Assignment 4 - Google Blogger 1

Assigned: Sept. 28, 2011
Due: Oct. 2, 2011
Points: 10 points
Hi everyone,

Now that we've mastered some of the features of GMail, it's time to move on to creating our own blogs.  We will be doing this with a free service called Blogger.  Let's get started creating our own personalized pages!

• Turn to a partner.
• Speak English.
• Ask him/her: "What do you think the differences are between a blog and a website?"
• Switch and ask: "What is a famous website and what is a famous blog that you like?"
• Now share in the class.
• Check out my examples.

Now follow these steps on your own to create your own blog.

1. Go to Blogger.
2. Log in using your GMail (Google) account.
3. Make sure that "English" is selected in the upper right hand corner of your "Dashboard"
4. Click on the button "New Blog" on the left hand side of your Dashboard.
5. Give a title for your blog that includes your name and topic (e.g. Chau's Sport Page)
6. Give an address using the information from the title (e.g. chaussportpage.blogspot.com)
7. Click on the orange pencil button and make your first post.
8. The title of your post should be "Assignment 4 - Welcome" without the quotation marks.
9. Write 100+ words introducing yourself and your topic; that is, why you started this blog.  Remember that all posts you make after this are going to ONLY BE ABOUT YOUR TOPIC.  Choose your topic carefully!
10. Here are some good topic examples: movie reviews, sport news, fashion show review, video game reviews, Japanese language learning tips
11. Here are some bad topic examples: describing the Japanese language, video games, comic books
12. Consider your audience; who are you writing for?  Are they young, old, boys, girls.  THEY MUST BE ENGLISH SPEAKERS because this is an English blog!
13. Send me a professional email with a hyperlink to your blog.
14. Have fun!

The green arrow points to the hyperlink button