1. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with Blogger By Helen Nneka Eke Librarian/Webmaster Nnamdi Azikiwe Library, University of Nigeria, Nsukka E-mail: helen.eke@unn.edu.ng, heleneke.eke@gmail.com Phone: +234 (0)703 1030 171

2. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke OBJECTIVES At the end of this presentation, you will be able to: Know the meaning of a blog Create a personal weblog with blogger

3. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke What is a Blog? A blog (Weblog) is : 1. “a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser”( Winer, 2003). 2. ‘A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.’

4. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke What is a Blog? Contd… 3.a personal, online diary or as large a website with a team of editors. The vast majority of blogs are written by one person and intended to be read by friends and family. 3.‘A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.’ 3.a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log.

5. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Blogs as a Social Software Social software encompasses a range of software systems that allow users to interact and share data. This computer-mediated communication has become very popular with social sites like MySpace and Facebook, media sites like Flickr and YouTube, and commercial sites like Amazon.com and eBaycomputer-mediated communication MySpaceFacebookFlickrYouTubeAmazon.comeBay Blog is a tool for online communication. Other examples are : IM (Instant messaging), Gtalk, Skype, Meebo, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger,GtalkSkypeMeebo ICQYahoo! MessengerMSN Messenger text chat, wikis, internet forum e.g NLA Online forum), etc.

6. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Features of Blogs Reverse chronological order with new posts at the top of the page. Archives for access to past entries Readers’ comments Links to other sites, usually called a blogroll

7. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Brief History of Blogs The term “weblog” (blog) dates from 1997. it was coined by Jorn Barger, and appeared as “Robot Wisdom Weblog,” a feature of his Robot Wisdom Website (http://www.robotwisdom.com).http://www.robotwisdom.com When Winer and Barger began blogging in the late nineties, only a handful of blogs existed. With the advent of free blog-creations programs like “blogger” in 1999, the number of blogs grew exponentially.

8. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Summary of History of Blogs Dawn of Internet: Tim Berners-Lee at CERN begins keeping a list of all new sites as they come online. June 1993: NCSA's oldest archived 'What's New' list of sites. June 1993: Netscape begins running it's 'What's New!' list of sites. January 1994: Justin Hall launches Justin's Home Page which would become Links from the Underground. April 1997: Dave Winer launches Scripting News. December 1997: Jorn Barger coins the term 'weblog''.

9. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke The Blogosphere The world of blogs Includes every single blog regardless of subject matter. It’s hard to say exactly how many blogs there are, but as of April 2006, the popular tracking service Technorati (www.technorati.com) tracked 36.8 million websites and weblogs.www.technorati.com

10. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke The Blogosphere Contd… According to its data, 75,000 new blogs are created and 1.2 million new posts written every day. Many millions more blogs are written in languages and countries not tracked by Technorati.

11. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Building a Successful Blog Meet the Neighbours Find your voice Keep it current Make it interactive Offer something special

12. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Summary of Terms Blog--- The word blog is derived from the combination of the two words web and log. A weblog is a journal or personal diary that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption.... Blogging - The design and editing of a blog; weblogging.

13. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Summary of Terms Contd… Blogger - a person who keeps and updates a blog. Blogger - A contributor to a blog or online journal. Blogger is a blog publishing system. It was created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003.

14. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Creating a Blog Using Blogger.com You must have a gmail email account. Once you have an gmail account set up, go to the Blogger.com website. Create a blog title. Create a template for your blog.

15. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Creating a Blog Using Blogger.com Contd… Access your blog's dashboard. Use your "Create Post" page to create hyperlinks and changing font styles and colors. To add a photo image there is an icon with a picture of a mountain and the sky on it. Click on this and an "Upload Photos" window pops up.

16. Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke CREATING YOUR BLOG ACTION! ACTION!! ACTION!!!

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