Assignment #9: The Golden Rule

Hello R8A,

Your newest assignment is a collaborative one. Ms. Crosbie's students have been reading and thinking about The Golden Rule. They will be posting a response to her assignment on their blogs.

Your buddies' names are listed on the right hand side of my blog, with links to your blogs and theirs. Please check on your buddy's blog (or buddies' blogs) often and make sure to leave thoughtful comments and questions. You will be evaluated on this.

For this assignment, visit your buddy's blog, read his or her post about The Golden Rule and, in the comments section, do a 3-2-1. 3 things you liked about the post, 2 other ideas that could be added (maybe links or your own personal connections), and 1 question for the poster.

Layout your comment like this:
3 things I liked
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2 further ideas
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1 question
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Remember to be thorough, thoughtful and respectful in your comments.

Assignment #6 - URGENT- Comment settings!

Ms. Thurow's students from Toronto are visiting and reading your blogs and would like to comment on them. Unfortunately, some are unable to comment on your blogs. Each of you needs to make absolute certain that you have set up your comment settings properly. Please visit this post and make sure you have followed ALL instructions.

Anyone needs to be able to comment (allow for anonymous commenters) and you need to ensure that word verification is OFF.

This is a priority.

Make sure you have set things up properly, and then leave a comment on this post, so I can check.

Day 2 - Today's Checklist

Good afternoon, R8A,

Today is our second day in the lab working on blogs. You have a lot of work to complete today. If you do not finish all the listed tasks in class time, you may stay after school or work on these tasks on the weekend.

The following tasks must be completed by Monday, October 4th:
-you must have your blog set up
-you must put a comment on my blog, telling me your blog is set up (then, I can link to your blog from mine)
-you must "follow" my blog publicly
-you must set your comment moderation so that you get an email when someone comments
-you must set your comment settings so that there is no word verification
-you must write your first juicy post (a Welcome post)

Info: How to leave a comment

It is very important that you know how to leave comments on others' blogs. As part of Assignment #1, you have to comment on my blog and let me know you are done.

It is extremely easy to leave a comment. All you have to do is click on "comments" beneath any post and then enter your comment. Tah-dah.

Your comment won't automatically appear, as the blog moderator (writer) will need to approve it so that they can make sure comments are appropriate and they can respond if needed. Your comment will appear if they approve it next time they log in.

Setting up for comments

You need to help your blog become more user friendly.

Make sure that you have done the following:
-allow comments from anonymous posters (from your blog, click on "New Post" to get back to your editing screen, go to the Settings tab-->select Comments--> and change "Who can comment" to Anyone - allow anonymous posters")
-set up your preferences for comment moderation (Settings-->Comments--> and set your moderation preference as you wish, to either Always, Never or Only on posts older than 14 days)
-select "No" for "Show word verification for comments" (Settings-->Comments-->Show word verification...)
-follow this blog (Customize-->Dashboard-->Reading List: ADD-->type in my blog address http://www.pollockdigital.blogspot.com), you can also link to your classmates' blogs in the same way.

Word verification is annoying, time wasting and weird. Fortunately, someone has made some really funny word verification cartoons.