TASK 3: Visiting other blogs and leaving comments

Let´s visit the blogs you have created. The blogs can be found at http://www.pageflakes.com/anamariacult . Check out the tabs (abas) Ana Maria´s groups and Danubia´s groups at the top left-hand corner of the screen. Read posts, and when writing comments mention something you liked, a suggestion or even a question. You can also invite people to visit your blog. Remember to sign your comment with your name and your blog address below (so that people can visit you).

• Students from Brasília are also creating blogs and have visited some of your blogs. Let´s visit them at Finally 5B.

• IMPORTANT: Remember to allow visitors to comment in your blog by going to Settings, comments, click on anyone.
  

TASK 2: Create a blog

• Create a blog in BLOGGER. Set the language to ENGLISH.


• Write your first post which should include the purpose (topic) of the blog. Remember to write using your own words (Ctrl C + ctrl V = plagiarism).

This is a TUTORIAL to help you create your first POST.

• Visit the following blog for tutorials which will help you enrich your blog: http://bloggingteachers.blogspot.com/
• E-mail your blog address to your teacher: anamariacult@yahoo.com.br/ danubiabull@gmail.com

TASK 1: Visiting different blogs

Before you create your own blogs, let´s visit different kinds of blogs, observe the lay-out, topic chosen and widgets used on the page. Write a comment about which blog you liked the most from each category and give your reasons. Some of these blogs were suggested by teacher (Daniela Munca) from the University of Mississipi to her undergraduate students:

Educational Blogs:

Libardo´s page

Life Feast

Movie Reviews

Daniela Munca´s

Teen 5

Entertainment Blogs:

http://www.slashfilm.com/

http://www.thecelebrityblog.com/

http://www.uglybettyblog.com/

http://iamfashion.blogspot.com/

Technology related Blogs

http://technabob.com/

http://forevergeek.com/

http://www.2dayblog.com/blog/

Which one did you like best from each category? Why? Write in the comments area.

What´s a BLOG?

Watch this video from Youtube and answer the questions below:

1. What´s the difference between the news in the 20th / 21st Century?
2. How can anyone become a reporter?
3. How can people interact with other people using blogs?
4. What kinds of blogs are there?
   
5. How many blogs have been created since 2003?

Our Blog Project

This is a project Inter B students will be developing during the first semester of 2008 in order to learn about this new way of writing / interacting and practising English.

• Each student will create a blog (free choice of topic).
• The blog should have at least 5 posts ( one post a month).
• The blog can include texts, pictures, videos, songs and widgets.
• Students wil interact with other students and groups by visiting each other blogs and leaving comments.

EVALUATION

The blogs created by students will be visited by the teacher regularly and will be evaluated monthly. Organization, creativity, willingness to participate will be taken into consideration. The objective of writing blogs is not to check mistakes but to develop writing habits ; therefore, spelling or grammar mistakes will not be evaluated.