This document provides an overview of blogs, what they are, who can create them, and how to get started blogging. It defines blogs as online diaries or journals and lists some common blog site platforms like Blogger and Wordpress. It encourages the reader to start blogging by signing up for a site, choosing a topic, and adding posts.

1. Making It Simple

2. Making It Simple
This is not a real organization. This is
a presentation for CMST 225 at
Minnesota State University,
Mankato.

3. As a college student I’m sure you’ve
heard the term BLOG.

4. BLOG
By Molly Varuska

5. BLOG
By Molly Varuska

6. BLOG
By Molly Varuska

7. BLOG
By Molly Varuska

8. What is it?

10. A diary

12. A cook book

14. A place to hear
new music

16. Sports

20. Check current
fashion

22. Politics

25. Entertainment

29. Who can Blog???

30. Girls

31. Guys

32. Older People

33. Younger People

34. Everyone
Can Blog

35. Should everyone blog?

36. Maybe not
everyone should
though

37. Blog Sites

38. Blog Sites
Free Blog Sites:

39. Blog Sites
Free Blog Sites:
Blooger.com

40. Blog Sites
Free Blog Sites:
Blooger.com
Wordpress.com

41. How to get
started:

42. How to get
started:
• Sign up for a blog on one
of the websites

43. How to get
started:
Pick a topic
you wish to
write about

44. How to get
started:
*Add a theme
*Add a title
*Add posts

45. Fun Fact:
Blog is considered a
noun and a verb

47. Stop missing out!

48. Start blogging
now

49. THE END

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