Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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My journey with technology – Kateryna
I have decided to write a blog about my journey through the unit of technology in the first week. We started the unit with a simple group discussion, after which we shared what we think with the rest of the class. Together we brainstormed and wrote down what the central idea meant and whether we agree with it or not. We decided that we would like to have a debate on what we think about it, and it turned out to be interesting. We wrote down what is academic integrity and our pledge. We decided our goal for the unit and what ATL skills we are going to use most.
Now that we have began the unit, we linked some newspaper articles to it. We learned some tech terms and more about what we are going to learn during the unit. In a group, we researched about our central idea, technology is a form of human expression. We decided what tool of technology fascinates us, which for me is Viber. We also sorted our questions in three categories: factual, conceptual and debatable. This way, we started our with technology, and I hope it will continue this way.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
Ayan and Kateryna 