Blogroll – a list of all the blogs for students who are taking the tutorial with you (there is a button in My Connect on the Powell classroom's homepage). These are the students you will work with and cheer along the way.
Check their blogs regularly and comment on them. The easiest way I've found to follow your blogs is to add them to my Reading List. When you have signed into your blog, the Reading List appears on the left sidebar. You can add blogs by copying in the URLs. You can get the URLs from the Blogroll on our My Connect class homepage. This week make sure you add your fellow library assistants to your Reading List.
Ask your fellow bloggers questions about how to do stuff if you’re confused or answer questions for those who might need your help. For this class, comments need to be value added. That means that you need to instead of saying "I agree, good post"; write something like, "I agree with what you say but also think it is important to check you Facebook privacy settings to make sure that it is set up to afford you the privacy you desire".
Blog comments are worth 10 points for each weekly comment. I will only look for and award points for comments in the week following the Topic posting. If you do not comment in the week following the blog post, I will not go back and award points (unless you have been hospitalized or have a doctor's excuse).
Please read all comments. Sometimes suggestions can result in a correction that could help you improve your blog topic grade. I am following all of you and will look at any updated posts and update grades based on any additions or revisions to your topic posts. This week you are to add comments on Avatars: Topic 2.
Check their blogs regularly and comment on them. The easiest way I've found to follow your blogs is to add them to my Reading List. When you have signed into your blog, the Reading List appears on the left sidebar. You can add blogs by copying in the URLs. You can get the URLs from the Blogroll on our My Connect class homepage. This week make sure you add your fellow library assistants to your Reading List.
Ask your fellow bloggers questions about how to do stuff if you’re confused or answer questions for those who might need your help. For this class, comments need to be value added. That means that you need to instead of saying "I agree, good post"; write something like, "I agree with what you say but also think it is important to check you Facebook privacy settings to make sure that it is set up to afford you the privacy you desire".
Blog comments are worth 10 points for each weekly comment. I will only look for and award points for comments in the week following the Topic posting. If you do not comment in the week following the blog post, I will not go back and award points (unless you have been hospitalized or have a doctor's excuse).
Please read all comments. Sometimes suggestions can result in a correction that could help you improve your blog topic grade. I am following all of you and will look at any updated posts and update grades based on any additions or revisions to your topic posts. This week you are to add comments on Avatars: Topic 2.
If you need a reminder of how and what to comment on review the Blogging Guidelines
Also, this week take some time to think about and tell us about the book you are reading for your book trailer. Visualize the setting and characters. You will need to do this before you can go out and hunt down pictures for your book trailer.
Your Topic 3 posting should answer these questions:
- How could blogging be used to enhance learning in your high school classes?
- Tell us about two of the characters in the book that you are reading for your book trailer. What do they look like? What kind of personality characteristics do they have? Do they have any problems? Would you be friends with them if they went to PHS?
- What about the setting of the book. Where does it take place: in the country, the city, a high school? What is the time frame: in the present, the past, the future? Describe one scene in the book so that we can get a feel for the setting and time.
