ICT in Education
Blogs
What is a blog?
A weblog, or more commonly a blog, is similar to a personal web page made up of frequently updated posts - rather like a 'What's new' page. You can voice your opinions, views and comments about anything - it might be your hobbies, interests or your opinion on current affairs. People who create blogs are known as 'bloggers' and the process of keeping a blog is known as 'blogging'.
How to blog - online tutorials
An introduction to blogging using WordPress
This course of video tutorials shows you how to set up your own WordPress weblog and start writing and posting blog posts. It provides lots of other useful information about writing and managing your blog including:
- changing the presentation of your blog
- adding images and video
- creating links (including blogrolls)
- managing blog comments
- arranging your posts into categories.
You can also download each lesson as a PDF document.
Other useful tutorials on blogging
How do you keep track of all the blogs you read?
An introduction to keeping track of blogs (plus wikis and podcasts) using NetVibes.Using CoComment to track your blog conversatons
This video tutorial shows you how to instal and use the CoComment plug-in to track blog conversations.How do you find things on blogs?
An introduction to using Technorati (a blog search engine) to find information held on blogs.
To find out more about choosing a blogging tool and setting up your own blog, see our information on blogging tools.
We also have suggestions about using blogging in learning and teaching.
We also have suggestions about using blogging in learning and teaching.