Creating your project blog

Yesterday some of you were unable to sign up for a gmail account because of an error.
This is because Google limits the number of email accounts given out to a specific Internet connection.

If you did not sign up gmail yesterday, do so now. You will need a gmail account for the class. If you can't sign up for a gmail account today, you will have until next week to sign up either at school or at home over the long weekend.

If you have your gmail account please sign in and visit blogger.com now. Today you are going to create a on online blog where you will keep a digital journal about your portfolio project and the portfolio process itself. Sign up for a blog with your gmail account and create a blog account. The blog address will be the URL or web address for your digital portfolio project. Try and keep it short, but it might be yourname_digitalportfolio or yourname_project. The blog title is less important and can easily be changed.

• Your first blog entry is to tell the reader about your project. You may start by writing out your project description but then you should continue to write about your perspective. How do you feel about the project? Are you happy with the project idea? Is there anything you want to change or do differently? Why are you interested in pursuing this project? Can you make any predictions about the project like what might be difficult or challenging?
• After you have made your blog entry, you need to send an email with your blog address to someone else in the classroom who has not heard your idea yet asking them to visit your blog, read the first entry, and leave a comment with some feedback about your idea.
• In return you must visit the blog of the person you sent the email to and leave them a comment with feedback about their idea.
• If you visit a blog that already has a comment from someone, find another person's blog from the class list that will be posted here once everyone has signed up for their blog.