On the first day of class, I had you all setup blogs. Here are the directions for the process, along with the prompts for the first two prompts, for those of you who have not completed the assignments or were not present on the first day.
First, you will need to setup a blog. You can choose from
blogger.com, wordpress.com, or tumblr.com. The site will walk you through the
steps of creating a new blog. Once you have completed this, make sure to write
down your login information (username and ID), so that you can access the blog
in the future. You also will need to write down the URL (example: blogtitle.blogspot.com),
so that I can view the material you post on it.
After you have setup your blog, I want you to visit the
class blog (http://dewolfsyllabus.blogspot.com)
and click on the link that says How to Email a Professor, which appears under
the Site Links heading on the right-hand side of the page. Read that material
and send me an email, following the directions contained in the article. In the
body of your email, let me know that you understand the assignment and provide
me with the URL address of your blog.
For the first blog post, I asked everyone to respond to this
prompt: what do you expect from this course? It’s a broad topic, and I want you
to respond in any way you see fit (you can check your classmates’ blogs for
ideas, too). The second blog post should be the interview notes from Thursday’s
class.
READING ASSIGNMENT FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 22ND:
- "The American Male, Age Ten," by Susan Orlean
- Pages 5-17 in Everyone's An Author
