Lesson+05-12-08

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 * Objectives**

 Today you will: 
 * 1) Create a blog for your online journal
 * 2) Revise, update and post your conferencing topic entries to your blog


 * Step 1: Create a blog for your online journal**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> As part of your final project you are going to create an online journal blog. Your online journal is where you will write down all of your thoughts and ideas on topics covered in this class. Your completed journal will act as a portfolio of your ideas showing your civic identity. **The completed project will be approximately 30% of your final grade.**

Watch a video on how to create a blog! Click [|here] if the video doesn't open in this window. media type="youtube" key="BnploFsS_tY&hl=en" height="355" width="425" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Now return to [|www.nicenet.org], click on "link sharing" - Click "Add a link under 'blogs" - Copy and paste the URL from your blog and add a description - Now everyone can visit your blog! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">In a new tab or window go to [|www.blogger.com]
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Click the orange arrow that says "create your blog now"
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Enter your email and other information (use your gmail account if you have one)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Name your blog: I suggest you something like "first name last initial-SHScivics". Anything will work as long as you keep it appropriate. You have the option of creating more blogs with different names for other uses at a later time.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Choose your look!
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Write your first post (something fun about yourself that you would like to share)
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Click publish and your done!

**Step 2: Revise, update and post your conferencing topic entries to your blog**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Now log into [|www.nicenet.org] in a new tab or window
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Find your post to conferencing topic #1
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Read any comments that have been made to your post
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Copy and paste your post to conferencing topic #1 as a new post on your blog
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Revise and update your post as a finished product for your final blog journal project (be sure to use correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc.)
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Repeat steps 1-5 for conferencing topics #2-6
 * View examples here:

[|Example 1]

<span class="wiki_link_ext"> [|Example 2]

[|Example 3]

[|Example 4]

[|Example 5] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Your well on your way to completing your final project!**


 * Step 3: Missing assignments**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Many of you are still behind on your assignments for this class. Please go back to previous lessons and complete any missing assignments you may have.