Katie Christo's Wiki

Blogging 101

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Come learn how to setup your own personal blog. A blog can be used in many ways personally (1) It is a great way for friends and family to follow your adventures! and (2) It can also be used as your own personal web presence (website) where you store your resume and write up your work experiences. Participants will be shown a variety of examples and can get started with their own blog!

Favorite Blogging Platforms

Blogger - great for personal blogs and photo blogs (especially if you use Picasa)

Video tutorials: http://web20intheclassroom.blogspot.com/2008/04/online-video-tutorials-how-to-create.html

Edublogs - great for your education professional blog. http://edublogs.org/

Video tutorials: http://miketemple123.edublogs.org/v-tutorials/

Tumblr - great for mini blogging and probably a very good place to get your feet wet. http://www.tumblr.com/

Tutorials: http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/Get_Started_With_Tumblr (not that you need them)

Specific Blog Projects

Project 365 - Essentially take a photo a day for an entire year. http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/project-365-take-a-photo-a-day/

Starting Places

Not sure what to have your blog be about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog