Your blog for TECH 621

I was just about to write a post about how to plan and write a successful blog for class, when I realized… it’s already in the syllabus!
I’m pasting below the relevant part from the syllabus, in an attempt to direct your attention to it.
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WordPress video tutorials – from WordPress!

Need help with anything WordPress, such as…

How to write a new post?
How to add categories and tags to your posts?
How to manage your sidebar and add different widgets (i.e. blogroll, categories, etc.)?

The great news is you no longer have to make do with Dr. V’s home-made video tutorials!
WordPress has just launched a series of video-tutorials [...]

Evaluation of student blogs

Several people manifested interest in integrating blogs in communication curricula. An important part of blogging as a class assignment is assessment.
Here’s how I assessed my students’ blogs in the PRinciples class.
I published guidelines and grading criteria at the beginning of the semester.
I subscribed to the RSS feeds for all blogs, and read every single student [...]

The PR blogosphere: RRW (Read, Respond, Write)

Anybody who’s somebody and/or would like to be somebody or just IS in PR blogs. There are lots of PR blogs out there. How do you find them and choose what to READ?
Here are some starting points:

This post lists the finalists in the PR Week blog competition. These are some of the most poular & [...]

On Google Reader and what blogs to read

Google Reader is the tool you use to read blogs.
After you figure out how to use the tool, you need to figure out what blogs to read.
Start with the class blog http://pprprofmv.wordpress.com and maybe with my other blog, http://www.prconnections.net.
As you discover other blogs or I tell you about them, you may decide to subscribe to [...]