Setting up your blogs

08/18/06

Read the following directions fully before starting this activity.

You will receive a grade on:
Making your first post on blogger.com
Sending me an email with your blogger and flickr account information


Step 1 – Get an email address

If you already have an email address that you use, proceed to step 2
Go to one of the following free email sites, and set up an email account.
http://hotmail.com - Click on “sign up”
http://login.yahoo.com/ -Click on “sign up”
(Hint – When creating an email address, you must choose something that you will remember and that nobody else in the world has. Adding a number like your birthday or part of your student number or your zip code to your preferred user name is often the best way to do this.)


Step 2- Open an account with “blogger.com” and email it to me.

Go to http://www.blogger.com/ and click on “Create your blog now.” (orange arrow)
Fill out the registration form.
Your user name will not be displayed, but it must be unique. (See the Hint above for creating an email address)
Your display name will be shown when people access your blog. It therefore must be appropriate for school.
Your URL is the blog address. It should be relatively simple and appropriate for school.
You must post something to activate your blog - "Welcome to my blog" is fine.


Step 3 – Set up your Flickr account

Go to http://flickr.com/ and set up an account.


Step 4 – Send me an email with your information

When you have successfully set up your blog and flickr accounts, send an email to the address below with the information described in the body.

To: mconnoll@austinisd.org
Subject : blog and flickr registration

Body-
Hello Mr. Connolly, this is (your full, real name). I have set up a blog with blogger.com. My user name is (user name). My URL is (copy and paste this). I have also set up a flickr account. My user name is (user name)





If there is time- Once you finish step 3, you are done with the graded portion of the assignment. If there is time, consider doing the following:

Test out flickr – Save a photo from the internet and upload it to your account. See if you can figure out how to post this photo to your blogger blog.