ICT in my classroom: Blogging

Blogging is very popular today because it allows people to interact with each other. Blogging has also become a popular tool because search engines like Google and Yahoo know that a blog is frequently updated with content or visitor comments, so they frequently look for new content to include in their index.

Additionally, blog content can be delivered automatically via electronic RSS (Really Simple Syndication) data feeds. Visitors subscribe to a blog's feeds in order to stay up to date with content that's being posted on subjects that interest them. Blog feeds are then read by what's known as blog feed reader software, widely available for free, so users can scan for recent blog posts of interest on the blogs to which they subscribe.

Blogging doesn't require that writers and contributors know a lot about HTML (Web page code). If a blogger or visitor can fill in an online form, they can blog and post comments on other blogs.

Each posting written is dated and presented in chronological order. Each post has a link visitors can use to post their own comments. When you write and publish a post using blogging software, you are blogging. When visitors click the link and leave a comment, in a sense, they too are blogging because they are interacting with the blog writer.

The information that people often post in a blog is news. According to integralwebsolutions.co.za, blogging is the new media of the 22nd century. It is online news. It is your news, and my news. Blogging is about what affects you and I personally on a daily basis.

When you log into a blog you start connecting with others, building a community. You start asking questions and receiving answers and feedback. You also help others and gain many friends online.

While it is true that you do not need especial knowledge on programming, to be successful on blogging you need to be well acquainted with the topics you post and need to have reliable sources of information. Also, you need to be responsible, ethically speaking, and you should not present information or material of others as yours. Another important aspect to consider when you blog is the timing required to be able to maintain the blog updated. Your audience will always look forward to reading your next post. So, you need to make sure that your posts are published timely.

Finally, blogging is an excellent way to communicate and interact with people online no matter the time, space or distance. Blogging is a sort of alternative to newspapers, radio and TV news. With the help of digital technology, in general, you yourself can, not only publish and interchange information with people, but also contact them in a virtual community that you yourself have previously built.

Here I recommend you the following tutorial: "How to Make a Blog-Step by Step for beginners."