Blogging

This week we have another vocab list.  This is the 3rd list that deals with the Internet.  Here is the list of students responsible for this week's vocab words:

3rd hour:  ElizabethB, EthanK, EmmaL, AlexisP, ElizabethP

4th hour:  MaddieA, BenettE, CaysonF, DestinyL, GraceM, PaigeO

6th hour:  RossC, HaleeG, BrileyK, DevonM, CamarieM, ReneeT

7th hour:  ElliottM, AdamN, TravisR, CassandraT, JacobV, AlexW

8th hour:  BritnyB, NikolasF, LucasH, DwightM, PaigeS, RyanW

To start with this week we will be learning the at sign - @ (right shift + left ring/3rd finger); the left parenthesis - ( (left shift + right ring/3rd finger); the right parenthesis - ) (left shift + right little/4th finger); and the asterisk - * (left shift + right middle/2nd finger).

Next we will begin learning how to manipulate and design your blog.  Creating a blog can very much be a creative experience for the blogger.  There are several things that you need to keep in mind as you create your blog:

1. Remember your audience.  If you are trying to reach adults, then you don't want to design a blog that would look like something you find in a Kindergarten classroom.  Your audience is who you are trying to attract to the website - make it appropriate to your audience.
2. Use colors and backgrounds that make what you have on your website easy to see.  
3. Use Fonts that are easy to read.  Sometimes the coolest font is a terrible web font because it's hard to read.  You want your audience to be able to easily read what you write on your blog - not become confused because the information was read incorrectly.

Here are some of the things that we will cover in designing your blog:

New posts

HTML vs. Compose

Modifying text entries

Edit posts

Labels/tags

Publishing/Saving/Preview

Creating Pages
Changing your Settings

Designing your blog