Monday, September 3, 2007

Reading, Writing, & Technology

You will be required to complete 3 assignments this week. They are as follows:

Reading: Please read Atwan04.pdf, which can be found on Blackboard. Also you need to read the articles located at the following hyperlinks:

What is a hyperlink?
What is an HTML element?
Article on what makes a good hyperlink: 1
Article on what makes a good hyperlink: 2
The Atwan & the hyperlink readings will need to be read for Thursday (Section 09) & Friday (Section 07). Don't freak out if some of the information seems a bit technical. I just want you to get an understanding of what is behind the words you are typing & linking. You are not expected to be a computer whiz for this class. If you are, great, but it is not necessary. Also, remember that you are to have Atwan02.pdf & Atwan03.pdf read for Tuesday (Section 09) & Wednesday (Section 07).

Writing: For your first writing assignment this week, you will need to go to one of the following places & write a 300 word response about your visit & incorporate 2 relevant hyperlinks into your post, per our discuss this Thursday/Friday (The aforemetioned sites on hyperlinks should also provide you with information on this topic). You may choose from: the Tugboat Gallery located here, the Telephone Museum located here, the first Clean Part Reading Series of the semester which will take place here, or the National Museum of Roller Skating which is located here. If you know of another museum, reading series, or art gallery that you would like to visit or attend, please discuss your idea with me first. Also, be aware that several of these locations have limited times & openings so plan accordingly. This assignment is DUE: Sunday, 09.09.07 @ midnight.

Technology: In lieu of writing another post this week, your second assignment will be to add relevant links to the side bar of your blog. For the first part of this assignment, you are required to add links for the Library, the Writing Center, Syllabus, & Blackboard to your "Important Sites" section (this is the area that already contains a link to this page). The final segment of this assignment asks you to add the names of all the students in your section, as well as a corresponding hyperlink to their blog, to the "Students" section we added to our pages in last Friday's class. To receive full credit for this assignment, you must insert all links into your page & have them working properly (i.e. no broken links). This assignment is DUE: Wednesday, 09.05.07 @ midnight.

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