Getting Started with Blogging

Description

If you have thought about starting your own blog, then this is the course for you. In this course you will lauch your blog and learn to write for your audience. Topics to be discussed include writing and editing your blog, getting others to contribute, getting the word out about your blog, generating traffic to your blog, and ways you can make money from your blog.

Objectives

• Students will create their first blog entry.
• Students will explore blogging formats and customize their blog.
• Students will explore ways they can use their blogs to reach an audience or make money.
• Students will set contribution options for their blog and publish their blogs.

Book

Lesson 1: Starting Your Blog

Read Chapters 1 and 2

(If you have your own web hosting and want to host your blog on your website, take a look at Chapter 7)

Lesson 2: Blogging Options

Read Chapters 3, 4 and 5

Lesson 3: Writing Your Blog

No reading from the book. Use the Content and Resources for this Lesson.

Lesson 4: Getting Others to Your Blog

Read Chapters 6 and 8

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