Reflecting on my personal learning log I created a few semesters ago, I began to think about the process of turning a blogging platform into a personal website. In short, for my personal learning log, I secured a more professional domain name and hosting platform to ensure that my academic work not only served me well during each Educational Technology course at Boise State University, but that it also served me well professionally in training and teaching employees and students. Next, after securing the hosting space, I installed Simple Scripts, a web application installer, to install the WordPress blogging platform on the designated hosting space. After installing WordPress onto the hosting space, I created a home page, an about page, a projects page, a blog page, and a contact page as the foundational sitemap of my learning log. Lastly, after completing the sitemap and foundational navigation system, I installed a custom theme with custom graphics to give my website a personal look. In the end, the aforementioned procedure is the entire process I used to turn a blogging platform into a website.
How this Aligns with AECT Standards:
This activity aligns with AECT Standard 2.3 Computer-Based Technologies because it represents the foundational nature of a blog. In other words, a blog is essentially a digital or computer-based technology that is used to produce and deliver relevant material. In fact, blogs are the perfect technology to create, edit, and distribute digital or microprocessor-based resources to large, diverse audiences. Specifically, this educational blog is an effective way to produce projects, assignments, and editorials for my instructor, my peers, and the university. In the end, I believe the activity of creating a blog effectively meets AECT Standard 2.3.