Let's create a blog!

To create our blog today, we will be using blog-city, a free hosted blogging service. Some features require a paid subscription, but it's only $35 per year and well worth it if it is a feature you really want.

Some other free hosted services include:

Blogger - http://www.blogger.com - Owned by Google, Blogger is the software used to create this blog.

Live Journal - http://www.livejournal.com - this site is typically used for personal journals.

WordPress - http://www.wordpress.org - can be hosted or installed on your server.

NEW! Vox - http://www.sixapart.com/vox/ - is a new hosted personal blogging service that will be in full release in October. School librarians may want to keep an eye on this service. The privacy features in Vox may be just what is needed in schools where administrators are nervous about who will be reading your blogs. Posts can be set up to be only read by students, parents, or everyone.

For more robust blogging, you can try these blogging tools that cost money:

Movabletype - http://www.movabletype.org is blogging software that can be installed on your school's web server.

Typepad - http://www.typepad.com - if you like Movable Type, but cannot use your school's server for blogging, you can use this hosted service, which uses Movable Type software.

Radio Userland - http://radio.userland.com - another option for a hosted solution.