Blogs have become a widespread phenomenon on the internet, with over 70 million active blogs in existence. Approximately 120,000 new blogs are created each day, amounting to over 1.4 new blogs per second. Blogs allow individuals to chronicle their thoughts and experiences over time for others to read. While blogging began as a personal journaling tool, it has expanded to cover a wide variety of topics and media forms and has started to influence mainstream media and politics.

1. The Power of the Blog By Darren Draper ASTE 7500

2. Blog = “Web log” (Weblog: Coined by Jorn Barger, 1997)

3. Chronological Order (Written In)

4. Reverse Chronological Order (Displayed In)

5. “ Blog”

6. Weblog > “We Blog” (Blog: Coined by Peter Merholz, 1999)

7. blog (v): To maintain or add content to a blog

8. Blogs Many and Varied!

9. Photo Blogs

11. Video Blogs (Vlogs)

13. MP3 Blogs (Music)

15. Artlogs

17. Blog Topics Also Many and Varied!

21. Over 70 Million Blogs

22. 120,000 New blogs created daily - worldwide

23. 1.4 per second New blogs

26. 1.4 Million Per Day Blog posts

27. 58,000 Per Hour Blog posts

28. Replacing Mainstream Media?

30. Political Bloggers Swaying voters

31. #1 Blogging Language?

34. Blogs Here to stay?

35. We’ll See…

36. Should every teacher have a blog?

37. I think so!

38. http://drapestakes.blogspot.com/