ChaPter one What Is a Blog ChaPter two Parts of a Blog ChaPter three Name Your Blog ChaPter four Writing Your First Blog Post ChaPter five Blog Comments Glossary Find Out More Index About the Author 4 8 11 16 19 22 23 24 24 Table of Contents
4 Wow Your class just got a new baby hamster It is tiny and it has hardly any fur How can you keep track of how it is growing and what it is doing Maybe you could start a blog Keeping a blog is like writing in a journal on the Web In a paper journal your writing is private and you might keep it locked away But on the Web other people can see your writing You can use words sound video and photos to share your thinking with others Whenever you have something to share you create a new post that shows up at the top of your Web page A blog post about the baby hamster might include the following C h a p t e r O n e W h a t I s a B l o g ChaPter one What Is a Blog
5 text where you describe what the hamster eats every day photos showing how the hamster changes as it grows a video of the hamster running on a wheel a recording of the noise the hamster makes all of the above Visitors to your blog might love to watch your hamster exercise on its wheel
