Choose and Use Your Words Wisely

A New Era in Blogging:

Redefining “Blog”

A blog or “web log” is “a log of thoughts and writing posted publicly on the World Wide Web” (Sullivan).

Blog ≠ journal Blog ≠ news article

What does a diary look like?

Diary (journal) Audience = self Topics = private, your life Purpose = to record, vent, contemplate Contains personal details Words may be accompanied by pictures No peer review Not published!

What does a news story look like?

News story Audience = paying subscribers Topics = universal Purpose = inform, entertain, educate, evaluate,

analyze, produce conversation NO personal details Words are supported by pictures (and videos

&links if online) Competes with other news sources (may link

to other sources if online) Peer edited Published by news company

What does a blog look like? Blog

Audience = others, specifically seniors at WSW Topics = universal Purpose = to respond, entertain, educate, evaluate,

judge, produce conversation Avoids personal details unless they serve a greater

purpose Words are supported by pictures, videos, &links Interacts (through links, discussion) with the

digital world No peer review Published by author

Your turn

What’s the difference between a news story and blog?

Why would it be a bad idea for me to publish my diary on the Ning?

Why would it be a bad idea to rely on blogs for information for an important paper like my senior thesis or P.I.G. paper?

What do blogs do very well? (Better than newspapers?)

Going pro

Take your blog to the next level: Have a goal: What are you trying to

accomplish? What do you want your audience to do

as a result of reading your blog? Make it universal Link, link, link to other relevant

information that you reader might want to check out

Include visuals! Cite your sources (quotes & paraphrased

info)!

Broadcast Alert

We’ll return to the previously scheduled program after this important announcement

What is Plagiarism?

http://www.commoncraft.com/video/plagiarism

http://edforum.adventist.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Plagiarism.gif

Academic Integrity

Be honest and responsible: Use your own words,

obviously. Cite those ideas and

words you utilize to support your own.

Do not use one paper for two (or more) assignments. http://www.pyrczak.com/antiplagiarism/images/

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We now return to our regularly scheduled mini-lesson…

New Standards

100 = You’ve met the expectations. 85= You’ve met some of the

expectations. 50 = Late 0 = Inappropriate/ incomplete /

previously submitted assignment/ blog that is diary entry, not blog post

Your assignment

Write a blog post! Establish a purpose Decide what you want your audience to do as

a result of reading your blog Use the Web to research what’s already been

said about this topic (Google News is a good start)

Write a post that expresses your opinion, but also reflects the wider discussion of your topic

Make it digital! Include links, images, and cite your sources!

Works Cited

LeFever, Lee. "Plagiarism." Commoncraft.com. Common Craft. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. <http://www.commoncraft.com/video/plagiarism>.

Sullivan, Andrew. "Why I Blog." The Atlantic – TheAtlantic.com. The Atlantic, Nov. 2008. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. <http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/why-i-blog/7060/>.

Warlick, David. Classroom Blogging: A Teacher's Guide to Blogs, Wikis, & Other Tools That Are Shaping a New Information Landscape. Raleigh, NC: Landmark Project, 2007. Print.