TUMBLR LEARNING WITH TECH

WHAT’S GOOD WHAT’S A CHALLENGE PLATFORM: Simple to use Privacy

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WHAT IS IT? COST: Free Tumblr is a social networking website used to create blogs. It’s a simple way to share digital media with other subscribers. Users can network with other bloggers to share and brainstorm on a TRAINING & SUPPORT RESOURCES: particular topic, or create a content specific blog. Welcome to Tumblr A fun way to WHAT IS IT FOR? understand what you can and can’t do Tumblr is a great way to create an interactive blog on a specific with Tumblr. subject or just to showcase your ideas. With a click of a button, the Tumblr dashboard allows users to upload text posts, images, Lynda.com – Up and Running with videos, quotes or insert links to their blog. Blogs can be set to Tumblr The course shows how to create private or public and users can connect their blogs to Facebook an account, set preferences, add or Twitter. Followers of blogs can be updated whenever new Facebook and Twitter integration, create content is added to the blog. Users are able follow other blogs audio, video, and text posts, building for networking and can share content, add comments or send custom themes with CSS and HTML, and messages. Each post can contain a hash tag so other users can publish posts remotely. find the particular blog using the search function on Tumblr. Tumblr also has an instant messaging function, which allows Tumblr– Short Cuts and Tips A series users to chat about your blog. of articles showing how different technologies and online mediums can HOW CAN I USE IT IN EDUCATION? be used to improve Tumblr blogging. Tumblr is an alternative to Facebook and Twitter as a really easy to use way to communicate with other people in your unit. It is a Create a Better Online You – A short useful way to share ideas or brainstorm for a particular group series of modules about leveraging your project. By creating a Tumblr blog that can be shared with a online presence and protecting yourself group, you are able to make all your ideas accessible in one online. place for everyone involved.