Blog Buddies Groups

You will need to read the posts of your blog buddies and make comments on their blogs for all of our blog assignments in the class.


Group #1
Abdelrahman
Xiang Dan
Sonia

Group #2
Sunara
Eufemio
Juhyeong
Bich Lien

Group #3
Juan
Erikson
Sahir
Angela

Blog Post #2 - Cave Art 101

What happened in class last week? Why did we make those group images? Why mix the chalk and charcoal with Crisco? What lessons did we learn or ideas from the first three chapters of the textbook can we apply?

When responding, try using some of your new vocabulary from working with Rebekah. After posting your comments, look at someone else's blog and respond through making comments.

Hugo F.

P.S. Here are a couple of links that you might be interested in looking at to help you with some of your thoughts.

Lascaux

Chauvet

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

HF

Lecture on Creativity: Using Words and Images

Please go and watch this presentation on Creativity:

Creativity: Using Words and Images


How does this relate to this class, "The Language of Art"?

Survey on using a Blog in the Class

WE WILL DO THIS IN CLASS ON TUESDAY

Please go to the following site to take a brief survey about using blogs in this class:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Community2-0_StudentPreSurvey_Fall2011

(Practice Post #3) Research one of the artists from Chapter 1

Please search on the Internet for the artist of your choice from Chapter 1 in the book.  You can start with the search engine at:
www.google.com

Find more information about the artist and their other artwork.  Post at least one image of their other artwork and write 3 sentences about the artist from the information you find online.

Please title your blog "Practice Post #3 - Artist Research"

Blog Post Assignment #1 - What Is Creativity?

In your book, Artforms, there is a section called "What is Creativity?"on page 12. In this section it talks about what we mean by "creativity" and there is a list of traits that most creative people share.  Here is the list.  Please look at the list and decide which of these traits you have.

ASSIGNMENT

Write a new blog post, titled "Blog Post #1 - What Is Creativity?" and talk about which traits from the list you think you have and why you think you have them.

• wonder and be curious
• be open to new experience
• see the familiar from an unfamiliar point fo view
• take advantage of accidental events
• make one thing out of another by shifting its function
• generalize from particulars in order to see broad applications
• synthesize, integrate, find order in disorder
• be in touch with one's unconscious, yet be intensely conscious
• be able to analyze and evaluate
• know oneself, have the courage to be oneself in the face of opposition
• be willing to take risks
• be persistent: to work for long periods--perhaps years--in pursuit of a goal

**This is due on Monday, Sept. 19 before class.**

Blog Practice Post #2 - Images and Links

Please practice adding an image and a link to your post.


Find an image online that you think it interesting.  Then search for a website that talks about the content of the image (e.g., if you find an image of a cat that you really like, then search for cats online, perhaps in Wikipedia).

Create a "new post" on your blog and insert the image and the link to the website you found that talks about the content.  In your post, tell us why you chose the image.  Please title this post "Practice - Images and Links".

EXAMPLE 1:

(I have searched for an image and found a picture of a cat that I like, so I inserted it here)

Why Do Cats Have Green Eyes?:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080801065159AAuKRO5

(I also searched on the Internet for "cats green eyes" and found the website above that talks about that topic, so I inserted the link.  I also put the title/subject of the link above the link so that people know what the link is for)

I chose that picture because I really like cats and this is so cute.

EXAMPLE 2:

Sunflowers - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower

I really like sunflowers, so I chose to search for a picture and information about sunflowers.

Blog Introduction (Practice Post #1)

On your own blog, please create a "new post" and in the new post, please introduce yourself to your classmates.

Please tell us where you are from, what languages you can speak, and please explain the picture or piece of art you chose as your blog header.  Why did you choose that picture?  How does it make you feel?

Please Comment with your URLs

Please comment on this blog post and copy and paste your blog's URL in the comment.  This way I can add your blog to our class blog's list.

Adding Images and Links to your Blog Posts

To add an image, be sure to save the image onto your computer desktop.  Then click on the icon of a picture in the menu at the top of the text box when you are typing your blog post and you can add images by clicking on "choose files" and then selecting the picture or pictures you want to upload (select from “desktop”).

Here is a link to a tutorial on how to add an image to your blogger post:
http://personalweb.about.com/od/easyblogsandwebpages/ss/bloggeraddphot2.htm


You can add a link to a website by clicking on the word "Link" in the menu at the top of the text box when you are typing your blog post and then typing in or copying and pasting the URL to the website.

How To Make a Blogger Account

Follow these steps to create your own blog on Blogger:

1. Create an account (www.blogger.com)

• You will need to first create a gmail email account (gmail.com) if you do not already have one – if you do this, write down your gmail email name and your password right away so that you can find them again to log into Blogger later
• You may need to input your cell phone number to verify your account and receive a verification number by text.  If you do not have a cell phone that can receive text messages, please ask a friend to have it sent by text to their phone.

2. Create a blog and give it a title that has your first name in it.

• Your blog’s name can be creative, just be sure you have your name in it, too (e.g., Rebekah’s Corner; Hugo’s Café; Lemondrop Mountain (Rebekah); Ari’s Super Cool Party Place)
• You will also need to select your URL address – this is the address that will be at the top of the page in the URL box when you are on your page – and the address that anyone can type into the search box to go to your blog
• A good URL will have your first name and something about your class (e.g., rebekah-esl-blogspot.com; hugo-art-blogspot.com) or your blog’s name (e.g., language-of-art.blogspot.com)
• If the URL you select does not work, that means someone else is already using that address for their own blog page, and you need to select a different URL name – maybe by adding numbers to your name
• Write down your URL address so that you can remember it and can share it with classmates if you need to
• For your privacy protection, DO NOT use your last name on the blog name or in the URL – you don’t want too much personal information available to everyone on the Internet!

3.  Select a “template” (background design) for your blog and then go to the “Design” tab at the top to set up your blog page to set up your blog page.

• Look at the “Header” and select “Edit” – here you can add a few sentences to the top of your blog to describe your blog and you can add a picture or image to the top of your blog.  Search for a picture you like on the Internet (images.google.com) and save it to your Desktop. Then “Browse” for the picture and upload it to your blog’s header.
• Go down to the side menus and go to “About Me” and select “Edit” – here you should write a few sentences about yourself in the “Description” section.

4.  Go to our class blog page at this URL: http://language-of-art.blogspot.com

• Look at the first blog posts (below the picture) and post a comment for your class section that has your blogger URL address in it

5.  Set up your blog to connect to other blogs:

• On the side menu, select “Add a Gadget” and add “Blog List”
• After you have added “Blog List” it will be called “My Blog List” on your menu.  If you are in “Design” select “Edit” and if you on your blog page (in “View Blog”) select the tools picture to edit.
• When you edit your “My Blog List,” you can add other blogs to follow.  Please add our class blog’s URL (http://language-of-art.blogspot.com) to this list. 
• Then add the URL of each of your classmates to this list (you can copy and paste these URLs from the comments for your class on my blog)

NOW YOU ARE ALL SET UP in BLOGGER for our CLASS BLOGGING!

A few more things about using Blogger:

• You can always see what your blog looks like to everyone by going to “View blog” and you can always change your blog by going to “Design”

• To change your Profile (and add a photo that will appear on your blog page), you will need to “Edit Profile” and “Edit Photo” when you first log into Blogger and are on the “Dashboard” page.

• In Blogger, you can have more than one blog!  Just create another blog (“create a blog”) when you first log into Blogger (when you are on the “Dashboard” page).

• You can easily edit your blog posts, even after you have already posted them. Just click on the little pencil icon (which means “edit”) and the post will reopen and you can change anything on it and then re-post it.

YOUR FIRST BLOG POST

Your first BLOG ASSIGNMENT will be making your first blog post.

To post a new message to your blog, go to your Blog Page (“View blog”) and at the top of the page, you can select “New Post”

Title your post “Introduction” or “Welcome” and then type up your message.  At the end, you will need to click the “Publish Post” button so others can see it!

Welcome to the Language of Art!

This blog will serve as a virtual collaborative space where students and faculty will deposit written and visual assignments for the paired courses ESL 099 and HUA 101 at LaGuardia. Through this portal, you will be able to see how other people answer many of the same questions you will be dealing with and get ideas as to how to go about doing future work.  You will also have the opportunity to comment on your peers' posts.  In this way you will be learning in and out of the classroom.

Next week, we will set up blogs and begin blogging during the ESL099 class.  You can set up your unique blog page and choose your own designs.  You will become more connected to online and social media communication through the class blog.  This blog will also be a great way to share your ideas with other students.