1. Become a Blogger! By Susan Haught

2.  Who will you write this for?  Is it personal?  Is it for school?

3.  Blogs are news written and published by YOU!  Check out Blogs in Plain English:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pW XjXI

4.  Go to Blogger.com  Sign in with your email address  You will have to create a password  It’s free  You will create a name for the blog  You will have to check to see if the URL is available  You can have more than one blog

5.  You will be asked to write some journal entries on your blog occasionally for this class.  I will assign certain themes and dates due.  I will grade these on content, creativity, and grammar.

6.  Choose a template  You have many choices of colors and designs  Click on the one that you want

7.  You can start a topic and write your entry.  Make sure that you do not put any personal information, without showing it to your parents first.  Remember our Internet Safety class!  I will give you some prompts for our class.  Send me an email with the link to your blog!

8.  Be creative with your entries  I am grading this on participation, not grammar and usage.  Leave a comment on the class blog!