ENGLISH 320 CHECKLIST FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 20-27.

USE TO SUPPLMENT THE MORE DETAILED ASSIGNMENT/HANDOUT

 

For Friday January 23 Midnight

  1. Create a gmail account (go to gmail.com). Give your gmail address to instructor and group mates.
  2. Create a practice blog (go to blogger.com and sign in with your gmail account). Choose Create a Blog and follow instructions.
  3. Go to the 320 class blog (http://320community.blogspot.com) and post a COMMENT in which you introduce yourself to the class. Keep it informal but informative.
  4. Create a Reading Journal file. Name it “Lastname Reading Journal” or something that allows your instructor to identify it as yours.
  5. Read around in 3 or 4 blogs of your choice. Use the list on your assignment handout, or google your personal interests, e.g., “homeless blogs” or “turtle blogs.”  Take notes about what you see in these blogs in your Reading Journal. (See assignment for suggestions.)
  6. Post a COMMENT to the instructor/class blog (http://320community.blogspot.com) that draws from your Reading Journal notes.
  7. Email your Reading Journal file to yourself via your gmail account. This way you’ll always have this file safe, and it’ll be available for work should you need it in class.

 

For Tuesday January 27 (preparation for class discussion)

  1. Tinker with your practice blog. Main menus are Posting, Settings, and Layout. Each of these has sub-menus. Be sure to look at the gadgets under Layout. BE SURE TO SAVE YOUR CHANGES each time to change something.
  2. Prepare for class a list of observations about your practice blog experiments. What worked? What is confusing?
  3. Prepare for use in your group a list of technical skills you already have and/or would like to learn. Examples: how to create a slide show; how to create a video or audio; how to alter the blogger design with alternative html.
  4. Create a Research Journal File. Name it “Lastname Research Journal” or something that allows your instructor to identify it as yours.
  5. Do some brainstorming in your Research Journal about possible topics for your “real” blog. Include some ideas about what counts as “research” for your topic.
  6. Email your Research Journal file to yourself via your gmail account. This way you’ll always have this file safe, and it’ll be available for work should we need it in class.