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Entry #03

Read this article: [
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2140567/people_of_walmart_web_site_silly_or.html?cat=9]

Visit this url: [ http://peopleofwalmart.com/ ]

Respond: (200 word minimum, link to site and or article.)

Do you feel that this type of site is good or bad? For what purpose?
Do you feel that widespread technology (enabling society to do this) is
positive or negative?
What are some ways that you think our global community could use the
technologies we have available for good?

Entry #02

Please read the following article < http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/2-the-history-of-the-internet-and-the-w/ > and post a comment on your blog responding to the article's "Exercise Questions" section. I have posted the same questions below so you are sure to address the correct questions.

Entry #01

Questions to answer:


Course Blog Grading Rubric

Criteria Performance Quality
0 points 1 point 2 points 3 points
Blog Posts Blog post was not published on time, is poorly written, does not contain content relevant to the course, or does not meet the post length requirement. Blog post was published on time, contains some spelling and/or grammatical errors, meets the post length requirement, but content is not very relevant to the course, or does not expand upon course topics. Blog post was published on time, contains no spelling and/or grammatical errors, meets the post length requirement, and the content expands upon course topics. Blog post is published on time, is very well written with no typos, grammar, or spelling errors, expands upon course topics, and exceeds the minimum post length. Post contains images where relevant to the content, and links to plenty of sources and resources.

 

To start...

Setup a blog using WordPress <http://wordpress.org/>,Blogger <http://www.blogger.com/>, or another comparable system. Every other week of the course, write one blog post that expands upon the topics discussed in class or readings. Each post should be at least 200 words in length, and should contain images and links where appropriate.

Once the blog is setup, please email me <tillson.webdesign@gmail.com> the url to your blog.

Subscribe to your classmates’ blog RSS feeds using Google Reader <http://www.google.com/reader/>, Netvibes <http://www.netvibes.com/>, Bloglines <http://www.bloglines.com/>, or another RSS reader of your choice so you can learn from your peers.