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Blogger now single-sign-on from My Louisville

New!
Our Louisville students can now click into Blogger without setting up an account!

When entering via My Louisville, it creates the account automatically, no password required. They can get in and get out quickly and conveniently, streamlining its use for writing assignments and projects.

• Blogs are like journals, keeping entries sorted by date.
• Blogs can be public OR set to private and shared only with the teacher.
• Each student can setup multiple blogs for different classes, like Spanish and English.
• Blogs are great for daily or weekly writing assignments that you want kept in once place in date order.
• They can be illustrated!
• Creative projects! Mock journal of famous person experiencing moment in history
• Impersonate historical figures. Require research-based content.
• Monday blog, daily short write, weekly dilemma, prayer/reflection
• Journalism blogs, photojournalism, reflect on own artwork

I’ll be introducing this to all Freshmen this week in their English classes. Let me know if you have classwork/homework that could be done in a blog, or if you want assistance witih a special creative project.

You can access and create a blog at Blogger.com, it’s easy and fun! If you have a google Docs account it is the same username (louisvillehs.org email addres) and password. Create one if needed.

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