Next week’s classes will be held at the computer labs instead of our usual classroom. For Week 2, COM125A will be in Rm 5.33 (30pax) while COM125B will be in Rm 5.23 (48pax).
These rooms have just enough computers for each class size, so if you’ve swapped classes without my knowledge, you’d do well to keep me posted next time.
Readings for Week 2 (via our Calendar):
- “What’s a Blog?” by Blogger.com. Retrieved Jan 3, 2007 from http://www.blogger.com/tour-start.g
- Blood, R. (2000, Sept 7). Weblogs: A History and Perspective. Retrieved Dec 31, 2006 from http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html
- Blog. (2006). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:30, Dec 31, 2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blog&oldid=98042185
- RSS (2006). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:30, Dec 31, 2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RSS_%28file_format%29&oldid=97567833
- Folksonomy (2006). ). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:30, Dec 31, 2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Folksonomy&oldid=97210123
- WIRED: Weblogs will outrank the New York Times Web site by 2007. The Stake: $1,000. See http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.05/longbets?pg=8
For the Blogging 101 class:
- Bring your blogging questions to class.
- You are responsible for clearing any doubts you have about blogging, since I will start grading you based on your blogs once I start handing out assignments.
- I’ll need “unofficial blogging assistants” since it’s unlikely that I can assist everyone in class. For those of you who are experienced with blogs, let me know if you’re interested in volunteering here in the comments.
COM125: Intro to Internet 
hey! i’ll like to volunteer as an “unofficial blogging assistant”!
me too… although i dunno how much i can offer. just try la hor 😛
i can help too! i think. ha.
For technical assistant, leave it on my shoulder Sir
Awesome! As you know, not everyone is evenly skilled in terms of computer literacy, so as I teach in class, I’d appreciate it if you can help the weaker students out. This way class won’t get disrupted as much. I think you’ll enjoy the experience. 🙂
I think I’ve been roped in already, right? Not that I’m all that good at blogging…
does that mean that our blogs now aren graded? cause i still kinda suck at blogging ya know…. hehe
OH yeah another thing do blogging ‘asses’ get extra brownie points? ehehehe
Benjamin: The blog grading is explained in the syllabus, but I plan to elaborate on it since some of you might not be clear on it. You can’t really suck at this blogging assignment because it’s pretty directed. If you’re in COM125b, you’ll hear my explanation tomorrow. 🙂
i think i messed around with some the html codes so my blog only shows the very first post. but i’ll try to get it all up and running again hopefully by this weekend!