Blogger + Word = Blogging Bliss
Jason Shellen, Product Manager for Blogger, explains on the Google blog how they came up with the idea to integrate Blogger and Word:
“Last July, a few of us visited the Democratic National Convention to see political bloggers in action. Many were using Microsoft Word to post their reports. It was a multi-step process that didn't look like fun, but for citizen journalists, punctuation, spelling and grammar are important. That got the Blogger team thinking about how to help Word users to become bloggers.
So just now I fired up Microsoft Word, wrote this, hit 'Publish' on the brand new Blogger for Word toolbar and voila - you're reading it. Which means there's really no excuse, blogwise, if you prefer to finely craft your posts over time. Use Blogger for Word as a way to back up your document drafts with the 'Save as Draft' button or work on posts while you are offline and post them later. Hope you enjoy this new add-in.”
I think that many educators will be more apt to try blogging now that they can use familiar software like Word. Not to mention that students will be able to use Word to blog as part of techno-constructivist activities that develop writing and technology skills.
This is an exciting development in social software and blogging, and one that I hope really opens educational blogging to many new possibilities--and converts!
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posted by Derek Baird at
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I use word all the time but had not considered it for this purpose. I continue to be amazed at the ways things get done to improve the quickness or efficiency of the process when using the internet.
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