Two - Your First Quest
You Need To Make a Blog.
Every student in CommTech needs to make a blog,
just as I have done
and which you are reading right now.
You won't be handing much in to me on paper, but you will be doing
work, and I still need to see it. The best way to do this is for you to
make a blog wherein you collect all of your assignments, assessments
and material and I can check it at any time of night or day.
Why do I cruelly force you to do this?
reader (that would be me, and compelling = better which = better marks).
Every student in CommTech needs to make a blog,
just as I have done
and which you are reading right now.
You won't be handing much in to me on paper, but you will be doing
work, and I still need to see it. The best way to do this is for you to
make a blog wherein you collect all of your assignments, assessments
and material and I can check it at any time of night or day.
Why do I cruelly force you to do this?
- It's not the pioneer times.
- You can't lose your work, and neither can I. It is always there.
- The format is easy to read and layout.
- We are in a Communications and Technology class, so we
- Blogging is free and can be rewarding in a number of ways.
- It is multimedia - you can include audio, video and images
reader (that would be me, and compelling = better which = better marks).
complete this, your first quest:
1. Get to a computer.
2. Go to www.blogspot.com and follow the easy directions to "Create a blog".
3. Experiment with layout, design, etc and try a few new posts and edit them.
- Add a gadget or two.
- Add a gadget or two.
- Embed some video code from a youtube video and see how easy it is
to add content to your posts.
to add content to your posts.
- Change the font, colour, size, or location of the items in your post.
4. Once you have learned enough about how to make a post and pop it
with some multimedia, you are ready to do the first assignment, which
is to tell me about yourself. Write about who you are, what you like
and don't like, where you live, what you do, etc. Feel free to include
any clips or whatever will help you to explain yourself to me. More
multimedia = better blog post = better marks.
with some multimedia, you are ready to do the first assignment, which
is to tell me about yourself. Write about who you are, what you like
and don't like, where you live, what you do, etc. Feel free to include
any clips or whatever will help you to explain yourself to me. More
multimedia = better blog post = better marks.
8. Send an email to MrAlexanderLovesTimmys@gmail.com including the
link to your page.
(ie. the link should look something like somethingIchose.blogspot.com )
link to your page.
(ie. the link should look something like somethingIchose.blogspot.com )
9. You will gain 1000 experience points for completing this quest.
