Blogging

Your first two assignments in the course involve creating blogs.  Ultimately, you’ll create your blogs using the WordPress.com platform, although there are many other options for blogging.  Below you’ll find some general information about blogging…

General overview of blogging…

• Wikipedia entry on blogging
• Lots of definitions of blogging–scroll down a bit to find
• Blogs in plain English–video
• What is an RSS Feed?
• What is an RSS Feed–Video 

Sample Blogs 

• Time Magazine’s Best Blogs of 2011
• Sneezing Cow
• 89.3 The Current
• Minnesota Vikings
• Third Place Audio
• Alumni Blog at Gustavus Adolphus College

Subscribing to blogs…

• Google Reader
• Google Reader Tutorial–video

WordPress

• Introduction to WordPress.com
• “The Features You’ll Love About WordPress.com”
• Sample WordPress blogs
• WordPress Widgets–Discussed and Explained

Tips for creating your blogs…

• Tips for writing good blog posts
• How to write great blog content
• Well designed blogs
• Six common blogging mistakes

Using Tags and Categories

• Tips for using tags and categories 
• More information about tag clouds

Other items…

• Interesting National Public Radio story about young blogger