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Lord, 3.0 will do...(hehe)

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Welcome to my virtual hang-out! I have used a much of my time in the last few weeks working on this. And even though I can already create a blog as you can see, I still consider myself as a newbie when it comes to building a good-looking website. To be an expert, you need to learn HTML. And like any computer language, it is very really difficult to learn. Maybe, it will take me a year to learn the lefts and the rights of website construction and to make this site eye-pleasing and appealing as I wish it to be. But anyhow, feel free to check all the nooks and corners of this site. I want you to be comfortable with my online place.

Why Do We Need Do This?
I know that some (if not most) of you  are asking and maybe complaining why do we need to go over with this kind of difficult and advanced class activity. Why can't we meet in the classroom and have the lecture the usual way? The teacher speaks in front and the students pretend to listen.

Well, here are my reasons.

Firstly, this course really requires us to learn how to manipulate and exploit Information Technology (IT) related innovations and inventions. Pure lecture cannot give justice to our subject.

Secondly, the trend is obvious. Everyone is going online and everything is now online. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. Cellular phones are internet-empowered. Internet is already in one's hand anywhere he goes. This is the new way of life. Our field (classroom teaching and learning) cannot escape from this reality. So, if I were you I would start learning and be updated and competitive. 
Thirdly, other schools are doing it also. See:
http://nearlkira.blogspot.com/2010/11/activity.html
http://healeyj.blogspot.com/2011/07/lesson-3-educational-technology-in-asia.html
http://gomarvin26.blogspot.com/2011/07/lesson-1-review-of-educational.html

Lastly, it is for the sake of taking new challenges and willingness to learn.

What Are We Going To Do?
We are going to make our own website (Uh oh!). We will fill it with materials and activities for our imaginary pupils. Like these:
http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com/
http://littlestlearners.blogspot.com/
http://www.kindergartenblogs.com/blog-list/classroom-activities

Final Words
So, this is the second fold of our course subject, Educational Technology II. No more snacks. I miss that. (Florgale, you there?).

General Steps for Constructing a Website
Step # 1. Gmail sign up
Step # 2. Proceed to Blogger
Step # 3. Come up with an original site name
Step # 4. Choose your template
Step # 5. Design through custom settings
Step # 6. Publish your content

Step # 1
Okay. Roll on your sleeves and prepare to caress the keyboard. We will now lay the foundation of your site – signing up for a Gmail account.
1. Got a Facebook account? If yes, then you must have a Yahoo Mail Account. Now, the case with GMail is that you must have one existing e-mail account (yahoo, amazon, hotmail) in order to sign up.

• If you have a Yahoo e-mail account (and of course, you know also the its address and its password) then proceed to https://accounts.google.com/SignUp and activate one.
• If you don't have any e-mail or you cannot open already your account, then you have to sign-up for a Yahoo Mail Account. Here:  https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?&.src=ym. Fill out that form. Then go to  https://accounts.google.com/SignUp to make your Google Account.

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