Introduction to blogging

This blog is a digital forum where students from the Spring 2023 class in Everyday Life and Social Structure at Hanyang University in Korea will discuss their weekly readings and activities.

Blogs for this class are an optional extra credit activity.

An ideal blog post should be about 800 words (for face-to-face classes, or 1,600 words for online classes), divided into three clearly labeled sections in which you: 1) summarize in your own words of materials you read; 2) mention of any new, interesting, or unusual items learned; 3) identify at least one question, concern, or discussion angle that is either problematic in some respect or could have been elaborated more. This question is likely to be incorporated into our class discussions. You are allowed to quote interesting passages from the text(s) you've read, but the quotes will not count toward any length requirements.

Note that for this assignment you will need to create a Google Account (https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount). Each student will receive an emailed invitation to join the blog and become its co-author. You have to accept it before you will be able to post.

Also, note that unless you configure your account to do so automatically you will need to sign your blog posts with at least with your first name and initial – so I know who is posting (you can set up your username to do so automatically). Unsigned blog posts will not be graded. Also, add a label to each of your blogs based on your name and initial (so for me that would be Piotr K), this will make it easy for you and me to quickly find all of your blogs (how to label a post).

Here is an example of an excellent blog post (structure, content), although note this blog is on the longer side (about 800 words). You are not required to write so much, although if you do, you may receive extra credit.

If you need help with regard to how to post your blog comments, click here. There is a lot of help on how to blog, such as this video (one of many from the official blogger help channel).

You can receive information on when somebody comments on our blog, your blog post and so on by following the guide here