Lovely phe-lines...

This morning yall have sent some lovely nag/brags...for the future Kay and I would like you to text them to one another...so here is everyone's contact information.

Sparkles: 4013306465,
Princess Boo Bear: 4016992593
Phoenix: 4013683081
Succubus: 4015295091
Kayla: 7749911250
Deirdre: 4012887969

Please save everyone's contacts in your phones. Today, we are going to put up blog directions so you can make your own blogger accounts. Make the accounts signing fake names (different from the ones above: i.e. shutterfly537 or something random, try to make one up that no one else will recognize). And e-mail Kayla and I at our joint e-mail account: fiercefemmes@gmail.com to tell us what your name is for the blog so we know who is who but none of the participants will.

To start your own blog, you will go to:

www.blogger.com


The big orange box at the top right of the page will direct you to creating your own blog on a site called blogspot.com. Follow the instructions to open up a free account. Don't forget your Username and Password!! You will need them to login everytime.

As you fill in the info, you will be asked to name your blog. This title will appear at the top of your blog. (Ours is called "female experience workshop")

Then, you need to choose an address:

http://_______.blogspot.com

This will be the web address associated with your site. you can call it anything you like. Be clever or simple (or both) -- it is up to you.

You will also need to choose a design template for your blog. Look through the options listed and see what appeals to you. You can change this later and can even find fun, creative templates at sites like PYZAM.

Once you have the account set up, you can start posting. A “posting” is an entry on your blog. (For clarification, you have one blog, but many postings). Give the post a title and then compose as you would any journal entry. When you are finished, hit the button at the bottom that says Publish Post. It will not appear on your blog until you publish it. You can always go back and edit old posts and create new ones.

When you are done creating your site, please e-mail us the name of yours and give us your workshop name. Some Tips and Helpful Hints:

• Once you are in your blog, look at the top right corner of the screen. If you click on the word DESIGN, you will be able to make design changes, create new posts, edit old posts, etc. (You can only do this if you are logged in to your blog.)
• Once you are in the DESIGN screen, you can do all kinds of things to make your blog a bit more interesting. Change your fonts and colors, edit a post, change your settings. See the tabs at the top of the screen for all kinds of options.
• Poke around online and make a list of websites related to education, diversity, social justice or anything else relevant and post them on your blog. You can add all kinds of things by ADDING A GADGET from your Design Screen.
• Just do the best you can with this. If you get stuck, don't fret... I am happy to help you anytime as you work on getting this started. Send me an email, come see me in office hours, or grab me after class. And remember: you can't break it. It is just a blog. Everything can be changed if need be!

Good luck!!