Today's other assignments

1. Your blog is up
2. Add profile and photo
3. Follow BlogblogUCO and Coffee with Clark
4. email link of your blog to tmclark44@gmail.com
5. By end of class today
6. From previous assignment (10 in 20), or elsewhere, for Tuesday Jan. 28, have two blogs selected, urls, and titles written on a piece of paper to hand in at start of class, that you might want to adopt for study.

Find 10 in 20

Find 10 in 20 and evaluate one

Take 20 minutes. Go to
 blogoklahoma.com and to
http://technorati.com/blogs/top100/
http://www.blogher.com/network
http://www.bloggersblog.com/blogalistlinks/


1. Find ten blogs of interest to you. Copy links to your blog.

2. Choose one of the blogs you discovered today, or another one you prefer.
Write a two paragraph evaluation of the blog, addressing the following ideas:

1. What are its strengths?
2. What ideas about blogging and your blog do you get from it?
3. What are its weaknesses and how could be improved?

Be sure to include the link to the blog, and include at least one visual image, plus labels at the end of your post.

List by end of class today. Comment by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24

Blog ideas and set up

Ideas and tutorial

Take 10 minutes to scan this link.
Ideas for your blog
Then view this tutorial

Comment below about the article Ideas for your blog by 5pm Monday, Jan 20.
Try to have your basic blog set up, or wait till we do it together on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Blog assignment one

Welcome, get busy, Spring bloggers--Due Thursday

1. Welcome bloggers. Check and read these links by Thursday.
http://trends.e-strategyblog.com/2012/08/01/the-state-of-the-blogosphere-2012-infographic/2383
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2012/buzz-in-the-blogosphere-millions-more-bloggers-and-blog-readers.html
2. Read the Intro and part One of this link by Thursday.
http://technorati.com/social-media/article/state-of-the-blogosphere-2011-introduction/


3. What have you decided for a title for your blog?

4. Do you have a separate gmail account yet?

5. Once that is set up, become a follower of this blog, and Coffee with Clark.

6. Assignment: In the comments section below, post a two sentence comment about what you think the state of blogosphere 2012 means to media today, by 5 p.m. Aug. 21.

7. Assignment: view this blog, before 5 p.m. Aug. 21: Blog tutorial

Today's presentations

Comments and test question below:
1. Charlie Gile--Welcome to Loud City
2. Katie Kastl--NYCPRgirls.com

Advice of bloggers

What are at least three  commonalities do you see in the advice the various bloggers have given you?
Post below, by 5 pm today.

Class evaluation

Comment below, by 5 pm today.
1. What was strongest part of class? Be specific.
2. What was weakest part of class? Be specific?
3. How would you improve the class?
4. What is your advice to future students of the class?

Final--9 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 10.