IWP - Week 2 - Introduction Part II: Manila and Blogging
Our goals for Week 2:
- Discuss the readings from Week 1.
- Share and discuss as a group the plans for each individual learner’s website. Prepare for writing a formal learning plan.
- Continue to familiarize ourselves the features of Manila. This will involve, learning how to create and link to Manila news items and stories, upload and link to pictures, edit news items and stories, make permanent links on the homepage, edit the template,
- Learn to recognize and avoid the most common problems when using Manila.
- Learn simple HTML and CSS editing techniques.
Our reading assignments for Week 2:
- Siemens G (2002) The Art of Blogging - Part 1 and Part 2
Resources:
- Savin J (1999-2004) Manila User’s Guide & Reference
- HTML Goodies
Our tasks for Week 2:
- Prepare personal websites for introduction to the community.
- Students will write a formal learning plan for how their personal websites will be used to support their learning at the Center this semester.
- Begin to construct site content and make weblog entries.
- Practice making a comment on another learner’s site.
- Complete the reading assignment and make a list of questions for discussion.
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