Blogging is Happening!

This is fun--you are commenting and setting up blogs! I'm really curious to see what each of you has to say about blogging in a writing course.

It looks like, from the initial comments (keep commenting, ok), that you fall into two camps:

1. You read blogs (mostly friends), but have never blogged yourself
2. You don't know anything about blogs, but are gamely trying the blog

I see from looking at the discussions board in webct that a number of you have set up your blog. A few blog addresses don't seem to be working--please double check that your blog is working properly. You might try to write just one post (a hi there post), to ensure that your blog is visible.

I will be putting together a blog ring for our class over the next few days. A blog ring will allow you to easily find all of your classmate's blogs. This is really important because, starting next week, you will need to leave at least 2 comments a week on blogs (that's just 2 comments total--not 2 comments on every blog).

Richard emailed me to point out some discrepancies in the syllabus dates versus the calendar dates. I fixed these problems. Thanks Richard for point out the problems! If you see something that is unclear or inconsistent let me know. Generally the dates on the webct Calendar function are the most up to date ones and the ones that you will want to follow. BTW--When I blog I try to link to other people's blogs when I mention them in the post. So, if Richard had set up his blog, I would link to his blog so you might know who he is. (this isn't a criticism against Richard--the deadline for blog set up isn't here yet!)