This document provides instructions for starting and maintaining a blog. It defines what a blog is, discusses dos and don'ts for blogging, and outlines steps for using classroom blogs, writing blog posts, finding topics, customizing a blog, and more. The key steps are to choose a blogging platform like Blogger or WordPress, create an account, select a template, write and publish posts, and personalize the blog with features like comments, tabs, and statistics.

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5. Steps to Using a Classroom Blog 1. Register a Classroom Blog as a Teacher 1a. Write, edit and publish class blogs as a teacher 2. Add students to your classroom blog so that they can post blog articles 3. Student composes an article related to an assignment 4. Student gives the article to teacher for review 4a. Teacher reviews the student article 5. Classmates or other audiences read and comment to the student article 5a. Teacher reads and approves comments before they are published

28. And when you are done, you can click on the View Blog button and… And that is it. You have just created a blog and published your first blog post.