2.  http://youtu.be/NN2I1pWXjXI

3.  A blog or “web log” is “a log of thoughts and
writing posted publicly on theWorldWide
Web” (Sullivan).
 Blog ≠ diary
 Blog ≠ news article
 But, sometimes a blog = news article

5.  Diary (journal)
 Audience = self
 Topics = private, your life
 Purpose = to record, vent, contemplate, etc.
 Contains personal details
 No peer review
 Not published, but updated whenever.

6.  News story
 Audience = paying subscribers
 Topics = universal
 Purpose = inform, entertain, educate, evaluate,
analyze, produce conversation
 NO personal details
 Words are supported by pictures (and videos & links if
online)
 Competes with other news sources (may link to other
sources if online)
 Peer-edited
 Published by news company on deadline

7.  Blog
 Audience = others
 Topics = more universal
 Purpose = to respond, entertain, educate, evaluate, judge,
produce conversation
 Includes some personal details if they serve a greater
purpose
 Words are supported by pictures, videos, & links
 Interacts (through links, discussion) with the digital world
 May be peer-reviewed
 Published by author
▪ or published by news company on deadline or whenever

8.  Why would it be a bad idea for me to publish
my diary on the Ning?
 How is a blog similar to both a diary and a
news story?
 Why would it be a bad idea to rely on blogs
for information for an important paper like
my senior thesis or P.I.G. paper?

9.  Take your blog to the next level:
 Have a goal: What are you trying to accomplish?
▪ What do you want your audience to do as a result of
reading your blog?
 Make it universal
 Link, link, link to other relevant information that
you reader might want to check out
 Include visuals
 Cite your sources

10.  100 =You’ve met the expectations.
 85=You’ve met some of the expectations.
 50 =Two days late
 0 = Inappropriate/ incomplete / previously
submitted assignment (e.g. PIG paper) / blog
that is diary entry / blog that is more than two
days late

11.  LeFever, Lee. "Plagiarism." Commoncraft.com.
Common Craft.Web. 19 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.commoncraft.com/video/plagiaris
m>.
 Sullivan, Andrew. "Why I Blog." The Atlantic –
TheAtlantic.com.The Atlantic, Nov. 2008.Web.
19 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/
2008/11/why-i-blog/7060/>.
 Warlick, David. Classroom Blogging: ATeacher's
Guide to Blogs,Wikis, & OtherToolsThat Are
Shaping a New Information Landscape. Raleigh,
NC: Landmark Project, 2007. Print.