Travel blog project

 September 12

This semester the project will consist in creating a travel blog, or continue working on the blogs created last semester in level 2, about one country you consider interesting or perhaps you plan to travel some day. In your blog you will write about topics seen in class.

Let's start by knowing what a blog is...

What is a blog?

The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Weblogs or blogs for short are simply Web based diaries. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger". Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. Often blogs focus on a particular area of interest. Blog systems are designed to be easy to set up and quick to use. If you can use e-mail, then you can use a blog. An important feature of blogs is that readers can add comments on each entry.

How does it work?

You add an entry to a blog and that entry appears at the top on the Web page that the blog produces, previous entries move down the page.

Readers can add comments on each entry so that you will have a kind of conversation in your blog.

Let's create your own blog

·         Type: http://www.blogspot.com/

·         Click on: “Crear tu cuenta ahora”

·         Type your email address twice

·         Type your password twice (minimum 8 characters)

·         Write the name you want to show in the blog. For example: José’s blog

·         Type the characters showed at the screen

·         Click on: “Acepto las condiciones del servicio”, “continuar”

·         Give a title to your blog, for example: “My autobiography” or “about me”

·         Write a name for the email address the blog will have, for example: level1@blogspot.com

·         Click on: “continuar”

Now you have to choose one of the layouts for your blog. Choose the one you like the most by moving up and down. You can change the appearance of the blog later on.

·         Then click on: “continuar”

Once you click on: “Empezar a publicar” you have already created your blog and can start to publish whatever you want

Entries for your blogs:

1. introduction: Give your readers a nice welcome and tell them what your blog is about and what you are going to speak about

2. Country profile: General information about your chosen country

3. Social conflicts or manifestations carried out in your chosen country

4. Cultural manifestations (food, clothes, sports, etc.)

Samples of Blogs:

 http://dreamingwithitaly.blogspot.com/

http://patricia-morocco.blogspot.com 

http://mytriptotheunitedstates.blogspot.com/

http://travelingandknowingaustralia.blogspot.com/

 Please, write down your blog's address here in comments