Blogging chooseand userev2

 A blog or “web log” is “a log of thoughts and
writing posted publicly on the World Wide
Web” (Sullivan).
 Blog ≠ journal
 Blog ≠ news article

 Diary (journal)
 Audience = self
 Topics = private, your life
 Purpose = to record, vent, contemplate
 Contains personal details
 Words may be accompanied by pictures
 No peer review
 Not published!

 News story
 Audience = paying subscribers
 Topics = universal
 Purpose =
inform, entertain, educate, evaluate, analyze, produc
e conversation
 NO personal details
 Words are supported by pictures (and videos &links
if online)
 Competes with other news sources (may link to
other sources if online)
 Peer edited
 Published by news company

 Blog
 Audience = others, specifically seniors at WSW
 Topics = universal
 Purpose = to respond, entertain, educate, evaluate,
judge, produce conversation
 Avoids personal details unless they serve a greater
purpose
 Words are supported by pictures, videos, &links
 Interacts (through links, discussion) with the digital
world
 No peer review
 Published by author

 What’s the difference between a news story
and blog?
 Why would it be a bad idea for me to publish
my diary on the Ning?
 Why would it be a bad idea to rely on blogs
for information for an important paper like
my senior thesis or P.I.G. paper?
 What do blogs do very well? (Better than
newspapers?)

 Take your blog to the next level:
 Have a goal: What are you trying to accomplish?
 What do you want your audience to do as a result
of reading your blog?
 Make it universal
 Link, link, link to other relevant information that
you reader might want to check out
 Include visuals!
 Cite your sources (quotes & paraphrased info)!

We’ll return to the previously scheduled program after this important
announcement

 http://www.commoncraft.com/video/plagiari
sm

http://edforum.adventist.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Plagiarism.gif

 Be honest and responsible:
 Use your own
words, obviously.
 Cite those ideas and words
you utilize to support your
own.
 Do not use one paper for
two (or more)
assignments.
http://www.pyrczak.com/antiplagiarism/images/Roomie.gif

 100 = You’ve met the expectations.
 85= You’ve met some of the expectations.
 50 = Late
 0 = Inappropriate/ incomplete / previously
submitted assignment/ blog that is diary
entry, not blog post

 Write a blog post!
 Establish a purpose
 Decide what you want your audience to do as a
result of reading your blog
 Use the Web to research what’s already been said
about this topic (Google News is a good start)
 Write a post that expresses your opinion, but also
reflects the wider discussion of your topic
 Make it digital! Include links, images, and cite your
sources!

 LeFever, Lee. "Plagiarism." Commoncraft.com.
Common Craft. Web. 19 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.commoncraft.com/video/plagiarism>.
 Sullivan, Andrew. "Why I Blog." The Atlantic –
TheAtlantic.com. The Atlantic, Nov. 2008. Web. 19 Jan.
2012.
<http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/
11/why-i-blog/7060/>.
 Warlick, David. Classroom Blogging: A Teacher's Guide
to Blogs, Wikis, & Other Tools That Are Shaping a New
Information Landscape. Raleigh, NC: Landmark
Project, 2007. Print.

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