Please
read these steps carefully and complete step1 before class tomorrow. You
will be creating your own blog page to use as an ongoing e-journal throughout
the duration of this course. You will be
expected to use the next couple of days to develop your blog using creative yet
appropriate images, design, fonts, colors, etc. to make it your own. You need to follow the steps as well as the
restrictions that are listed below.
NOTE: Do not use last names on the blog and
do not use specific identifiers such as your address or the name of our
school. Instead, you can
consider using your first and middle names or other nicknames and for the
school, simply say a suburban high school or something like that.
STEP
1:
Please go to https://www.blogger.com/start
and follow the steps to create your blog.
Begin by clicking on “Create a blog.”
If it asks to text you a verification code, you can do that without fear
of google spamming you. Don’t feel
pressured for a good title – this is changeable, but the url address is
permanent. As you fill out the
info, PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU WRITE DOWN THE
FOLLOWING INFO:
USERNAME:
_____________________________
PASSWORD:
______________________________
BLOG
ADDRESS/URL: http://www. .blogspot.com/
AND
YOUR PASSWORD TO GIVE TO Mr. Reints
STEP
2: Click
on settings and then click on comments and scroll down to the bottom where it
says Comment Notification Email. Enter
in the email address you check most frequently.
STEP
3: Once
you have created a blog and are logged into your blogpage (which should be at
the blog address in Step 1)
- Click
Design(At
the top) or "layout"(on the side)
- Then-->
(on the side bar) click "add gadget" --> scroll down and click add link
list
- In
the “new site url” box, write: http://sociologyrei.blogspot.com
- In
the “new site name” box, write: Reints’s Page
Click
“add a link” to add any other links that will make your blogsite more useable
(add any websites you might check frequently like your yahoo/aol/hotmail, or
your facebook or whatever).
STEP
4:
Feel free to add pictures/change
fonts/layouts/templates to make this blog personal and conducive to you! There’s lots of gadgets – feel free to
explore them.
STEP
5: Use
for the Course:
- You
are to make at least 1 post (on your own page) and 2 comments (on a classmate’s
page each week) but feel free to post more.
For
this class, each post should (This is how you will be graded):
- Should
demonstrate that you understand the sociology terms, ideas and content in
class.
- Should
apply the sociology to your own life and help others understand the
sociology. Use examples from your own
life, or examples you find in your posts.
Be unique. Avoid cliché’s. Make your blog authentic. Bring in new ideas from your experiences,
what you read, your daily life, etc.
- Write
properly, use proper prose and grammar, and post on time – by classtime the last
day of each week.
- Comment
on a different classmate’s page each week.
STEP
6: First
post: Blog 1
- Who
am I? Write a blog entry that defines
who you are. Explain to the class what
makes up the person you are. What are
the biggest influences in your life?
What are your goals/purposes in life?
Precautions:
- Please
remember that this blog should be treated as seriously as you would treat a test
or an essay or a project for class.
- You
should also refrain from using your full last name anywhere on the blog.
- You
will be responsible for monitoring what people have posted on your blog.
This
is not your facebook account, you need to be aware that this site is public,
therefore DO NOT use your Full Name on the page, DO NOT use information
that a “creeper” could use to identify you.
DO keep your posts, pictures, and
songs appropriate.
Here is a website dedicated to the Lost Boys of Sudan in Chicago.