How to Post and Comment
Please review these before posting your first blog on our class site. Make sure you understand the academic standards we have established. Students who wish to blog on our class site must see me to be invited to our blog. Your audience is the entire world. Be mindful of what you are creating!
1. Logging into the blog
- Log into your school email
- Find the email from me with the subject “You have been invited to contribute to…”
- Click the Accept Invitation button.
- You may receive a message that you need to sign in at this point by clicking a link. Go ahead and do this.
- Click the Accept Invitation button again, not on the site URL.
- Click continue and get ready to blog!
Posting Requirements
o Use only your first name. Do not give your location or any personal information out to the readers.
Include the following:
- Have a short, appropriate and catchy title.
- Be informative and relevant to what is going on in our PRISM room and what you are investigating.
- If you are a maker, film your tutorial and include it in the blog post.
- Provide evidence through a citation in MLA format (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/)
- Use appropriate, relevant, and academic language, symbols, or images.
- Be your own work.
- Proofread!
- Engage your readers!
If you want to comment on a blog post, keep these guidelines in mind:
- Do not use fragments.
- Write meaningful comments that add to the conversation.
- Respond respectfully.
- Provide constructive feedback only.
- Avoid using texting language and spell check your work.
- Use evidence to support your response.
An academically appropriate response to a post, might start like this:
o This made me think about…
o I wonder why…
o Your writing made me think that we should…
o I wish I understood why…
o Another thing to consider is…
o I was reminded that…
o I found myself wondering…
o I respectfully disagree with your post because …
