The following video explains the fundamentals of blogs and blogging. If you have trouble viewing it here, check out the video home page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"_5124958_1\" class=\"item clearfix reorderMouseOver\">\n<h3 id=\"anonymous_element_25\">What is a Blog? and Blog History<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"details\">\n<div class=\"vtbegenerated\">\n<ul>\n<li>If you haven’t already, watch the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.commoncraft.com\/blogs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogs in Plain English<\/a>\u00a0video above.<\/li>\n<li>Read Rebecca Blood’s articles\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/essays\/weblog_history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weblogs, a History and Perspective<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/essays\/blog_software.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hammer and Nail<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Check out this article about\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/edtech.tennessee.edu\/set\/2005\/set31\/02_01.htm\">\u00a0<\/a><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.alaska.edu\/bbcswebdav\/pid-5124958-dt-content-rid-37534909_1\/xid-37534909_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anatomy of a Blog<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (pdf) compiled by Princeton University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"_5124959_1\" class=\"item clearfix reorderMouseOver\">\n<h3 id=\"anonymous_element_26\">What is WordPress?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"details\">\n<div class=\"vtbegenerated\">\n<p>Now that you know (perhaps more than you wanted to) about what blogs and blogging are and how they came to be and have started your own, keep in mind a few points and questions:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>For this class you\u00a0are using the WordPress “hosted” service (<a title=\"Visit the WordPress website\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/wordpress.com<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Since you\u00a0are required to post a few times a week, think about what topic(s) you will be blogging about: what are you most interested in? What are your hobbies? What are you passionate about? I’ve seen great blogs on all kinds of topics from arts and crafts to technology to entertainment.<\/li>\n<li>Blogs are an example of a simple but powerful CMS (Content Management System); the skills you learn using WordPress will help in using many other web applications.<\/li>\n<li>Blogs are as simple or complex, meaningful or silly, useful or stupid, as the writing, links, and media they contain. Blogs aren’t, in and of themselves, good or bad any more than a copy machine or phone or printing press is… they are tools that can be amazingly powerful or amazingly wasteful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"_5124959_1\" class=\"item clearfix reorderMouseOver\">\n<div id=\"_5124960_1\" class=\"item clearfix reorderMouseOver\">\n<h3 id=\"anonymous_element_27\">Blog Searches<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"details\">\n<div class=\"vtbegenerated\">\n<p>Thanks to the continued, dizzying rise of the blog, many tools have become available that focus on them. Although you can search for any topic and find blogs amongst the result, a specialized search will often yield more direct results.<\/p>\n<p>General search isn’t always as useful specialized blog searching. Every major service is rolling out a blog search of some kind, but the undisputed king of the hill is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogsearchengine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog Search Engine<\/a>\u00a0a very simple but effective tool based on keywords.<\/p>\n<p>Other blog search services include:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.botw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best of the Web Blog Search<\/a>\u00a0– one of the most credible engines. Separated by subject which makes narrowing down easier. Based on “human” blog submission rather than web crawling.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogsearchengine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog Search Engine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchblogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogspot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trend appears to be, though, that blog search will either be an optional part of general searching or even dispensed with altogether as “blogs” simply become part of “the web.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogs in Plain English The following video explains the fundamentals of blogs and blogging. If you have trouble viewing it here, check out the video home page. What is a Blog? and Blog History If you haven’t already, watch the\u00a0Blogs in Plain English\u00a0video above. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"_5124958_1\" class=\"item clearfix reorderMouseOver\">\n<h3 id=\"anonymous_element_25\">What is a Blog? and Blog History<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"details\">\n<div class=\"vtbegenerated\">\n<ul>\n<li>If you haven’t already, watch the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.commoncraft.com\/blogs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogs in Plain English<\/a>\u00a0video above.<\/li>\n<li>Read Rebecca Blood’s articles\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/essays\/weblog_history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weblogs, a History and Perspective<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/essays\/blog_software.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hammer and Nail<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Check out this article about\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/edtech.tennessee.edu\/set\/2005\/set31\/02_01.htm\">\u00a0<\/a><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.alaska.edu\/bbcswebdav\/pid-5124958-dt-content-rid-37534909_1\/xid-37534909_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anatomy of a Blog<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (pdf) compiled by Princeton University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"_5124959_1\" class=\"item clearfix reorderMouseOver\">\n<h3 id=\"anonymous_element_26\">What is WordPress?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"details\">\n<div class=\"vtbegenerated\">\n<p>Now that you know (perhaps more than you wanted to) about what blogs and blogging are and how they came to be and have started your own, keep in mind a few points and questions:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>For this class you\u00a0are using the WordPress “hosted” service (<a title=\"Visit the WordPress website\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/wordpress.com<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Since you\u00a0are required to post a few times a week, think about what topic(s) you will be blogging about: what are you most interested in? What are your hobbies? What are you passionate about? I’ve seen great blogs on all kinds of topics from arts and crafts to technology to entertainment.<\/li>\n<li>Blogs are an example of a simple but powerful CMS (Content Management System); the skills you learn using WordPress will help in using many other web applications.<\/li>\n<li>Blogs are as simple or complex, meaningful or silly, useful or stupid, as the writing, links, and media they contain. Blogs aren’t, in and of themselves, good or bad any more than a copy machine or phone or printing press is… they are tools that can be amazingly powerful or amazingly wasteful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"_5124959_1\" class=\"item clearfix reorderMouseOver\">\n<div id=\"_5124960_1\" class=\"item clearfix reorderMouseOver\">\n<h3 id=\"anonymous_element_27\">Blog Searches<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"details\">\n<div class=\"vtbegenerated\">\n<p>Thanks to the continued, dizzying rise of the blog, many tools have become available that focus on them. Although you can search for any topic and find blogs amongst the result, a specialized search will often yield more direct results.<\/p>\n<p>General search isn’t always as useful specialized blog searching. Every major service is rolling out a blog search of some kind, but the undisputed king of the hill is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogsearchengine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog Search Engine<\/a>\u00a0a very simple but effective tool based on keywords.<\/p>\n<p>Other blog search services include:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.botw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best of the Web Blog Search<\/a>\u00a0– one of the most credible engines. Separated by subject which makes narrowing down easier. Based on “human” blog submission rather than web crawling.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogsearchengine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog Search Engine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchblogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogspot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trend appears to be, though, that blog search will either be an optional part of general searching or even dispensed with altogether as “blogs” simply become part of “the web.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogs in Plain English The following video explains the fundamentals of blogs and blogging. If you have trouble viewing it here, check out the video home page. What is a Blog? and Blog History If you haven’t already, watch the\u00a0Blogs in Plain English\u00a0video above. 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