BLOG PRESENTATION NOTES

WELLCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS THE PRESENTATION ON BLOG AND BLOG OPENING

FIRST  OF ALL, WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT ON THE MEANING OF BLOG, MEANIING OF BLOGING, HISTORY OF BLOGGING AND ONLINE DIARIES, TYPES OF BLOG, ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGES OF BLOG, ETHICS OF BLOGGING.

THERE AFTER, THE STEPS ON HOW TO START A BLOG WILL FOLLOW.

WELCOME ALL, LETS GO TOGETHER

 

WHAT IS A BLOG????

A blog (a contraction of the words web log) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries (posts) typically displayed in reverse chronological...

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Blog is actually short for weblog and means a private web page that is published either by an individual or a group of people. Many blogs are used as personal journals, or diaries

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  What is the meaning of Blogging?

The meaning of blogging is to put your thoughts onto paper. Some people blog about their favourite TV shows while other people blog about things they do on a daily basis.

Or is the  act of posting  content on a blog or posting comments on some ones else`s weblog or online journal

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}History of Blogging and Online Diaries

The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. The short form, "blog", was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999. Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used "blog" as both a noun and verb ("to blog", meaning "to edit one's weblog or to post to one's weblog") and devised the term "blogger" in connection with Pyra Labs' Blogger product, leading to the popularization of the terms.

 

}TYPES OF BLOG

There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written.

Personal blogs

The personal blog is an ongoing diary or commentary written by an individual.

Microblogging

Microblogging is the practice of posting small pieces of digital content—which could be text, pictures, links, short videos, or other media—on the Internet. Microblogging offers a portable communication mode that feels organic and spontaneous to many and has captured the public imagination. Friends use it to keep in touch, business associates use it to coordinate meetings or share useful resources, and celebrities and politicians (or their publicists) microblog about concert dates, lectures, book releases, or tour schedules. A wide and growing range of add-on tools enables sophisticated updates and interaction with other applications, and the resulting profusion of functionality is helping to define new possibilities for this type of communication.Examples of these include Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.

 

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Corporate and organizational blogs

A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for business purposes. Blogs used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporaton or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes are called corporate blogs. Similar blogs for clubs and societies are called club blogs, group blogs, or by similar names; typical use is to inform members and other interested parties of club and member activities.

  ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF BLOG

ADVANTAGES

}Sharing information on the internet

}Very quick and easy to set up, it don’t need much technical knowledge

}Easy and quick to update or add new post

}People can leave comments on your blog. If you want to read other people’s blogs, there are literary millions to choose from.

 

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DISADVANTAGES

•Blog can be time consuming. If you are not self disconnected you may use all your time blogging

•Personal blogs may be biased or contain inaccurate information

•People may leave rude or inappropriate comments (insults) on your post displayed

•There are many dull blogs around. You have to look many blogs before you find some worth reading.

 

ETHICS OF BLOGGING

}Avoid legal trouble or negative publicity

}Disclose any conflict  of interest

}Write each entry as if it could not  be changed

}Publish only the  that you believe to be true; That means do not post some idea that you think it is not true or you are not sure on it.

}If material exist online, link to it when you reference to it.

}Publicly correct any misinformation.

}Note questionable and biased sources.

}HOW TO START A BLOG.

Blogger is an online service owned by Google that publishes single or multi-user blogs created entirely by the user. The service has quickly become the preferred choice of many novice bloggers and is one of the easiest methods of creating and publishing a blog for free. If you are unfamiliar with the service, this article will teach you how to set up an account and create a blog on Blogger.com.

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}Consider carefully the following procedures so that at the end of the session you will be able to open or start your own blog

GOOD TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!

 

}PROCEDURES

URL=Universal Resource Locator (the address of the world wide wed page)

1 Navigate to www.blogger.com using your web browser of choice.

 

2 Sign in using your Google Account to get started.

ENTER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU HAVE

 

  3 If you do not have a Google Account, click “Get Started” to create one

BY SIGNING UP, YOU OPEN YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT IN GOOGLE

Enter a “Display Name” to be used to sign your blog posts and click “Continue”.

Click “Create Your Blog Now”

 8 Choose a starter template, which will act as the basic design/layout of your blog.

 

 9 Click “Start Blogging”

 10 You can create new blog posts, edit posts, and edit pages from under the “Posting” tab.

}20 You can add new authors that are able to contribute to and edit your blog by clicking the “Settings” tab> “Permissions” sub-tab, and selecting “Add Authors”.

REFERENCES

Blood, Rebecca (September 7, 2000). "Weblogs: A History And Perspective".

Mutum, Dilip; Wang, Qing (2010). "Consumer Generated Advertising in Blogs". In Neal M. Burns, Terry Daugherty, Matthew S. Eastin. Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Advertising: User Generated Content Consumption 1. IGI Global. pp. 248–261.

Gaudeul, Alexia and Peroni, Chiara (2010). "Reciprocal attention and norm of reciprocity in blogging networks". Economics Bulletin 30 (3): 2230–2248.

"BlogPulse". The Nielsen Company. February 16, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2011-02-17.

"About Tumblr.com. Accessed October 13, 2012". Tumblr.com. Retrieved 2013-04-21.

 

EXAMPLES OF BLOGS

A BLOG OF THE CLASS WHICH IS;

www.ted5012013.blogspot.com

FOR THE GROUPS OF BEL, BEDPSY, BEDMATHS, ...

www.tenmembersblog.blogspot.com

ISSA MICHUZI BLOG, the leading Blog in Tanzania

CANDLE HEART BLOG

NGILANGWA FESTO BLOG

www.macleanzakayo.blogspot.com

 

VISIT OUR BLOG through the following STEPS.

}OPEN the SEARCHING SITE for example; Google.

}Write our blog at the searching site. www.ted5012013.blogspot.com

}There, you are ready to go by following the alternatives given.

 

}TOOLS USED TO OPEN OR ACCESS THE BLOG

vMODERM

vCOMPUTER (PC)

vMOBILE PHONES

ALSO SOME TOOLS LIKE FLASH, MEMORY CARD CAN BE USED TO MOVE DATA FROM ONE DEVICE TO ANOTHER.