tumblr tutorial

Web 2.0 Tumblr Tutorial Kayla Hudson, Gabe Pullin, Kim

Gunnell

Introduction O Tumblr is a free blogging website in

which members can interact through pictures, videos, and text.

O Members can respond to each other’s posts in real time all over the world.

O Membership is free and users engage in educational and recreational conversation.

Tumblr Homepage/

Login/ Sign-up Page

This is the homepage for

Tumblr.com where

members can log in and

new members can sign-up.

When the sign up for a new

account is clicked, the site

will direct the user to a

sign-up page.

Sign-up page

This is the sign up page on Tumblr. All fields are

required to be filled in to move on to the next step.

Email, Password, and Username must be typed

in.

Terms and Agreements

User must then agree to the terms and type in how

old they are. Then click next.

Prove You’re Human!

Enter the text code to confirm your humanity.

First Blog

Make your first blog! It can be edited later if needed.

Follow Blog!

Use the search bar to find interesting blogs based on

topics that interest the user. Follow three blogs to

start.

O Don’t forget to verify your email address!

This is the Tumblr dash. Interesting posts from the people who you follow will show

up on here and you can scroll through.

This is where you can choose what to post on your blog. This bar is located at the top of your dash next

to your icon. Click your chosen field and post!

Tumblr in EducationO Tumblr can be used in Art and English

classes. Students can post and comment critiques on each other’s artwork created inside the class.

O In English classes, Tumblr can be used to write combined stories with many different authors in the posts on the site, and they can follow each other. Tumblr can be used to discuss the five senses, psychology, write group speeches, and discuss monetary issues.

Pros and Cons of using Tumblr in the Classroom

O Pros: All of the students can follow each other and discuss assignments outside of class, teachers can monitor the posts and make sure the students are communicating regularly about only the assignments.

O Cons: Tumblr is not filtered and inappropriate content could be found easily, monitoring the blogs would take up time and energy.

Works Cited

Ohttps://www.tumblr.com/