Step 1: Create a Blog
- Go to the Blogger site at http://www.blogger.com and sign up for a Blogger account. If you already have a Blogger account, skip to the next step.
- Log-in to your Blogger account and create a new blog. Your blog should have the following information:
- Blog Title: your full name without the middle initial (e.g., Elmer Montejo)
- Blog Address or URL: your full name in lowercase, without middle initial or spaces (e.g., http://elmermontejo.blogspot.com)
- Navigate to the Dashboard and click the Change Settings icon for your new blog. You will be brought to Settings page.
- On the Basic tab, provide a short description for your blog; include your full name, year level, and section in the description so that I can identify your blog easily.
- On the Comments tab, make sure that your blog allows only registered users to comment. This setting is very important. We don't want strangers or anonymous folks, especially flamers and spammers, to post comments on our blogs.
- On the Archiving tab, change the Archive Frequency to "Weekly."
- On the Site-Feed tab, turn Publish Site Feed to "Yes" and Descriptions to "Full."
- Take note that every time you change your blog settings, you will need to republish your blog to implement the changes.
Step 2: Announce Your Blog
Your blog is now ready. But, before you start posting your blog entries, e-mail the following information to your instructor: full name, year level and section, and blog address or URL. The links to your blog will be posted on your instructor's very own blog at http://elmermontejo.blogspot.com
You may also want to announce your new blog to your classmates. E-mail them your blog URL, too.
Step 3: Start Posting Your Blog Entries
Need I say more? Read the guidelines first, though.
10 comments:
sir, it's suzanne. um, when can we possibly start this stuff? tsaka, is the short story for us too?
@Suzanne (a.k.a. haruko)
As most exorcists would say, the best time to start an exorcism is right away. So, I guess it won't hurt much if you start right away with your blogging.
Though, I'll be lenient with the 5-posts-per-week requirement for this week. If you post all 5, well and good. If you don't post any this week, I won't mind. BUT, I would start minding next week. :-)
While learning resources are categorized according to year level, there's no stopping other-year-level students from learning topics using resources for other year levels. In simple terms, you are always welcome (and I even encourage you) to learn from learning resources intended for other year levels.
Trust me, it's fun to review topics that you've learned before, just as it is fun to learn topics that are somewhat advanced for your year level. Either way, we go on learning—and we avoid the so-called "mental rot."
@Sir Elmer (a.k.a. enuma elish)
thanks, sir, but when do you plan to start grading? i mean, extra points in my english would help. either way, i'd be happy to oblige in starting my blog, my graded blogs. i'm not used to opening up everyday, so i'll probably suck. oh well, i'll have to start posting now :) thanks again
@Suzanne (a.k.a. haruko)
I'll start grading next week. By then, I shall have already posted the rubrics for grading your blog project.
On a lighter note, try not to think of this project as a burden. Instead, make it a fun and enjoyable part of your daily routine.
sir...how do we e.mail it to you?...we dont have your email add...and i wish to start posting now...^_^...
@Sir Elmer
i think that's fine with me, sir. i've posted on already and i believe it's over 500 words. i think i got carried away
@Suzanne (a.k.a. haruko)
I see that you already have an existing blog.
Just a small favor, though; this one is for my convenience: please create a new blog dedicated to our English class' blog project.
Reason: I'm going to "harvest" all of my students' blogs (and I have around 210 student) weekly using aggregator software. This will make it easier for me to keep track of who's posting and who's not. And, this will also ensure that you get the proper credit for your project.
The link to the instructions are on the main page of my blog.
You may re-post your original entries onto your new blog.
sir, how many entries are we going to post in our blog?
you haven't given us the topic yet, so we just posted four entries.
is it ok, sir?
@Michael Angelo
I'm giving you all the 5 entries this week, since we're just starting. Next week I'm going to start giving required topics.
sir, i don't see the publish feed and description options in the site feed tab of my blog... what am i going to do?
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