Thursday, August 25, 2011

Thursday- August 25th

If you've made it here, then your in the right place.
Stay in close contact with my Blog.

Why?
The first thing to do when you get to class each day is check the blog.
The first thing to do when your absent is... check the blog.
The first thing to do when you cant remember if something is due tomorrow is... check the blog.

1- Look at District Guidelines, part 2 on my website. Can you answer these questions?


2- Spaghetti & Marshmallows
We will spend part of the next three classes working on this. Get with your group and spend some time on the first part of the Design Cycle: Investigate.



3- Blog Creation.
It gets boring using basic template designs, so customize your blog.
In blogger, if you check the design tab... at the very top it says Template Designer. Some of you guys have already played with the Template Design tab. Great! Those of you who haven't though... check it out and customize how your blog looks.
Email me the url for your blog before the end of class.

In the Design Tab, you also have options to add gadgets. Everyone's blog needs to add the gadget 'Recent Comments' (you can see mine in action on the left side of my blog).  In the design tab, when you click 'Add a Gadget', there's a searchbox in the top right of the pop-up window. Search 'Recent Comments' and it should be the second result that shows up.

If you'd like, you can also add an avatar as a gadget on your blog. My avatar is through the website Meez. I know Voki is pretty popular, as you can make them speak. Do you know where the term avatar comes from? It's kind of interesting.


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