Wordpress

= Communication Tool: Wordpress = Group Members:Caroline and Brenna


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Brief introduction of the tool
Wordpress.com is a website where a person can create their own page so they can customize the page, blog, see who is viewing your blog, and create posts. Not only does a person have access to their webpage, but also to other’s pages as well. Something else a person could do is add widgets to their sidebar without messing up anything. A person can also upload photos and embed videos from sites like YouTube or Hulu. Web pages are easily created and a person can leave their wordpress at anytime. Many different companies and/or people use wordpress. For example, CNN, NFL, People Magazine’s Style Watch, and many more use wordpress.

There are many, many advantages to using wordpress. One advantage of using wordpress is that there are many different features that a person can use as stated in the introduction above. This affects the enhancement of wordpress because there are so many different opportunities for someone to use while on this website. When they are blog posting they have the choice to decide whether the page will be public or private (only available to members). People can also leave comments on other people’s walls/blogs when they find something that interests them about someone else’s page as well. The opportunities on wordpress are almost endless. Another advantage is a person can spend as much time as they want on wordpress. If they are in a hurry then they can only spend a few short minutes blogging and they don’t have to worry about losing posts, but on the other end a person doesn’t have to worry about having a time limit and getting kicked off after being on for so long. This website is very efficient. Lastly, wordpress is very effective. It allows an endless amount of people to see and view not only their own, but other people’s posts as well. Wordpress has over fifty languages for a person to choose from. The quality of the website is mature, but also very easy to use.
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One disadvantage or limitation to wordpress is that there is not a chat room for people to talk back and forth on about anything and everything, they are all posts. Another disadvantage is that you must sign up and be a user of wordpress to actually use the site. Without an account a person is limited to what they can do on the site. Another thing that could be frustrating is that you must have a valid email address to access this page and made up one will not work. Lastly, wordpress is not necessarily hard to use, but it will take some time to get used too.
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Application of the tool in your subject area
Teachers can use this tool as a place to post the agenda, the schedule of the semester, big projects, all homework assignments, blogs,ect. The teacher can post all of the class information and the students will be able to look at the page, see when all their assignments are due, read blogs posted by the teacher and other students, comment on blogs, and have a firm grasp on what is going to happen in the class that semester.

Find a tutorial on YouTube
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· Wordpress.com is free and easy to start · What’s needed to start?- username and valid email. · How to modify the template being used · How to write a post in a particular category · How to password protect the post · In order to make any changes you must go to “my dashboard.” · Offers a lot of features that other blog posts would not

Useful Resources
If your classmates want to learn more about your topic, where should they go? Please recommend at least three websites and provide a brief description on each one.

[] offers more easy tutorials on how to navigate through wordpress. Offers a wide variety of videos and tutorials.

[] is part of wordpress, but offers east to understand step by step directions for setting up a wordpress blog.

[] Wikipedia offers a detailed definition of what wordress.com is, how to use it, and can connect you directly with wordpress.com. It also offers great references at the bottom of the page.