Blogging
- 1. Another alternative source of digital resources. Reporters: Busento, Miafe Tonica Wandali, Joniel
- 2. During the early years, its generally recognize that the first Blog was Links.net, created by Justin Hall, while he was a Swarthmore college student in 1994. At the time they weren’t called Blogs, it wasn’t until 1997 that the term ‘’weblog’’ was coined. The word creation has been attribute to Jorn Barger, the influential early blog, ‘’Robert wisdom’’. The term was created to reflect the process of ‘’Logging Web’’.
- 3. October 1998- Open Diary is found April 1999- Peter Merholz shortens ‘’weblog’’ to ‘’blog’’. July 1999- The first free Weblog tool launches. August 1999- Pyra release Blogger February 2003 – Google buys Blogger from Pyra.
- 4. Blog are typically written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order to the reader. Online media, such as discussion forums and email list are also considered to be predecessors to the blog. Webopedia Blog, the origins of blogging go further back than the internet to the days of personal musing. Today, a blog is considered to be a webpage that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual or company.
- 6. Having more time More energy Concentration on work Easily find clients Easily increase blog revenue
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- 10. Blogging has come a long way since its first appearance in the late 1990’s. Blogging was initially used as a unique platform to share a person’s thoughts, feelings, opinions or experiences – an online journal or diary with a minimal following. Today it has grown into a platform used by millions, everyone from individuals to businesses. The simplicity of a blog makes it easy for anyone to launch a blog and become a self-proclaimed “expert.”
- 11. One of the most recently recognized benefits of blogging as a business is a blog’s ability to improve your website’s SEO. As discussed in “Google’s Love for Content,” Google has recently improved their algorithm to heavily focus on a website’s content and frequency of posts/updates. Therefore if a blog is well- managed, meaning regularly updated and based on relevant topics to your business, it will increase your website’s SEO.
- 12. A company blog will also allow you to increase the number of relevant inbound links that will direct readers to the main parts of your website. This, along with SEO, will allow you to increase traffic to your website and the length of time that visitors spend on your site. You may even gain new customers as a result.
- 13. Another benefit to having a company blog is that it’s content gives your customers or readers the confidence to trust in you and your brand as an expert in your particular field. Many times this benefit is overlooked. There are readers at the other end of your blog, whether or not this is your main reason for building one. Keeping this in mind, you will be able to enforce a stronger brand connection with your readers and hopefully encourage those readers to return to your site for other relevant information or even purchases.
- 14. Blogging is no longer just an individual’s hobby; it has become an influential tool for the businesses of today. It has created an even playing field among businesses, allowing “mom and pop shops” to compete with the Fortune 500 companies. You do not need millions of dollars to maintain a blog; it simply requires someone educated in your field or even willing to do research in order to consistently update and educate your readers.
- 15. USES OF BLOGGING IN EDUCATION 1. Classroom Management Class blogs can serve as a portal to foster a community of learners. As they are easy to create and update efficiently, they can be used to inform students of class requirements, post handouts, notices, and homework assignments, or act as a question and answer board.
- 16. 2. Collaboration Blogs provide a space where teachers and students can work to further develop writing or other skills with the advantage of an instant audience. Teachers can offer instructional tips, and students can practice and benefit from peer review. They also make online mentoring possible. For example, a class of older students can help a class of younger students develop more confidence in their writing skills. Students can also participate in cooperative learning activities that require them to relay research findings, ideas, or suggestions.
- 17. 3. Discussions A class blog opens the opportunity for students to discuss topics outside of the classroom. With a blog, every person has an equal opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions. Students have time to be reactive to one another and reflective. Teachers can also bring together a group of knowledgeable individuals for a given unit of study for students to network and conference with on a blog.
- 18. 4. Student Portfolios Blogs present, organize, and protect student work as digital portfolios. As older entries are archived, developing skills and progress may be analyzed more conveniently. Additionally, as students realize their efforts will be published, they are typically more motivated to produce better writing. Teachers and peers may conference with a student individually on a developing work, and expert or peer mentoring advice can be easily kept for future reference.
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