World Issues Blog:

For the remainder of this class, each of you will be creating your own blog that you will be adding to on a weekly basis. This blog is going to count for 10% of overall seminar mark, so it is vital that you keep up on this assignment. For this blog, you are each going to choose a world issue that you would like to learn more about. This assignment is the perfect way for you to stay knowledgable on a current event that is directly or indirectly affecting you each and every day.

Criteria:

1. The world issue must be approved by the teacher by the end of this week.

2. EACH AND EVERY WEEK you are to post a 50-100 word description regarding that week's news related to the world issue. 

3. EACH AND EVERY WEEK you are to post a link to an online news article that discusses your world issue in detail.

4. EACH AND EVERY WEEK you are to choose TWO (2) of your classmates blogs to post on by writing a 25-50 word response (after reading the article linked to the blog). 

5. I will be marking you on your level of participation every week. If you have not posted anything by the Sunday at 3:00pm of each week, you will receive a ZERO (0) for the week. If you have only commented on one of your classmates blog, you will receive 50% on the week. If you do not post an article on your own blog for the week, you will receive a 0% for that week.


6. All information you provide must be appropriate.

Steps to creating a blog:

1. Go to blogger.com

2. Login by entering your @gmail.com email address

• If you do not have a @gmail.com web address, create one for this assignment

3. Enter in the necessary information; when it asks you to create a web address for your blog, enter your name and then umei (it will automatically enter .blogspot.com

• ie. ashtonumei.blogspot.com

4. Choose the theme (colour scheme) you would like for your blog

5. Then hit the orange button with the pen on it in order to add a new post (this is what you will do each week, followed by entering the link to the article and the 50-100 word description of the weekly news related to your world issue)

6. Each of you are required to "follow" or become a member of every class mates blog 

• Do this by going to their blog and clicking "become a member" or "join page"
• This will allow you to post on their blogs each week.

LET THE BLOGGING BEGIN