BE: Composing the Digital Self

In the spirit of Blog Day you are assigned to add 5 blogs to your Bloglines blogroll (the list you have collected on Bloglines) that speak in some manner to the work you’ll be doing on non-profits for project #1. A number of links to blog search engines were provided on the document you received for class on Monday. Think of this assignment as giving you a starting point, and expect your reading to expand, shift, and adjust as you encounter the networked conversation taking place on Planet Blog about your topic.

Now, having subscribed to your five new blogs, start here to generate the HTML code and find directions for working through the template adjustments (on Blogger) that will publish your blogroll on your English 106 class blog. Note: leave “folder” and “link target” blank.

Finally, referring as needed to your course text, make improvements to your Blogger blog site. I am most interested in finding a completed profile and a link (on the front page) that allows readers to email you directly from that location. Keep in mind that your work for this class throughout the semester is work to compose an online presence – a searchable (employable) presentation of yourself online. Online information is (more or less) permanent: keep that in mind as you compose yourself “for the record” and in anticipation of successful professional careers ahead.

Ok… three things: 1) five project-related sites 2) publish your blogroll to your blog on Blogger 3) enhance your Blogger blog – attending particularly to a completed profile and a link for email

When you’ve completed these tasks, email me the link to your blog so I can take a look. Please have completed this work by 9:00 p.m. Monday evening, September 5.

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