The use of unquoted internet sources which have been slightly grammatically modified, yet comprise the post (either in its entirety, majority or any significant portion) is unacceptable.
Remember that contract you signed at the beginning?
If you’re curious about what plagiarism is, check this link out.
Note this: “The duplication of author’s words or phrases with footnotes or accurate references, but without quotation marks.”
http://definitions.uslegal.com/p/plagiarism/
In less than a week, you will be in front of your class presenting two things: your blog and your blog food. Here are some guidelines to help you along the process of preparation for that moment:
Your food must be:
- sufficient to give everyone in the class a small sample. Don’t bring a little tea cake; but unless you really want to have leftovers, don’t prepare a feast!
- representative of your blog. There needs to be a clear, obvious connection to your blog. None of this “I interpret this loaf of bread to explain some of the complexities in the financial markets of Spain and Portugal” business.
- creative. This doesn’t mean you have to be the next Iron Chef, but please put some fore-thought into what you’re making and why you’re making it.
- written down in a recipe. Make sure to bring in the recipe of how to make your food item. Now, for some people, this will be difficult, since they are creating something for which there may be no recipe. In that case, write down the culinary process as best you can.
Your presentation must be:
- 3-5 minutes. There it is. You have a time limit. Some will want more than that; some will want less. Be forewarned.
- a presentation of your blog as a whole. Tell us (a) why you chose the subject you did, (b) why your subject is important, and (c) what topics you generally covered in your blog.
- a presentation of one particular post. Take one post, summarize it, and read at least one section of it to the class. Your time is in your own hands on this one. Stay within the 3-5 minute limit.
- concise. Do not waste time or words. Think of what you will say before you say it and say it clearly. Anything less will be confusing; anything more will be boring.
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Have fun! This is your time to share with the rest of the class about something that is important to you. So what better time to embrace the moment and speak from your heart? If you show your own zeal for the subject, everyone else will catch on and be interested as well!
Monday offered some productive discussion of widgets in class. However, some people missed out! The following should do a bit to catch people up to date on things.
The main reason we are talking about widgets is because the “Links” or “Blogroll” widget is an essential part of your blog, as it is graded on your rubric.
Curious about what a widget is? Check out this explanation. It covers just about everything I said in class (and a few things I didn’t).
Trying to remember how to put an image in your side bar? Check out this explanation.
Just want to add some text links on your own? Click here
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Curious about how to start your links for your blogroll?
1. Start by clicking the “Manage” tab.
2. Then click the “Links” category.
3. Click “add new” if you don’t have any links yet.
“add new” will send you here:
4. Once you are there, add all the links you want. Make sure to categorize them in the “blogroll” category that you see at the bottom there.
5. Finally, when you’re finished with that, go to “Design” and click on the “Widgets” category to go here.
Then click “Add” on the “Links” widget.
Woohoo! Your blogroll is up!
This image is from here.
