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Blogger.

Posting and sharing is a breeze.

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Have something to say? Or found an interesting link or video? Share it with the world wide web quick and easy. With more than 8 million blogs online and 2 million blog posts per day, its time to join the blogosphere. Have your students share ideas, links, or videos that are pertinent to your course of study or keep parents up to date on what's going on in the classroom.

How-To Create a Blog Using Blogger

Step 1. Get Started

Get started by either signing up for a Google account or signing in using your Gmail account.

Step 2. Create A New Blog

Start blogging is just a simple click away by clicking the New Blog button. Enter a Title for your blog, choose a Web Address, and select your Template

Step 3. Create a Blog Post

Now that your blog is created, you can start posting! To start a new post, press the pencil button.

Step 4. Giving Your Blog a Title and Getting Started

You will want to give each of your posts a title. You will notice that your post looks very similar to Microsoft Word or Google Docs. This is where its time to get creative. You can now begin sharing your thoughts and inserting links, photos, and videos.

Step 5. Changing Your Blog Settings

There are many other settings to be concious of when working on your blog. You may want to tag your post to make it easier for others to find or to group your posts by tags. You can type these tags in the labels box, separting your tags with a comma. You may also want to schedule your blog to be published at a specific time. You may want to change the permalink to the post. You want to give your post a location. You can do all these through the settings menu.