A BLOG

RUTH E. BAYHON, M.Ed (ESL)

JBLFMU-MOLO
 Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

differentiate between the journal or diary

appreciate the benefits and challenges

of writing a blog

write a blog of at least 500 words

on any topic of your choice
 Writing A Blog

Today, with easy access to computers and the

internet, people write their diaries differently. From
handwritten entries on a piece of paper or a
notebook page, diaries in contemporary times
come in the form of online journals which are
called BLOGS.
 WHAT IS A BLOG?

NOUN
1. A website containing a writer’s or group of writers own experiences,
observations, opinions, etc. and often having images and links to other
websites.
2. A single entry or post on such a website.
VERB
3. To maintain or add new entries to a blog.
4. To express or write about on a blog.
Example:
She’s been blogging her illness for almost a year.
 • A blog
~ (short of “weblog”) is an
online journal or informational
website displaying information in the
A blog is a discussion or reverse chronological order, with
informational website latest posts appearing first. It is a
published on the World
platform where a writer or even a
Wide Web consisting of
discrete, often informal group of writers share their views on
diary-style text entries an individual subject.
("posts")
 What is Blogging?
It’s more than people putting up pictures of what they’re eating!

A blog (a contraction of the words web log) is a discussion or

informational site published online and consisting of discrete
entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological
order.
Wikipedia

The emergence and growth of blogs in the late 1990s coincided with the
advent of web publishing tools that facilitated the posting of content by
non-technical users.
 WHAT IS BLOGGING?
In the early 2000s, blogging emerged in all different
phases when several political blogs were born. Also, blogs with how-to manuals began to
appear. Established institutions began to note the difference between the journalism and blogging.

Blogs need frequent updates.

Blogging is the many skills that one
Good examples include
needs to run and control a blog.
Equipping web page with tools to
a food blog sharing meal
make the process of writing,
recipes or a company writing
posting, linking, and sharing about their industry news.
content easier on the internet.
 BLOG VS DIARIES
BLOG
~ are uploaded on ~ traditional

DIARIES
line.
~ public in nature ~ privately written
~ simply
~ more concerned expressing or
with documenting an
communicating idea or emotion.
messages.
 What’s in a BLOG?
• Most blogs are primarily textual, although some
focus on art (art blogs), photographs (photoblogs),
videos (video blogs or "vlogs"), music (MP3 blogs),
and audio (podcasts).
• Microblogging is another type of blogging,
featuring very short posts (i.e. Twitter / Facebook).
Why is blogging so popular?
It’s important to mention that blogging grows with each
passing day! Hence, to answer the question ‘what is
blogging’ we need to look at the factors behind its rise.

In early stages, blogs became mainstream, as news

services began using them as tools for outreach and opinion
forming. It became a new source of information.
 Why is BLOGGING so popular

• Blogs
allow you to talk about any topics and express your opinion.
You’ll find some bloggers writing on every activity that took place
during the day. These may range from small issues such as waking
up, to major issues like human rights and climate changes! Remember
that as a blogger, you need to rely on the topics that you love.
 Who is a blogger?

A blogger is someone who runs and controls a blog. He or she

shares his or her opinion on different topics for a target audience.

Bloggers are mobile and don’t need to be in one place. They

live on the internet!
 Who’s Blogging?
• 65% of bloggers are 18-44 years old. 30% are 25-34.

• 1/3 2/3

• Bloggers are well-educated: 7 out of 10 bloggers have gone to college, a majority

of whom are graduates

• Bloggers are active across social media: they're twice as likely to post/comment
on consumer-generated video sites like YouTube, and nearly three times more
likely to post in Message Boards/Forums within the last month

• 70% of bloggers have been active more than 2 years. 20% of all bloggers have
been active more than 6 years.
Who’s Blogging?
 The Tools of the Trade
NAME PROS CONS TARGET USER
• Free & Open source • Complexity • Professional
• Massive user & • Most flexibility requires bloggers
developer base self-install
• Plug-ins and themes
• Hosted centrally or self-
install

• Free • No back-end code • Casual bloggers

• One of the earliest
blogging platform
• Ease of start-up
• Excellent Google
integration (AdSense
access
• Limited customizations
(themes and plugins)
• Difficult to set up own
domain

Others: Tumbler, Type Pad, Square Space etc.

 Synthesis:
Show Video….!
 Activity:
Instruction:
1. Supposed you are going to make your own blog. What would be
your very FIRST BLOG.
2. Follow the four parts of a blog : the Header, the sidebar, the
Footer, and the Body.
3. Put it in 1 short white board paper. Put an indicator at the bottem
of your paper
1 = 1 point 3 = 1 point 1 = 2 points
1 – 1 point
1. Be sure to fit all the contents in 1 short white board paper, no more
no less.
2. Designs, colors, font style and size depend on you. Pls. read the
criteria/rubric. GOODLUCK!
 Criteria:
Instruction: Print out the criteria at the back of your
hard copy.

Criteria
 References:
 www.flubu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/An-
introduction-to-blogging.ppt

Samples:
 http://blogging4beginners.weebly.com/sample-blogs.html
 https://www.contentcustoms.com/samples-blog-posts
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