A Day of Catch-Up

Homework over the weekend:

1. Read this article.
2. Choose one person who is quoted in the article with whom you DISAGREE. Copy the quote you disagree with onto your blog, making sure you include the name and why they're considered an "authority" to quote in the article, and then write 200-250 words about why you disagree with them. You don't have to mention the Dylan case at all, although you can if you want.

Don't forget that this is the SECOND writing assignment. Make sure you've answered these questions on your blog, too. I will get around to responding to every blog post this weekend.

Class summary:
If you made it in to the computer lab today (9 am class), we made sure everyone was on the same page for their blogs. If we weren't in the computer lab (12 noon class) we did an activity. We'll switch places on Monday, so make sure you read this carefully.

Everyone make sure your settings are in order! Even if you did this in class, DO IT AGAIN to make sure you saved the settings properly.

Blogger:

• Log in.
• Click on Settings.
• Click on Comments.
• Under "Who can comment?" check “Anyone.”
• Go all the way to the bottom of the Comments page and enter your email address into the box at the very bottom of the page so that you’ll receive my responses to your blog posts!
• MAKE SURE YOU SAVE YOUR CHANGES. Make sure you click on the "Save Settings" button on the bottom of the page.

You can change the look of your blog by playing around with the rest of the “Settings” and the “Layout.”

Additionally, right here on my blog, make sure you're "following" the blog. If it doesn't say "Following," click on the "Follow this blog" button and follow the instructions. This way, you should (I think) get an email every time I update the blog.

WordPress:

• Log in.
• On your Dashboard, click Settings on left side.
• Click on Discussion.
• This will give you a bunch of choices, one of which says "Before a comment appears..." Uncheck BOTH boxes.
• MAKE SURE YOU SAVE YOUR CHANGES. Look for the "Save Changes" button on the bottom of the page.

You can change the look of your blog by playing around with all the stuff on the left side of the screen.

For those of you with WordPress blogs, you won't be able to "follow" MY blog very easily (unless you have a Google/Gmail account--then you'll be fine, and please click the "follow" button on the right. You'll just have to remember to try to check it at least once a day.