Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Getting started


Friday, August 30, 2013




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.

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