The blog is ready to start making comments and posting the long and short blog assignments.
Copyright:
All blog post are default under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. If you want to use a different license or Reserve All Rights you must note it at the end of your post.
Cross posting:
If you have your own blog feel free to crosspost your assigned post to your personal or professional blog.
Tips on Blogging:
- Add visuals – Visuals draw people to text, they also get you hits from Google image search.
- Make headlines simple and direct, do not hide the ball with a witty headline
- Provide links to related articles from new sources BBC, New York Times ect.
- Make it easy for your reader to educate themselves on the topic with links to wikipedia or other educational sites
- Promote others that are talking about the same topic
Further reading:
Slate Review of Huffington’s guide on how to blog
Offline Alternative:
I am simplifying the offline alternative assingment. For credit you need only post your offline blog post to the email list. We will not be using the forum it creates too many places for people to have to check for class updates.
Comments:
Students that wish to comment to blog posts may either comment online via the blog or via the email list. If you use the email list make sure to link to the original post or include the post with your comments . Remember 2 of your 8 participation points must come from written responses.
If you have questions on the blogging assingment please post them to the email list or bring them to class on Tuesday or add them to the comments.
