Once created, you will get a page that has the following on it. You can click on start posting to begin. The orange pencil button will do the same thing. The pages button in the middle left will allow you to see all your posts (although at this moment you have none) Lastly, the view blog button will let you do just that and see what everyone else will see.
The picture to the left are things that you will need when posting to your blog.
Labels: this allows you to tie keywords to your posts and let's people search your blog for what they need.
Schedule: allows you to set a time in which your post will be published on your blog. Ex: I schedule mine to post as soon as school gets out. Or you could write posts in advance and then choose when they are actually posted to your blog.
Permalink: Is the link in which to find the blog. You can customize this if you choose to something else. But why?
Location: You can add your location to your blog if you choose.
Options: Allows your readers to comment or not. It also has some other mumbo jumbo that you don't really need to worry about.
All the other buttons above your posts are similar to when creating documents in things such as word.
With the above buttons, you can add text, change the font, font color, font size and more. The link button allows you to add links to websites. I use the link button to post worksheets or things that I've used in the classroom. It usually is linked to dropbox.com for worksheets. The one to the right of link allows you to add pictures. I usually use google pics to spice up my blog and/or reinforce something discussed that day in class.
The one that is like a movie director's sign will allow you to embed video directly into your blog. It'll allow video's to be watched directly on the blog instead of going to another site. Not all videos are able to be "embedded" though.
I think the rest are pretty self-explanatory and you have probably used at some point in your life.
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