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Welcome to your Blogging Exploration Space...
⁹ What a blog is and how it works ⁹ How to set one up for yourself and how to post ⁹ Adding a widget to your blog
 * Stuff you'll learn:**

Step 1: What's a Blog? **Learn:** 1. Find out what a blog is by watching this youtube clip. 2. Read this brief description [|what's a blog]? 3. Take a look at a [|blog sample here]

**Step 2: Set Up a Blog for Class** **Learn:** 1. Explore this blog site from Google: [|Blogger]

1. Set up a **//blog account//** for Google's Blogger. 2. You will need an **email address (you'll probably need to sign up for a Gmail account). Write down your gmail password! ** 3. **Follow the steps to get your Blogger blog account**. ** write down your password! ** 2. The //**name**// of your blog should be your **first_name_last_initial_Peace_Blog (don't use your full real name!!) ** 3. Your //**blog address**// can be the same as your blog name. **Send me your blog address (it's located in the URL or Address bar and starts with http://) Send your blog address to: tmalloff@sd8.bc.ca**
 * Task:**

**Step 4: Adding a Widget** 1. A **widget** is a tool (sometimes called "**//blog bling//**") that adds flavour to your blog. For example: 2. Try your hand at adding a **widget** or some **bling** to your blog. In blogger, go to customize/settings/layout to do that. widget
 * Task:**
 * = ** [|voki] ** ||= ** [|poll/surveys] ** ||= ** slideshows ** ||
 * = ** youtube clips ** ||= ** maps ** ||= **audio** ||
 * Terms:**