Blog Assignment and Instructions
Blog Assignment (15% of your grade)
Your blog is the place to contribute information and thoughts about the topics and readings we are doing. You should plan to contribute links to an average of two "finds" per week and should accompany each link with a brief synopsis or reflection on the material you are contributing to the class resources.
One of your goals for this blog is to develop a voice and a style that suits you and is connected in some way with the chief concerns of Information Culture | Digital Economy. The only hard requirement is that you create at least eight substantive postings over the course of the term. If you attract an external audience to your blog, you get extra brownie points!
Blog Instructions
Individual directories for each student in this course will be set up on the server student-iat.ubalt.edu by the end of the second week of the term. Create a blog in your student directory, using any blogging software you prefer. (If your blog is hosted somewhere else, make sure you have an easy-to-find link to it on your home page.) If you use blogger.com, you can follow these simple instructions for setting up your blog.
- Visit Blogger.com.
- Choose "Create Your Blog Now"
- When prompted for information about the server, url, and ftp site, follow these instructions exactly:
- FTP Server: student-iat.ubalt.edu
- Blog URL: http://student-iat.ubalt.edu/classes/[yourlastname]
- FTP Path: [yourlastname]/
- Blog Filename: anyfilename.html
- FTP Username: (optional) [you should know what this is]
- FTP Password: (optional) [you should know what this is]
Send me email if you have any problems.
