The word blog, apparently, comes from web plus log. A blog is just an online diary or journal. Blogs are a very commonly used Web 2.0 application and there are many blogs around. But, we don't need to go outside of Moodle, as every user has his or her own space to blog, as part of their user profile. If you log into Moodle and then go to the Navigation block and click on My Profile, you will find your blog there:
Students have these settings too and they operate in just the same way as ours. These blog entries can be seen by everyone on Moodle if we choose to allow that.
It would be better though, if we can find a way quickly to see blog entries relating to our Rivers and Flooding course, rather than wading through people's blog entries on other subjects. We can do that if we add a block called Blog menu to our course. It allows pupils and teachers to link their blog entry to the course. Let's do it!