750,000.

How to create strong peer network using social network platform

ABOUT FACEBOOK

Facebook is a social networking website and service where users can post comments, share photographs and links to news or other interesting content on the Web, play games, chat live, and even stream live video. Shared content can be made publicly accessible, or it can be shared only among a select group of friends or family, or with a single person.

• Website: https://www.facebook.com/
• Description: A general-interest social networking website

History and Growth of Facebook

Facebook began in February of 2004 as a school-based social network at Harvard University. It was created by Mark Zuckerberg along with Edward Saverin, both students at the college.

Facebook accessibility also expanded to select companies such as Microsoft and Apple. Finally, in 2006, Facebook opened to anyone 13 years or older and took off, overtaking MySpace as the most popular social network in the world.

In 2007, Facebook launched the Facebook Platform, which allowed developers to create applications on the network. Rather than simply being badges or widgets to adorn on a Facebook page, these applications allowed friends to interact by giving gifts or playing games, such as chess.

In 2008, Facebook launched Facebook Connect, which competed with OpenSocial and Google+ as a universal login authentication service.

Facebook's success can be attributed to its ability to appeal to people and businesses, its developer's network that turned Facebook into a thriving platform and Facebook Connect's ability to interact with sites around the web by providing a single login that works across multiple sites.

STEPS

Step 1- first Log in by entering your email id and password

Step 2-after that Home page open

Step 3 after that you can see your Profile

Step 4 after that go on Group section

Step 5 Next In Group section find a create group option

Step 6 after that Create group by click on option

Step 7 Next for creating new group Fill details like name your group, Add some people, Select privacy Then click on create option

Step 8  After adding members  and details click on create

Step 9 after clicking on create option Choose icon

Step 10 after choosing icon group is created

CREATING A DISCUSSION FORUM AROUND AN UPLOADED CONTENT IN TEACHING LEARNING

CREATING A DISCUSSION FORUM AROUND AN UPLOADED CONTENT IN TEACHING LEARNING

GROUPSPACES

MEANING

GroupSpaces is a London-based online company that provides technology to help real-world clubs, societies, associations and other groups manage their membership and activities, and promote themselves online. Founded by Oxford University students David Langer and Andy Young, the company was launched in the United Kingdom in 2007 and has since expanded into the United States and over 30 other countries. As of November 2010, its software is used to host over 1 million memberships.

GroupSpaces is the premier platform for managing membership groups – clubs, hobbies, charities, professional associations, alumni networks and more. We provide a self-serve online platform used by thousands of groups with over 5 million members across 80 countries. 
GroupSpaces empowers group leaders and committees to organise member records, send email newsletters, host forums and email discussions, organise events and sell tickets, collect membership fees and more. We’re all about using technology to make people’s lives easier.

FEATURES OF GROUPSPACES

An online home.

Create a group for free and use it as your website, upload your logo, choose a theme and customize everything! Advanced users can have full control over the code to make it look exactly right.

Powerful member database.

Securely store your member details online & let your members update their info to save you the hassle. Create membership forms, member profiles and lists to organise your members or restrict access to parts of your group.

Fast, easy communication.

Create e-mail discussion lists for sub-groups of your members and let them reply right from their own e-mail apps. Create beautiful newsletters quickly and easily, and track their success with e-mail statistics.

Organize events & sell tickets.

Promote upcoming events to your group and post them to Facebook or your external website. Ask members to answer questions and collect and manage their responses.

Sell any number of tickets for any price you choose. We don't take a commission!

Collect payments.

Set up subscriptions with recurring reminders, track who paid them and when. Collect member fees or dues, or send out bills for specific payments.

Open an online shop to sell group merchandise or anything else. Offer size or color options and let users pay you instantly.

Share files & photos.

Upload, store and share files with your group members, committee or board. Restrict who can view and download certain files.

Display photo albums on your group website and allow members to upload and share their own.

STEPS

FIRST STEP: open group space from Google, then click on “get started now” to create a group

STEP 2 : For creating a group, enter required details like group name, what type of group we want. Then enter “to create group” and move forward.

STEP 3:    Then, fill all the information required to make a groupspaces account, our name, e-mail address, password for our group. After filling all the information we have to tick the box appears to ensure that we have read and agree with the term and privacy policy. Then, to move forward we have to click at “NEXT STEP”.

STEP4: Create a new GROUP SPACES group by filling details

STEP 5: group is created, we can now start with our group.

STEP 6: now we can add or invite members to our group.

STEP7: Now create a New Member list

Step8:  List and members overview

Step9: next overview of members

Step -10 Now we Organise and add event

Step11: After creating event add your event details