Blogs are a way of organizing existing information or providing new content.
Hyperallergic
Cool Hunting
The Get Down
Cocktail Party Physics
Apartment Therapy
Mega Tokyo
What The Rap
Eyebeam Reblog
Types of content
Text
Image
Video
Audio
Most important design elements these can change depending on the bulk of your content
Using text demands that you pay attention to typography and the visual heirarchy of the following elements: headline, sub-headline, links, lists, regular text
Purpose of your blog should be obvious
Can people get what they want easily from your blog?
Will your blog stay current?
If your blog is purposeful, and a current and helpful resource, you will get lots of viewers. But not immediately....we'll talk about marketing later.
Papers Due March 29th
Paper outline due next week
great example paper
I. Thesis & Introduction
II. Body of Paper
A. Supporting Fact #1
1)analysis of supporting fact.
2) interpretation or explanation of supporting fact with context
B. Supporting Fact #2
1)analysis of supporting fact.
2) interpretation or explanation of supporting fact with context
C. Supporting Fact #3
1)analysis of supporting fact.
2) interpretation or explanation of supporting fact with context
D. Supporting Fact #3
1)analysis of supporting fact.
2) interpretation or explanation of supporting fact with context
III. Conclusion
A . Analysis of all supporting facts- their relation to each other and the thesis.
B. Interpretation and explanation of how these support the thesis
CEC#1- Take notes and write a blog response on how the internet or other networked communication could be used to support the "Occupy Student Debt Movement". Due Next week
THURSDAY 3.1 @ 3:45-5:15pm in H-Wing Auditorium
Roundtable #1: Student Debt + No Jobs + Growing Inequality = Occupy Student Debt.
Learn how the Occupy Movement is organizing against rising tuition, growing college student debt, and anti-union attacks on faculty/staff wages and working conditions.
