The article really is interested and covers a lot of good ground. I wish he would have tried to be a bit more creative in his approach. Certain parts, for instance, the observation of people doodling away on random gadgets at the conference are really perceptive but he doesn't led the reader all that well...
In response to the topic, I stopped bringing my laptop to class exactly for these reasons and it has made the world of difference...
We read a lot of news, daily. We each have individual interests and specific sets of passions that are unique. The goal of the blog is to compile the best of your daily readings in order to share with our fellow classmates, our networks, etc. Ideally, this blog will combine our knowledge and perspective. Thus, the more posts we have the more diverse the range. In that sense, we will be sharing what we find fascinating in order to learn what others do as well...If successful, we will end up with our own daily newspaper of sorts.
Don't be afraid to post early and often. The site will thrive with the more number of students. So get more students involved!
1) Make sure you are logged and click New Post on top right of the screen.
2) Where there is a header In the Title Section: Name of Newspaper: Article Title In the Link area: Link to the article
3) For the body, put the following: By: Author; Full Article May Be Read Here <-- place hyperlink on the 'Here', by highlighting it, pressing the link button and then Ctrl + C the article link
If you want to comment, after the author/hyperlink part put, Blogger Comment: Your Comment
4) Labels: VERY IMPORTANT! Newspaper Source, Author, Op-Ed, Ed, Region and or Countries Discussed, Issue Area, Everything! It will really enhance the archive, which will make the utility of the site enormous...
Remember, Post as often as you like. Just use the proper format!
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The article really is interested and covers a lot of good ground. I wish he would have tried to be a bit more creative in his approach. Certain parts, for instance, the observation of people doodling away on random gadgets at the conference are really perceptive but he doesn't led the reader all that well...
ReplyDeleteIn response to the topic, I stopped bringing my laptop to class exactly for these reasons and it has made the world of difference...