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How to get your Blog on:

This semester, you will be required to maintain a writer’s blog throughout the course of the semester. SIX TIMES, I will ask you to convert in-class writing , Blackboard work, or parts of your essays into blog posts.

Here is how it should look. Take a look at the following models to create your own:

1. Jay”s Museum of College Writing: http://planetmexicali.typepad.com/jays_museum_of_college_wr Links to an external site.

2. Teresa's Queen of Blog: http://teresaqueenofblog.blogspot.mx/ Links to an external site.

3. Pilar’s Blog of the Innocents: http://pzcarrazco.blogspot.mx/ Links to an external site.

4. Frida's Blog of Art Journaling: http://kfrida.blogspot.mx/ Links to an external site.

5. Arish's Leave Me in Stitches: Links to an external site.https://leavemeinstitches08.blogspot.mx/ Links to an external site.

Here is how you get started:

1. Create a blog on blogger.com – It’s FREE, It’s EAZY, and this way there will be plenty of people around to help you or share new and exciting techniques. In fact, I expect you to teach me a few things. Let’s work together. I mean, we are Friends of the Earth.

a. Create a Google Account:

Before you can Create a Blogger Account, you need to create a Google

Account. Google this: google accounts. (Make sure you copy down your password information in a safe place.)

b. Here is a website with a 20-step plan to get you started:

http://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Blog-on-Blogger Links to an external site.

c. Here is a site on youtube that will give you a strong visua for creating your own blog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6PuHFpfscA&feature=sharecontrol Links to an external site.

This video goes about 17 minutes. It’s kind of slow, but this Mandy, the author of the video ,definitely has a passion for blogging.

2. Here are some JAY’S TIPS:

a. Before you getCRAZY , start with a Blogger Template to get started. You can always change it later. Pilar chose Ethereal, and Teresa chose Watermark. It made for easy going.

b. Once you start on your first post – it should be a brief introduction to who you are and what your are about – you will need to find a way to keep it at the top of your page.

This is what you have to do: you need to change the date of publication to like the year 2024. In this way, it will always be considered the latest blog published; therefore, it will always appear at the top of your page.

Step 1

Navigate to your blog's Overview page by signing in to Blogger and choosing your blog. Click "Posts" in the navigation pane on the left side of the window.

Step 2

Click on the post you want to stick at the top of the page. Click "Published on" on the right side of the window to change the date.

Step 3

Repeatedly click the right side arrow next to the month and year. Continue clicking the arrow until the date displayed is at least a few years in the future.

Step 4

Choose a day on the monthly calendar and click "Done" under the calendar. Click "Update" at the top of the blog and click "Close." Go to your blog to ensure the post you wanted is at the top.

3. Here is something I discovered this year to enhance the look of my blog: Flickr.com

a. develop a library of images

b. learn to upload your images by copying the embed code (I’ll teach you this in class.

4. Here is what you need to worry about:

1. First, your writing – rough draft - for the post will be checked and graded in class.

2. Your need to submit your post to be graded on blackboard.

3. Your post from Blackboard can be copied and customized for presentation on Blogger.

4. At the midterm exam, I will look at your Blogger blog and review at least five assigned posts.

5. All posts must meet deadlines for full credit.

Any questions, contact me at jay.lewenstein@imperial.edu

Paz,

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