ENGAGE
Before we launch into this course's lessons on two cultures of knowledge, we begin with a primer on blogging for this course. If you're reading this, you're reading a blog. If you're taking this course for credit, your assignment each week is to respond to each module in your own blog, set up just for this course.
You may already be a blogger and use another blog program or service. Feel free to use any other blog program or service you like. Otherwise, try Blogger. It's quick! It's easy! And it's free!
Naming Your Blog
You may already be a blogger and use another blog program or service. Feel free to use any other blog program or service you like. Otherwise, try Blogger. It's quick! It's easy! And it's free!
Naming Your Blog
It can be a surprisingly difficult task to reduce the scope of ideas in this course to a few helpful words. Feel free to be creative and personalize, but please choose a title that is informative, professional and directly relates to this course.
Choosing a Design Template
You will be prompted to select your basic template for your blog. You can change colors, add gadgets, and move elements around to suit your style. Take a little time to play with your blog design. Strive to make it unique, appealing and easy for others to use and read.
A Note on Privacy
While you are not required to provide personal information on your blog, you are asked to include professional profile and contact information. Here are some recommendations:
Choosing a Design Template
You will be prompted to select your basic template for your blog. You can change colors, add gadgets, and move elements around to suit your style. Take a little time to play with your blog design. Strive to make it unique, appealing and easy for others to use and read.
A Note on Privacy
While you are not required to provide personal information on your blog, you are asked to include professional profile and contact information. Here are some recommendations:
- Only provide information that is already public (school, name, professional email, etc.) .
- Include only professional information in the personal profile section of your blog.
- Use Comment Moderation under Comments in the Settings menu, and only post the comments you approve. (This setting is important as it is the main vehicle used by the course instructor to provide constructive feedback for your blog.)
Bottom Line: Treat your blog as a portfolio that you can use professionally.
EXPLORE
Start by clicking on this blogger link (it is also in the Useful Links menu to the right). Follow the prompts to set up your own blog for this course.
You'll also find a helpful Quick Tour and Video Tutorial along with other useful features - just a click away.
EXTEND
Your first blog post:
In your first post, include an image of a favorite place and paragraph describing your connection to that place.
Linking your blog to this blog
After you save your blog, send an email to the course instructor at explorealaskablog@gmail.com including the blog title and its URL.
The URL is your blog's web address. It should look like this, but with your blog's name in it:
http://your-blog-name-here.blogspot.com.
The instructor will include your blog as a link in the Course Participants menu on the main page of this blog.
Put Your Best Foot Forward
The Web is a very public place where it's a good idea to always put your best foot forward. Many of you are already skilled using new media. Some of us could use some help.
For some guidance in creating a better blog, read Sailing the C's to Better Blogging. It's a summary guide I created to help students when posting their first blog. I also recommend using the CRAP! principles of design. These resources are also linked to the home page of this blog for future reference.
The Web is a very public place where it's a good idea to always put your best foot forward. Many of you are already skilled using new media. Some of us could use some help.
For some guidance in creating a better blog, read Sailing the C's to Better Blogging. It's a summary guide I created to help students when posting their first blog. I also recommend using the CRAP! principles of design. These resources are also linked to the home page of this blog for future reference.
