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	<title>Stop Whining and Blog</title>
	<link>http://stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>Helping Students Write a Good Blog</description>
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		<title>A Word on Plagiarism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;re curious about what plagiarism is, check this link out.
Note this: &#8220;The duplication of author&#8217;s words or phrases with footnotes or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com&blog=3775607&post=23&subd=stopwhiningandblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/a-word-on-plagiarism/</link>
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		<title>A Word on Presentation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t bring a little [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com&blog=3775607&post=22&subd=stopwhiningandblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/a-word-on-presentation/</link>
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		<title>Widgets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;Links&#8221; or &#8220;Blogroll&#8221; widget is an essential part of your blog, as it is graded [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com&blog=3775607&post=18&subd=stopwhiningandblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/widgets/</link>
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		<title>Essence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While everyone is still beginning to create a focus for their blogs, let us turn our thoughts and keyboards to that which is the most important part of our topics.
Consider the matter which, without it, your entire subject is rendered meaningless.
Consider the essence of your subject.
Let me give an example:

The Essence of Cooking

Culinary mastery, arriving [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com&blog=3775607&post=16&subd=stopwhiningandblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/essence/</link>
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		<title>Grades and Images</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today you will be doing 2 things: grading your peers and finding an image related to your subject matter upon which you will base your next post.
#1.  Use your grading sheets to evaluate the Introduction post and &#8220;Help&#8221; post of the blogs above and below your own blog on this website (within your own [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com&blog=3775607&post=15&subd=stopwhiningandblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/grades-and-images/</link>
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		<title>How can you help?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you look around the computer lab today, you will find several students who have yet to finish their first post.  Some were helping with the blood drive, others were experiencing technological disturbance, and some were gone on a field trip.
The question is this: what are you going to do about it?
As we discussed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com&blog=3775607&post=11&subd=stopwhiningandblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/how-can-you-help/</link>
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		<title>Introducing Your Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s your agenda for today:

Right click on the Rubric page on this blog and open it in a new window.
Log in to your blog and click on the &#8220;write&#8221; tab.
Write your introduction to the blog following sections 1-3 of the rubric.
Except your blog only has to be at least 225 words.
Answer the following questions for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com&blog=3775607&post=9&subd=stopwhiningandblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/introducing-your-blog/</link>
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		<title>Getting Started</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You have now begun to create your own blog!
Here are the first steps to getting started:

Create a username
Create a password
Create a url name

How to create your username:

Make sure it&#8217;s fun, catchy, and in some way relates to your blog
Make sure it doesn&#8217;t use your real name

How to create your password:

Make sure you can remember it
Make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com&blog=3775607&post=5&subd=stopwhiningandblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://stopwhiningandblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/getting-started/</link>
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