1. Welcome Post and Links list

1. Welcome Post and Links list

Your Welcome Post and Links List are due by
Wednesday, February 15, 2012.

Consider the following suggestions before composing your welcome and links list.

1. What is your purpose?
Try to find a purpose within the assignment that is more intrinsic than getting the assignment done on time.

2. How will you organize your blog?
Will you use the Welcome post as a description and have it come up like a subheading when the blog is opened as I have on the class blog? 
(go to DESIGN - SETTINGS - DESCRIPTION)

Will you organize each section of the assignment on a different page? 
(go to NEW POST - EDIT PAGES)

Will your links list go on your blog as a gadget or a post? 
(go to DESIGN - ADD A GADGET - LINKS LIST)

3. What kind of information do you need to investigate in order to be fully informed? Find links that will help you to understand the novel, its plot, characters, themes and style; the author and the novel's historical context or significance; current interest in the themes or ideas presented in the novel; critical reviews; film versions of the novel etc... You are expected to have surveyed the links for authenticity, accuracy, reliability and usefulness. 
Find the information and select how to organize the links you deem worthy (please avoid WIKIPEDIA) - as a page, links list or list in a posting.

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Check out the Welcome Post exemplars on the page in the tab bar above.

Welcome to the Class Blog!

Welcome to the Class Blog!

Your learning goals in the computer lab today:

Today you will be introduced to blogging, create your own CLASSIC NOVEL BLOG using blogger.com , and provide me with your blog address
(http:// ________.blogspot.com)

If you have created a blog before and feel comfortable doing this again for your Classic Novel Study (CNS) - go ahead.

If you have not created a blog before - follow the instructions as explained in this 'Common Craft' video below to create your blog.

Keep the following in mind as you create your own blog:

1. Come up with a creative title for your blog. This title should reflect your ideas about reading and should be specifically linked to the CNS. 

2. Choose a user name that will make you easy to identify (your first name and last initial) in your blog posts. Do not choose your first and last name for this - for safety reasons.

3. When everyone in the class has finished creating their blogs, I will post a link to each of them on the class blog. Links to your classmates' blogs will be accessed by clicking on their names found in the sidebar of the class blog.

(Note: to find your blog address after you have created it go to: 
customize - settings - publishing)

Blogger: How to start a blog