Blogging

Blog is short for weblog and a blog is s a sort of online journal or diary. In our class you will be learning how to create a blog using Google’s blogger software. You will be expected to write a post to your blog in English at least once a week for the rest of the course. These blog posts do not have to be long. 250 words is a reasonable length for a blog. It is very important though that you should post regularly to your blog. Interesting and lively blogs also contain pictures, links to other sites and even movies.

1. In lesson three of this course you will be starting your blog. Before you start writing your blog you have to think what you are going to write about. Most blogs have a theme. The writer will mainly post about a theme that interests them. Readers also tend to subscribe and read regularly blogs about topics that they find interesting. You need to decide what you can write about. Do you have a hobby that you are very interested in? Could you write about it regularly? Do you have strong views and opinions about things that are happening in the world? Is there anything that you think other people would be interested in that you know a lot about? Have you got a good idea for your theme?



2. After you have thought about and decided on a theme for your blog you will need to choose an English name for it. Many blog names have already been chosen, so you will have to check whether the name is available and if it is not you might have to change it to one that is available.



3. When you have decided on a theme and a name for your blog you should watch the video tutorial on google blogger that is linked to in the course Moodle and then set up a google account if you don’t have one and then set up your blog on www.blogger.com in English. You teacher will help you to do this.



4. You should then write an introductory post in English, telling your readers about yourself, your blog and its theme.



5. When you have finished you should post a link to your blog on the “Blogs” forum that your teacher and others in the class can read it regularly.