October 7th

Good morning!

    Welcome to Comm Tech. This class is going be a lot of fun! You are going to learn a lot, do a lot, and create a lot of projects that are founded in communications. Right now, you've already heard me explain the syllabus, and give you a basic idea of what communications technology is and why there is a course designed around it. What I'd like you to do next, is the following:


1.  Fill out the survey that is in your Rockway Gmail account.

2.  Set up your own survey using a Form in your Google Drive. The survey should be questions to find out how those around you communicate/ interact with communications technology. I will give you a demonstration in class on how to do this.

3. Create your own blog on Blogger. I will give you a demonstration on how to do this but here are some step by step directions.

      

Steps for setting up your blog

1.      Sign into your Rockway Google Apps Account

2.      Click on Blogger (it will be in a drop down menu at the top of your screen).

3.      Choose a Blogger Profile (not a Google + profile).

4.      Your display name should be your first name and last initial, i.e. TraceyM (you should    unclick receive announcements to avoid annoying spam).

5.      You have now created a Blogger Dashboard, this is where you can add other blogs to your reading list. Click Create new blog.

6.      The title of your blog should be first name and last intial, commtech13, i.e. Traceymcommtech13

7.      The address should be the same as your title.

8.      Choose your layout.

9. Once you have finished this, please respond to the following: 

       A. What blogging experience, if any, do you have?
  B. Do you generally read blogs, if so, what are they about? Find 3 examples to blogs that  would interest  you and post them on your blog.
  C. Please answer, in 3-5 sentences, why you took this course and what you are most looking forward to.

10. Once you have finished everything, you can play with the format of your blog. Customize it by changing the layout and colours and making it your own. 

11. If you have done EVERYTHING, then you can fill out surveys that your classmates have sent you.