SPRING 2010

Comments will be deemed inappropriate that are libelous, defamatory, indecent, vulgar or obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or sexually suggestive, racially, culturally, or ethnically offensive, harmful, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, objectionable, discriminatory, or abusive, or which may or may appear to impersonate anyone else.

COMMENTS THAT CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING WILL BE REMOVED :

• Profanity, name-calling, vulgarity or sexually explicit in nature
• Derogatory remarks about the professor's religion, ethnicity or race, physical appearance, mental and physical disabilities.
• References to one's sex life (Including sexual innuendo, sexual orientation or claims that so and so sleeps with so and so).
• Claims that one shows bias for or against another student or specific groups of students.
• Claims that the one engages or has previously engaged in illegal activities (drug use, being incarcerated.)
• Includes a link/URL to a webpage or website that does not directly pertain to the class, such as social promotion with exceptions being music.
• Any piece of information including contact info that enables someone to identify a student by phone number for example.
• Any piece of information about one that is not available on the website and allows someone to contact them outside of school—you can do that on your free time that is.

.The Do Nots of these Posting Guidelines will be enforced and violations will result in either the blogger's comment being removed, or the entire posting being deleted. If you see a comment that you believe violates Posting Guidelines, please e-mail me and state the problem. It will be evaluated by me.

Blogging in the Blogosphere
English 10, 52, 100


FORMAT:
When you blog, in the Title, write your first and last name as you would as if you are turning in a paper to me. Then you do not have to write my name because I know you are in my class. Write what English class you are in whether it is English 52, 60, 100 and what College.

For example, one would write:

Yue Hayes
English 52
Cerritos College
Post #1

Homelessness

In addition, for the title, pick the topic of discussion, grammar/organization, content, current events, pop culture or literature as a TITLE that we have discussed in class. Write the posts like this: write #1 Post or #2 Post or Post #50, so I can easily keep track of them and how many you write.

Of course, you are welcome to write more than several posts, and in doing so is another form of participation and does count in the participation grade. Perhaps, in class, you may not participate all that much but in the realm of the blogosphere, you can from the comfort of your own home,

• reflect on the day's class discussion or offer up an insight that you found particularly interesting, etc., etc.
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• How does it change the way you think or thought before on the subject?
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• What actions might you take in the future? Anything is open to interpretation.

Of course, I need not go on and on about being respectful towards your peers' opinions and beliefs. If you disagree with another student's views be discreet about it: Do not say so and so is completely wrong because of this and that. Instead, say, I disagree with so and so and here are the reasons why I do. Go after their evidence and support and do not, I repeat do not attack someone else personally. This is supposed to be a forum for everyone to share their ideas and views.

*I will enforce the blogosphere by either deleting your hard work, making an example out of you here in the realm of the blogosphere or in class* . . .



1. Use a quote: Introduce the author, title of work, and a verb, such as says: For example, Plato, in “Allegory of the Cave,” says, “Better to be a poor servant of a poor master than live as they do after their manner” (paragraph number).
2. Do relate the piece of literature to your life in some fashion and/ or media, pop culture, current events, and so forth.
3. Each post is worth 10 points—I have given you some sample posts for examples
4. I get an e-mail sent from the blogosphere saying who posted, and that is how I tally points.