online work for 10/10
In class we began four assignments: using Writely to compose your first YouthVoices blog post, commenting on another blog post in YouthVoices, writing about your special place, and searching for images relating to your research paper idea. These four assignments are listed in detail below.
For homework 10/16: complete the assignments that you didn’t finish in class today.
I. Sign up for Writely online word processor by going to writely.com. Follow the directions for signing up.
1. Click ‘new’ and begin typing.
2. Write 10 questions you have about the world and yourself. Think of them as something you might research.
3.Turn those into one word ‘tags’ that you’ll enter into your interests in your profile in youthvoices after step 5.
4. Now Freewrite for 10 minutes about one of your questions that really interests you. Write what you know about it and then what you want to know more about.
5. Save, and then click ‘done.’
Then…
6. Update your profile at youthvoices.net with your new tags about your interests.
7. Search online for sources for your research topic. Add that to your Writely document.
8. Proofread your freewrite about your topic. Copy and Paste it into your first blog post on YouthVoices.
II. Comment on another blog entry on YouthVoices. Keep these things in mind when doing so:
- Write meaningful comments
- Show the writer you “hear” them
- Share some of yourself when you comment
- Criticize kindly
• Will it make a difference?
• Focus on content more than surface errors
• Is my perspective already shared in the comments?
• Start by genuinely complimenting the author
• Point out each area of disagreement and why in a brief, non-rantish, professional manner.
• NEVER: Be sarcastic, rant prolifically, curse, or personally attack a person.
Procedure for commenting:
• Introduce the quote. Begin with something about what the blogger said like “I noticed…”
• Insert the quote. Use quotation marks.
• Interpret the quote. Why do you think the blogger said this? What are your thoughts on it?
III. Writing about your special place:
First peer edit your place description using the descriptive writing rubric. Then write your 50 word place description in a new Writely document.
IV. Search for Creative Commons images for your research topic using these sites:
October 15, 2006 @ 1:39 pm
hey mr slone you never gave us our place papers back so how are we suppose to do our paper? also what research topic? do we need to find one? hey just send me an e-mail back at my e-mail address. ok thank you much aericka
October 15, 2006 @ 1:45 pm
Good point aericka. I still have those papers. Therefore, that assignment won’t be due until the day after I return those to you. We’ll talk about it when I see you in class next.