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Joining the Student Blog: Homework Assignment

Blogs: Definition and Vocabulary

A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log.

Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called "blogging.” Individual articles on a blog are called "blog posts," "posts" or "entries.” A person who posts these entries is called a "blogger.”

Blogs can be hosted by dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software on regular web hosting services. In the early 21st Century, blogging has quickly emerged as a popular and important means of communication, affecting public opinion and mass media around the world.

—from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

Assignment:

Join the blog. Make sure your Display Name is the same as the name you use in our classes.

Edit your profile page. Write no more than 50 words to introduce yourself for “About Me.”

Answer one of the random questions. You can request as many times as you like to get a good question.

Choose at least two more categories (for example, “Favorite Movies”) and provide at least five examples for each. Make sure your choices help us to get a sense of your character.

Sample Invitation Email

The Blogger user Brad (teacher) has invited you to contribute to the

private blog: Pearson ALC English 11 Students.

To contribute to this blog, visit:

http://www2.blogger.com/i.g?inviteID=7062284833351038086&blogID=5237192567619083714

You'll need to sign in with a Google Account to confirm the invitation

and start posting to this blog. If you don't have a Google Account yet,

we'll show you how to get one in minutes.

If you are already a Blogger user, please note that this blog uses the

new version of Blogger, currently in beta. To post to Brad (teacher)'s

blog, you will access this new version with a Google account, instead

of your Blogger account. You will see a separate dashboard that does

not include your current blogs, but you'll have the opportunity to move

them over to the new version of Blogger at a later date.

To learn more about Blogger and starting your own free blog visit

http://www2.blogger.com.

When you click on your email link (the first one in your email), you will see the screen below. Fill in all fields, then click “continue”

After you create your account, you will see the screen below. Note that your email can be seen in the blue banner and the blog you have joined is listed under “Dashboard.” Click on “Edit Profile.”

Fill in your birthday (so we can see your “sign”; I’m Taurus, for example. Also, fill in location. Remember to put commas after each of your “Interests.” Example: stamp collecting, hiking, hockey. The “About Me” section is where you put your 50-word description.

Fill in at least two categories below. Make sure you have five items in each category (five different favourite movies, for example).

If you don’t like your random question, click “give me a new question,” then save your profile to get a new one. Remember, you must answer the question to complete the assignment.

You will also receive a confirmation email after you have successfully joined the blog. Click on the link in this email to activate your account. You will then receive a thank you message in your browser. You’re done!

Sample Confirmation Email:

Welcome to Google Accounts. To activate your account and verify your e-mail

address, please click on the following link:

http://www.google.com/accounts/VE?service=blogger&c=-1223555291796989027&hl=en

If you have received this mail in error, you do not need to take any

action to cancel the account. The account will not be activated, and

you will not receive any further emails.

If clicking the link above does not work, copy and paste the URL in a

new browser window instead.

Thank you for using Google.

For questions or concerns regarding your account, please visit the

Google Accounts FAQ at

http://www.google.com/help/faq_accounts.html.

This is a post-only mailing. Replies to this message are not monitored

or answered.

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