Blog Workshop by JilMac

Blogging Workshop
10/08/2005 ........................ Instructor Jil MacMenamin ...................... eMail: JilMac@sover.net .... http://JilMac.com .... AIM: JilMac MSIE

Join the blogging revolution as a reader and/or creator of blogs.

What is a blog - My definition of a blog is an Online Diary, that you can keep private, or share with the world. Shared Blogs have changed the way we use the web. Because anyone can create a blog - you are your own publisher - you don't need a publisher to acknowledge your work and publish it - Blogging has allowed anyone to report news. To me this is where the revolution started. A new book was just released last month "Reporters Without Borders a Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents:" http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542

Blogger.com was started 5 years ago. Back then it was just text - you could write and others would read. Today Blogger.com is owned by Google. Blogs look more like web sites - with graphics, links and even backed by big names. A new feature on some blog sites is the ability to podcast for a small monthly fee due to needed bandwidth. Let's go to the source, where it all began: http:\\Blogger.com

First lets take the tour, and get an overview of what a blogger can do
Blogging features are added periodically, it continues to improve.
Now that we've had the tour let's create a Blog of our own. Click the "Create your Blog now button. It will only take a few minutes. By the end of the workshop you will be up and running.

Choose:.......... NOTE: Write the UserName & Password and URL address down as you create them.

* Username and Password ____________________________________ JilMac-Workshop, JilMac-Workshop-Password

* Display name and the E-Mail you want to be contacted at ___________ JilMac-BlogWorkshop, jilmac@sover.net

* Blog Title and Blog Address _________________________________ Blog Workshop, JilMac-BlogWorkshop

This is now the URL for the Blog you just created JilMac-BlogWorkshop

* Choose a template ________________________________________ Rounders 3

You have just created your NEW Blog! Let's start posting

After you have finished posting you must Publish. Click the button.

Look at the Blog we just created http://JilMac-BlogWorkshop.blogspot.com
UPDATE your blog - From your blog page click the button, and log-in
Add a Post - Click the button

Fine Tune your Blog - Let's edit the Link List (on the right hand column)
You can add a photo, edit your profile, change your password - to mention a few.

What do other Blogs look like:

http://army-engineer.blogspot.com/
http://gardenbratts.blogspot.com/

http://gsoblogcon.blogspot.com/

Where can you use Blogs:

I kept notes for my Capstone in a blog. I added a link to my server page (note: Engineers MSIE's server is named "Bob" after the building by the river, we are very creative. http://bob.marlboro.edu/~jilmac/YMCA/YMCA.html

Resources:

The Grad Center's MSM/ISM/STM'01 Jen Kramer - who created this class, has a great page on Blogging. Especially helpful is her section "Where things go wrong' http://zonorus.marlboro.edu/~jkramer/workshops/blogger/index.html

Blogs, Blogs and more Blogs

http://blogger.com
http://blogspot.com same as blogger.com

http://www.blog-n-play.com/ Makes you look like an Author of a Software Magazine - their slogan is "Get Published". I created a blog on Cold Fusion (one of my favorite languages by MacroMedia) they have podcasting for $3.50 per month. Get your voice heard. http://jilmac.coldfusionjournal.com/

http://www.instablogger.com/ is a "Blog-in-a-Box" for only $19.95

There is also a “Search Blogs from across the web with Google Blog Search” window:

Enjoy blogging - it's another tool, which is growing, evolving, and making our world a closer unit.