Blog Post Guidelines and Due Dates

There are three (3) mandatory blog posts that must be completed for this semester and they count as part of your class participation so their completion will be monitored.

 Prior to the due dates, an example of the blog post will be made available by the peer mentors; this however does not limit what you may decide to include in your individual posts – be creative!!
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  1. Post One: due Friday, February 14th, 2014 at 11:59 pm

Create a two minute video, an eight image slideshow, or a ten song musical playlist that represents who you think you are to your classmates. Embed your creation in a blog post and then write no more than 500 words that explains how what you’ve created speaks to who you are. Here are some free tools that you can use for this assignment, but you are free to use whatever services you like:

  • Video Editors:
    YouTube Editor http://www.youtube.com/editor/
  • Image slideshows:
    Blogs@Baruch built-in galleries (documentation forthcoming)
    Flickr – http://flickr.com
    Flickr Slidr – http://flickrslidr.com/ • Picassa – http://picasaweb.google.com/
  • Musical Playlists:
    Grooveshark – http://grooveshark.com
    Spotify – http://www.spotify.com/us/
    Mixpod – http://www.mixpod.com/ 

2. Post Two: due Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 at 11:59 pm

For this assignment, you will (1) post the monologue you’ve developed in your seminar AND (2) embed a self-portrait, which can be a photograph, an image, a cartoon, a drawing, or some other depiction of how you see yourself.

3.  Post Three: (due by late April)

Create or find a photograph or some other image (a meme, an animated GIF, etc.) that represents in some way your experience at Baruch thus far. Embed your image in a blog post in which you reflect, in no more than 500 words, on your impressions of your first three months at Baruch. Your response should be personal and creative. If you use an image that you did not create yourself, be sure to credit the source with a name, if possible, and a URL!

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Protocols for Blogging:

  1. Keep in mind that you entries on Blogs@Baruch are accessible everywhere in cyberspace, for all the world to see (including a future employer).
  2. Think about how you represent yourself on the blog.Your blog entries reflect your intellect, your written communication skill, your creativity, your thoughtfulness, your emotions, your attitudes, beliefs and values.
  3. Adhere to copyright laws – don’t plagiarize.
  4. Embrace good etiquette, not censorship. Check out the following blogging guidelines

Feel free to comment on your classmates posts; to make any additional posts outside of the required ones outlined if the mood should take you;to share any thoughts or interesting information. Most of all have fun, this is your space, and its up to you to make the most of it. ^_^