INTD 105 | The Battle for Christmas
ABOUT YOUR BLOG
Your blog is an important part of this course - not just for you, but for all of us. To write well you must write often; to learn from your classmates you must know their minds; to blog is to share your mind through frequent writing.
If you keep a website and wish to set aside space on it for your Intd 105 weblog, that's fine. Most students will probably find it easier to use a free blogging service such as Blogspot. If you already maintain a blog on Blogspot or elsewhere, please set up a separate blog for this course. Use your Intd 105 blog to share thoughts and experiences related to the material of the course. Bear in mind that although your blog will probably have a very small audience, it will be visible to anyone in the world with internet access; it should not be used to record opinions or revelations of a private or confidential nature.
When blogging, you needn't adhere to the standards of formal, Standard English. Blogging should be fun and relatively free-form. Although IM jargon (lol, etc.) and emoticons don't belong in the essays you'll turn in for this class, you shouldn't hesitate to use them (in moderation) on your blog.
In addition to posting at least three times a week to your own blog, consider posting an occasional comment to a classmate's blog.