Welcome

Hi girls,

Welcome to our class English blog. We will be using the site a lot over the next two years so you need to start familiarising yourselves with Blogger as quickly as possible.

By the beginning of next week (Monday Jan 31st) you will all need to have created your own blog and we will have everyone's link posted on our folder in Blackboard.

You will use your blogs for class tasks and for the majority of homework tasks. With this in mind, there are some guidelines to keep in mind:

1. Blogs are public - this means that whatever you publish should be of the highest possible standard.

2. It is a school blog - this means that when you are writing on the blog the content should be appropriate for school and meet with the school's policies.

3. It is an academic blog - this means that you need to write in an academic style (unless otherwise instructed) using correct spelling, grammar, sentence structure, capital letters, etc. Abbreviations and acronyms that you would use quite normally on Facebook, Twitter, etc are not appropriate for these blogs.

4. As they are being used for homework, staff (mainly me) will be looking at your posts and making comments. Ensure that you take heed of the feedback that is being provided.

5. Quite often, you will be asked to utilise the blog as a method of sharing ideas and perspectives. When commenting on one another's work you need to ensure that your comments are constructive and appropriate. If anyone does not adhere to this, there will be consequences.

Ultimately, the blogs should be a space where you can not only do work, but be able to look back throughout the year and reflect on how you are progressing.

You are free to personalise your blogs as you see fit (with various templates, pictures, clips, soundtracks, etc) so long as it is suitable material for school.

If you ever have any questions regarding your blog you can see me but also take the time to share tips, ideas with one another.

Image taken from Google images on 27/01/11