INTRODUCTION TO BLOG

BLOG

•         A blog is a truncation (short form) of the expression web log. A blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first).

A HISTORY OF BLOG

•         The blog is said to be introduced in 1990s.  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.

•         A majority are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via GUI widgets (on the blogs, and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites. In that sense, blogging can be seen as a form of social networking service.

ORIGIN OF BLOG

•         While the term "blog" was not coined until the late 1990s, the history of blogging starts with several digital precursors to it. Before "blogging" became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-mail lists and Bulletin Board Systems (BBS).

•         In the 1990s,Internet forum software, such as WebEx, created running conversations with "threads".

•         Threads are topical connections between messages on a metaphorical "corkboard". Some have likened blogging to the Mass-Observation project of the mid-20th century.

•         The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. The short form, "blog", was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999.

•         Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used "blog" as both a noun and verb ("to blog", meaning "to edit one's weblog or to post to one's weblog") and devised the term "blogger" in connection with Pyra Labs' Blogger product, leading to the popularization of the terms.

IMPORTANCE OF BLOG

•         Helps to build social relations with other people such as readers and other bloggers.

•         Many blogs provide commentary on a particular subject;

•         Online brand advertising of a particular individual or company. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic.

•         Blog helps individuals to share ideas, feelings and experiences which they have on particular issues.

•         Helps individuals to get information on various issues.

•         Blog helps to make people update their lives.

•         Blogs help to get money; this can be done through advertising. (business)

•         It is an easy way of passing information that a person needs to share with others all over the word.

DISADVANTAGES OF BLOGS

•         Can cause moral decay.

•         Leads to cultural destruction

•         It needs computer skill that is it segregates people in terms of skill and economic level.

•         Some blogs are biased as they may contain inaccurate information.

NB. It is easy to open a blog but difficult to maintain. A blogger needs time to update it, also some individuals can post harsh and abusive information there for the administrator has to delete such posts.

READ MORE

•         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_blogging

•         Fitzsimons F. & Mannion J(2006), General Certicate of Secondary Eucation           (GCSE):Succes Revision Guide English            and English Literature,           London, Letts Educational Publisher.P 35

HOW TO CREATE A BLOG

•         To create a free blog is not a hard task. A person can create it even in not more that 15 minutes.

BELOW ARE THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED

1.      Create a Google account (gmail email address acount).To open a gmail email address (account) follow these procedures

·         Open an internet search engine (opera, mozilla fire fox or internet explorer etc)

·         Write (www.gmail.com) in the web tool bar then click search.

·         Click sign up or create an account.

·         Inter the all needed personal informations then click next step

·         Enter the verification code sent by google in your phone then click continue.

·         Click next step, there the google email account yet created.

·         After creating a google email account sign out then starts to open a blog using the procedures bellow.

HOW TO CREATE A BLOG

•         Write www.blogspot.com in the web site address pane, or go to google search and write blogger then click search.

•         Click sign in to continue blogger and inter your gmail email address and the password.

•         Click button continue to blog.

•         The page blogger: blogger dashboard will be opened

•          Click on the button new blog

•         Type the title of your blog and the blog address which people may use to access your blog.

•         Choose a template then click on the button create blog then you will receive a message that congratulation your new blog is active

•         Then you can be able to write post and publish them.

•         Click preview to see how your blog seem like.

EXAMPLEs OF BLOG

There are so many blogs opened by different people. The examples of such blog are;

•         Michuzi blog,

•         Mbeya yetu,

•         Gumzo la jiji,

•         Mpekuzi,

•         Millad ayo.

•         Amani blog

•         Dickson blog

•         Youth embassy

•         Katoto blog etc.

•         THE TEKU BAED’S BLOG CREATED BY THE TEKU BAED GROUP IS CALLED “TEKU BAED TED 501”

HOW TO ACCESS THE BAED’S BLOG?

•         One can access the blog “TEKU BAED TED 501” through the following ways.

q      To access the blog one has to write the name of the blog “TEKU BAED TED 501” in the search engine’s search pane and click search or inter then choose the alternatives brought.

q     Another alternative is by writing the blog’s website address “tekubaed.blogspot.com” in the search engine’s address pane.

TOOLS WE USED TO OPEN THE BLOG.

•         The tools we used in opening the TEKU BAED TED 501 are the following.

v     Modem

v     Flash

v     Computer (pc)

v     Mobile phones

A FLASH

Modem

PHONE

Modem

Computer (PC)

                                                                      THANKS

PARTICIPANTS

SANGA JIPE	TEKU/BAED/HG/11536
NYIPEMBE AMANI	TEKU/BAED/HE/11407
HENRY EVA , S.	TEKU/BAED/HK/11638
DICKSON  GEOFREY	TEKU/BAED/HE/11347
GIRAY  ELIZABETH, J.	TEKU/BAED/HE/11356
SAUL  ABILAM	TEKU/BAED/HE/11417
MGINA  ANNA, M.	TEKU/BAED/GE/1190
KIVANGA  FRANK	TEKU/BAED/GE/1179