The document provides information about live blogging events on February 23rd and 24th, including using the tool Cover It Live to live blog. It also lists homework assignments such as trying a live blog, submitting a journal article, recording a podcast, and preparing a point/counterpoint presentation for an upcoming class. Students are asked to complete various tasks by March 3rd.

1. Feb 23rd and 24th
Live Blogging, Point/CounterPoint, Podcast Review

2. Start Page Questions
Main Tools
 Under ESSENTIAL WIDGETS
 HTML
 Embed a widget from another site (anything with an embed
code such as a SlideShow)
 HTML EDITOR
 Works like a Blog Post or Word Document
 LINKS MODULE
 Add hyperlinks to another site
 WALL
 Let others comment on your start page
 WEBPAGE
 Embed a whole website in your start page

3. What is Live Blogging?
 Blogging in real-time so others can follow you from a distance (no
need to be in the same place to discuss the same event or to be
part of an event)
 In real time: anyone can comment or ask questions as you blog.
 Instant polling
 Blog about a conference session, speaker, class sessions, author
reading, board meeting…etc
 Examples:
 http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/07/live-blogging-
closing-keynote-at-necc.html
 http://www.sometechsense.com/?p=184

4. Cover it Live
You will be live blogging in http://coveritlive.com
Create an account
Decide what you want to live blog
Create an “event”
You can start the live blog anytime after you set it up (similar to
webinar)
Copy the Embed code to a new blog post on your start page
(netvibes)
Sign Ups:
Send an email reminder out to the group AND/OR Sign up on
netvibes

5. Homework
 Try if you like: LiveBlog (between now and March 3rd)
 Email your professional journal article to submit to a
publication of your choice and CC Liz
elikeren@umich.edu no later than March 3rd
 PODCAST BEFORE March 3rd!
 Be ready to present Point/CounterPoint
 Make sure you have collected your Google Survey