Signing up for Blogger

If you have completed the project worksheet (see below) and have signed up for a Gmail address it is time to sign up for a blog at blogger.com. Signing for a blog is simple as long as you read the instructions and pay attention to the following suggestions:

• Your blog name should be related to the course or your project. Keep it simple by using your name and a simple description. ie Ariel's Comic Book Project. The blog name can be changed anytime.
  
• The blog URL or address is PERMANENT. It should be something short that you can tell other people like yaniqueproject.blogspot.com or dannymusic.blogspot.com. Your only get to name the first part - YOURADDRESS.blogspot.com
• Email me your blog address at mr.powhida@gmail.com Copy the blog address into the SUBJECT of the email when you are finished signing up. I will be adding it to the class blog links section.
  

Project Worksheet #1

Today you will take your first steps towards working digitally in this class. Many of you have email addresses that you use personally, but today you will sign up for an academic email through Google that you will use for class. Follow the procedure below to sign up for your gmail account. We will be using the gmail account for Blogger, Google docs, Picassa, and more. After you sign up for your Gmail, you need to complete the first project worksheet in Word and email me your responses as a word document attachment.

Steps:

1. Go to www.gmail.com
2. Sign up for the email and provide the required information only.
3. Choose an account name that involves only your name and up to two numbers. You may use your full name, your inititals, and periods and numbers in the account. For example my academic email is mr.powhida@gmail.com
4. When you have finished signing up for the email, your first task will be be to email me your responses to questions about your project idea. These are due by Thursday at the latest.
   
5. When you click on the link, which will take you to the project worksheet, copy and paste the questions into Word. Type your answers into the word file and save it as YOURNAME_1.doc and email me the file as an attachment. Please ask for help or a demo if you do not know how to attach a file.