Blogging

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Blogging Basics

Introduction

A blog is an abbreviation for “Web Log”, a term used to describe a website that has chronicle information on it. A blog is a fancy word for online journaling. Blogs are free to set up and can be used individually or as a group. Blogs can also be used as Class websites. In general, a blog contains 6 parts:

1. Main content area where posts are listed chronologically, and often in categories
2. An archive of all posts
3. Comment area – usually at the bottom of each post. For people to leave comments
4. A Blog roll: a list of other related websites
5. Feeds: a way for people to stay up to date on what you are blogging about
6. Tags: categorize your posts

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Blog entry

• Title
• Body – main post
• Comments – at bottom, from readers
• Permalink - URL of the full, individual post
• Post Date – date of publishing
• Tags (optional) - categories
• Trackback (optional) – links to other sites that refer to the post

Blogger

Set Up

• www.blogger.com
• Click SIGN UP on top right

Using a Blog as a Website

Examples:

• PE Blog - http://www.billymerchant.com/
• PE Blog - http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pe/
• Student Blog: http://pesbrooklyna.blogspot.com

EDUBLOGS

http://edublogs.org