Wooster School Blog Site

1st and Second Blog Assignment

Blog Norms:

- Proper punctuation and spelling
- Nothing inappropriate
- At least one picture
- No informal language
- At least 2 paragraphs (each paragraph at least 4 sentences). Many will need to be longer
- Proofread before publishing. Two student proofreaders.
- Write it Word first
- Use a reliable source
 

Assignment 1:
Blog you wrote for Mrs. Hruska
If you typed it already and have it at home, email it to yourself or put it on the blog at home.
If you’ve handwritten it, type it first in Word.
 

Assignment 2:

Internet Safety Blog
Read one article online on some aspect of Internet Safety or blogging safety
- TMI (Too much information). What information should you leave out?
- Instant Messaging Safety
- MySpace
- Positive aspects of social networking sites

Write a blog critiquing the article you read. Things you may want to include.
- Major points of the article
- What you liked about
- What you didn’t like
- What point were interesting
- Things you agreed with
- Things you disagreed with

In your post, create a link to the article you read and add a picture

1. Go over updating your profile
   1. Put your real first name in
   2. No last name
2. Create a Mrs. Hruska’s Eighth Grade English Class category under blogroll, add link
3. Create favorites in IE for all classmates blogs (first delete exisiting ie favorites unless you want them)
4. Export IE favorites to OMPL, download http://weblogs.asp.net/lhunt/archive/2004/01/20/60911.aspx first

If there’s time left look at some of the new themes I uploaded and see if your choice is there. If so, choose it.