FUTURESPHERE
- WRITING A BLOG

FS1027. WRITING A BLOG Your own on-line, personal presence
Dr Alan Hancock

Find out how blogs work, then set up and write one yourself. This
course is an introduction to the world of blogs and bloggers, a
revolution in self-publishing and journal writing. Learn how to
write a blog, insert graphics and images, and update it regularly.


Prerequisites:

Basic understanding of computers

Cost:

$198 pp (GST inc.)
Cost includes handouts, tea, coffee and biscuits.

Date/Time:

Tuesdays 3, 10, 17, 24 October 2006,
Four evenings 10 – 4pm
 
What this course covers
  • Reviewing a selection of blogs
    published on the world wide web
  • Setting up a blog on a host web site
  • Writing material for a blog: structured exercises and feedback
  • Adding graphics, photos and imagery
    to a blog
  • Using the basic features offered to
    bloggers by a blog host
  • Working as one of a group to create
    and refine blog material

What is a blog? Basically an on-line
journal that you add to day by day,
weekly, whenever. Being digital it's easy to add pictures, photos, animations, video clips etc.

If you can word process and access the internet you can blog.