Welcome to the EduTech Bits and Bytes Technology 4 Teaching Blog.

My first few posts will not be covering any new tech items.  Instead, I will be covering various tech items I have used over the past two years.

The first topic to discuss is blogging.  Since you are reading this, you are probably already aware of blogging.  However, in case you just found this post by accident or random search engine surfing, I will give a brief overview of blogging.

A blog is basically an online journal used to communicate your ideas, information, opinions, etc. to others.

If you want to start blogging, you have several free options.  These include using blog hosting sites…

• Blogger.com
• Wordpress.com
• Windows Live Spaces
• LiveJournal
• Dozens of others

Each of the above Blog Hosts have fairly easy setup steps which will allow you to begin blogging within a few minutes.

Another option is to use hosted webspace along with a purchased domain name.  Then install blogging software on your webspace.  Wordpress.org offers free blogging software.

Which option should you use?  This will vary.  For most people, the best option is to use a service, such as blogger.com.  Let the hosting services do most of the work for you with no out of pocket costs.  However, if you are web development savvy, want your own domain name, want more control over the look & feel of your blog, and do not mind paying for your space & domain name, then hosting your own blog is for you.

On a personal note, I use Blogger.com for some items (such as the original version of this blog) and use purchased webspace for my classroom web sites and this new site.