Watch this screen recorded demonstration called Embed multi media into blogs by Leigh Blackall on Blip.tv.
  • What happens when you mix 200 litres of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints? The results are completely insane.' We'll now embed a video that shows you using the video sharing website http://revver.com
  • Go to http://one.revver.com/watch/27335. What do you think? Look for the link, 'Grab code'. As the instructions say 'Paste this code anywhere you can add HTML.' You can add HTML to your blog posts. Cick on and copy ALL of the the code.

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  • As before go to blogger.com log onto the dashboard click '+New post' then choose 'Edit HTML'.
  • HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, don't worry, you don't have to know the technicalities of HTML to publish to your blog, just how to copy and paste the HTML code i.e...
  • Notice the labels to describe the content of the post, you can use these to categorise your blog posts.
  • Click 'Publish' and 'View Blog'. Would this engage your students?
  • Why not link to a resource explaining the science of how this happening? By searching on the online encylopedia Wikipedia you will find why http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentos_eruption
  • There are many free online tools to enable you create and publish resources for example:
  • These tools are commonly refered to as Web 2.0 technologies. Many of these tools enable you to put the media you or your students create into your blog. Have a quick look at these tools, search on some of the content and look for HTML code to embed into your own blog. How could you create engaging media for your students using these tools?
  • Where to next....read this http://tinyurl.com/yo53fw. It's worth following...