Blogging

What is a Blog?
A blog (a portmanteau of the term "web log")[1] is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (Art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (Video blogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.

Here are some great sites to start blogging!
[|Blogger] - This is the most popular blogging site and it is owned by google so it must be good!

[|Wordpress] - Very comprehensive. The open source version can be downloaded onto your server.

[|Edublogs] - Don't be fooled by the name. This is a less desirable site because of the many frustrating advertisements.

[|Twitter] - The biggest craze! Everyone is twittering these days. Most popular microblog. You can only use less than 140 characters per posting.

[|Classblogmeister] - A great website for educational blogging, especially for in-class blogging.