What do you use the internet for? To shop? Game? Connect on social media platforms
like FaceBook, YouTube, Instagram or Snapchat? If you've used the internet for
school, you're probably operating in a "walled garden"
like OneDrive on
the school-issued tablets. Most
of you haven't yet learned digital branding or security. That's not
your fault, but it can become your problem if you don't understand who owns
or uses the content you create. The problem
with walled gardens is that you don't own your work, and no one outside
the garden-- like employers, college admissions officers, and
scholarship judges-- can see your work, any more than they can walk into
your classroom and see how well you take a test or answer a question.
Spoiler: if you're not
telling your own story online, you can bet that someone else is. It's
time to learn how to present yourself in the way you want to be seen, so
that your work creates value and opportunities for you. In the old
days, you'd write an essay that one person would see, mark up, and
return to you privately. Now you can write online and get feedback that
will actually help you, while your progress and your ideas impress
everyone who sees it.
In this course you will create an online presence.
See the Member Blogs
page tab just below the title image? That is where we will maintain a
directory of everyone's blog. (You can get an idea from last year's classes here.) If you're already familiar with social
media and blogging, and you feeling comfortable diving in, go ahead and
use Blogger, WordPress, Postach.io, Tumblr, or whatever platform you
think will most effectively help you tell your learning story. If
you're new to this, or you need help, or if any of this makes you nervous, let's talk.
We can do this during the first week of school, or if you don't
want to live in suspense you can email me anytime at
dpreston.learning@gmail.com.
Pages
- Home
- Big Questions
- Literature Analysis
- How We Read
- "I never learned to read!"
- About the picture on this blog
- Member Blogs
- terms we'll need to know
- On Self-Reliance
- Schedule a meeting with Dr. Preston
- Richard Cory
- The Right To Your Opinion
- Zoom Meetings
- the Laughing Heart
- Basic Essay Structure
- The Earth on Turtle's Back
- Meanings Signs & Symbols
- Work Product
- Young Goodman Brown
- how to publish your handwritten work online
- how to embed a video on your blog
- Literature Analysis (Fiction)
- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
- The Pedestrian
- The Road Not Taken
- Fahrenheit 451
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