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Three blogging activities
There are three different activities in relation to blogs. These are:

1. Reading blogs 2. Reading and commenting on blogs 3. Writing a blog

You will be involved in all 3 of these activities during this course, but to begin with let's look at step 1 - reading blogs.

Blogs of interest
Throughout this course you will be reading and reviewing blogs which are of interest to you.

Task 1
Find blogs which are of interest to you. A blog can be on any topic from sport, films, technology or music through to more specific interests such as crocheting, stamp-collecting or juggling. Your task is to find:


 * at least 10 blogs of interest
 * covering at least 5 different topics
 * at least 6 of the blogs must be updated weekly or less
 * at least 2 of the blogs should be personal i.e. the views of a single person

Use our how to find a blog section to get started

Task 2
Once you have identified your 10 blogs, you need to make a note of them. Copy the **My Blogs - weekly summary** document over to your personal folder. You will use this document to keep a track of each blog you visit as you go through the course.

You must log every blog you have visited, but you should only fill in the details of between 5 and 8 blogs each week. At the end of each week, your weekly summary should look like this.



Each week, you should look to find one or two more blogs to add to your list - you can replace blogs from your list as you do this.



Task 3
Most blogs will allow you to add a comment. If a blog post takes your interest, and you think that you could make a worthwhile comment, then you should do. Try to comment on at least one blog every week.