Reading, Writing, & Technology (II)

Reading: For this week's classes, please read Atwan05.pdf & Atwan06.pdf. As always, these files are located on Blackboard.

Writing: You will have 2 writing assignments this week. One will be due Wednesday night & the other will be due Sunday night. They are as follows:

Assignment 1: Select a local or state story from the Star Journal website or the Omaha World Herald website. The story cannot be a national, world, or sports story. After reading the article, write a 300 word response that incorporates 2 relevant hyperlinks. DUE: Wednesday, September 12th @ midnight.

Assignment 2: Select a structure or site somewhere in Lincoln that is not located on the Wesleyan campus. Go to the location so that you may observe & reflect upon your choice first-hand. Perhaps, you may want to select a prominent building such as the state capitol or Cornhusker stadium; just as well, you may choose a place not as conspicuous (i.e. Midwest Steel Works, see image). You will be required to write 300 words, as well as incorporate 2 relevant hyperlinks & an image. To this extent you must choose a) a site that has images you can find on-line or b) have access to a camera that takes digital photgraphs. DUE: Sunday, September 16th @ midnight.

Technology: Each of you will be require to start a Photobucket account where you will store the images you incorporate into your posts. Section 07, we will do this in Friday's class. Section 09, since you do not have class on Thursday, you will be asked to do this on your own. The steps a quite basic & shouldn't be too much trouble, but I would recommend you attempt to do this earlier in the week. If you try to set one up Sunday night when your second post is due & are unable to do so, this will not be an adequate excuse for not having the assignment. To start, go to the above link & click the red "Join Now" button. You will need to enter an email account (I highly suggest using the same one you have attached to your blogger account) & a password. From there, it is just a matter of navigating through a few basic start-up screens.