{"id":30,"date":"2012-01-27T19:17:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T19:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english630sp12\/?p=30"},"modified":"2012-01-27T19:27:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T19:27:02","slug":"tuesday-january-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english630sp12\/2012\/01\/27\/tuesday-january-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, January 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is our first “virtual” class, and we’re going to keep it pretty simple.<\/p>\n

Your goals in this class are: to publish at least two blog posts on blogger; read and comment on at least two of your comrades’ blog posts; browse and comment on Whitman’s Specimen Days.\u00a0 The two blog posts are due by Tuesday at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

1) blog post one: comment on your favorite two lines from “Song of Myself.”\u00a0 Find your favorite couple of lines and put those at the top of your blog post.\u00a0 Use a couple of paragraphs to explain what you like about these lines.<\/p>\n

How do I do this?\u00a0 First, go to blogger.com<\/a>; log in.\u00a0 In the upper right-hand corner of your blog, you’ll see a link that says “New Post.”\u00a0 Click on that link.\u00a0 Type in a title for your post.\u00a0 In the large text box below the title, write your post.\u00a0 Click on “Publish Post.”\u00a0 You are now a published author!\u00a0 Congratulations!<\/p>\n

You can always go back and re-edit your post.\u00a0 At the bottom of your blog post, you’ll see a little icon that resembles a pencil.\u00a0 Click on that.\u00a0 Your post now appears in the editing mode.\u00a0 Cut, copy, paste, etc.\u00a0 Then, click “Publish Post.”<\/p>\n

While you’re in the editing box, why not play around with your blog text.\u00a0 For instance, insert an image.\u00a0 Click on the little picture icon in the toolbar above the text box.\u00a0 A window will pop up that will ask you to “choose files.”\u00a0 Click on that and upload the image.\u00a0 After clicking on “Add selected,” you can resize the image, change the text flow around the image, change its alignment, etc.\u00a0 Experiment.<\/p>\n

You can also include links, especially by linking text in your post.\u00a0 For instance, say you mention “Song of Myself” in your post, and you want readers to be able to see the poem if they wish.\u00a0 In the edit box, simply highlight the text – -here “Song of Myself” – -and then click on the little icon titled “Link.”\u00a0 Paste in the url for the page you want to link to.\u00a0 Keep editing and then publish your post.<\/p>\n

Need more help, try the blogger help page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2) read and comment on at least two of your comrades’ blog posts.<\/p>\n

You can find your colleagues’ blog posts in two ways: in the blogroll in the right-hand column of the mother blog.\u00a0 (Look to the right!)\u00a0 Or, via a new addition to the motherblog – – the page titled Class Blog Feed<\/a> (again, look to the right under the Pages heading).\u00a0 If you use the blogroll – – just browse through the links until you find a couple of posts that look interesting.\u00a0 If you use the Class Blog Feed page, be patient while the page loads.\u00a0 Once it’s loaded, you’ll see a digest of all the recent blog posts from the class.\u00a0 Scroll through these until you find a couple that look interesting.\u00a0 Click on the linked title of that post.<\/p>\n

Once you’ve arrived on your fellow student’s\u00a0 blog post, make sure you’re logged into blogger.\u00a0 You’ll see a link labeled “comments,” “add a comment,” or a comment box under the blog post.\u00a0 Click the link and type your comment into the box.\u00a0 Click “publish.”\u00a0 Your comment is now added to the blog.<\/p>\n

3) blog post two.\u00a0 First, go to Specimen Days<\/a>.\u00a0 Browse through the headings for the sections of Whitman’s diary\/memoir.\u00a0 Click on a heading and read the entry.\u00a0 Blog your response to the entry in a couple of paragraphs.\u00a0 What’s interesting about the entry?\u00a0 How might it relate to “Song of Myself”?\u00a0 How does it add to your understanding of Whitman and\/or Leaves of Grass?<\/p>\n

A couple of other things:<\/p>\n

– –\u00a0 blogging is an informal kind of writing.\u00a0 Think of your blog as a place to think out-loud about the poem, Whitman, Specimen Days, etc.\u00a0 Your blog should function as a kind of public or quasi-public journal.<\/p>\n

– – don’t forget<\/strong>: I’ll be in the google hangout on Monday at 11 a.m.\u00a0 To join the hangout, be sure to add me on google+.\u00a0 I.e. sign into google.\u00a0 Then click google<\/a>+ from your google bar – -at the top of your browser window.\u00a0 Click on the little “circles” icon.\u00a0 At the top of the page you’ll see link that says “find people.”\u00a0 Click on that, enter my email, and add me to your google+.\u00a0 On Monday at 11 a.m., I’ll send out an invite to join the google hangout.\u00a0 If you’re having trouble finding me or the hangout – – just email me or look for me in the chat list next to your gmail window.<\/p>\n

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