Thursday, May 22, 2008

So Why a Blog?

Why not! Everyone else has one!

Actually, Julia and I started playing around with this blog last summer when she asked about how to start her own website. I thought it would be a great way for her to develop writing skills while learning to use technology. Express thoughts and ideas. Learn a little HTML. It's all good.

So here we are!

What can we "blog" about? Well, the girls can share thoughts they have about what we are reading between meetings. They can post reviews of the books we've read. We can share meeting recaps with discussion questions, food and activity ideas, recipes. You can post book suggestions, links to websites or anything else you come across that you think might be of interest to the group. Posts don't have to be long.

So, how do you post? Well, for one, only members can post so be sure to respond to your invitation and join the blog. (I think you have to open a Google account, but that is the only "hard" part). Once you have joined, just sign into Blogger, your account will display, click on post and a text box will appear, create a title for your
post, compose the body, preview, then hit publish post. Voila! You are a "blogger"!

Play around with the control buttons. You can add pictures, videos, links. So easy!

If you have questions, use the comment button. I'm new to all this too, so I won't have all the answers, but I'll do my best.

Happy blogging!

Caryn

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