The following links have basic info on blogging for the newbie:
http://opencontent.org/docs/begin_blog.html
http://www.elearnspace.org/enabling/blogs.htm
http://ocw.usu.edu/Instructional_Technology/new-media
http://www.bloggingworks.com/
http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/barrios/blogs/tools/tools2.html
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/forum/fall03/rss.html
