{"id":8939,"date":"2025-01-14T15:55:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/?p=8939"},"modified":"2025-01-17T20:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:53:28","slug":"for-thursday-1-16-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/announcements\/for-thursday-1-16-25\/","title":{"rendered":"For Thursday, 1\/16\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For Thursday and by the start of class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Create a WordPress blog on your <a href=\"http:\/\/umw.domains\">domain<\/a> (or subdomain) or <a href=\"http:\/\/umw.domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sites@UMW<\/a> site<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Post a blog post introducing yourself and explaining what interests you about the History of the Information Age (and address the items noted below).<\/li>\n<li>Canvas Message me the link OR submit as part of the tech comfort survey below.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Install <a href=\"http:\/\/hypothes.is\">Hypothes.is<\/a> if you haven\u2019t already and begin to comment on the draft syllabus on the <span style=\"background-color: #fbeeb8;\"><a style=\"background-color: #fbeeb8;\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/initial-2025-syllabus-draft-version-0-9\/\">course site<\/a><\/span>. <strong>Answer the questions at the bottom of the draft syllabus page<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Review the assignments from <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/infoage.umwblogs.org\/project-assignments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2011<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/infoage2014.umwblogs.org\/assignments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/assignments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019<\/a>,<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/2021-assignments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2021<\/a>, and <a class=\"inline_disabled\" title=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/2023-assignments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023<\/a> class iterations, and read over the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/15VbCmxwspI0O909sOCeQz5TWLz1AmzPwfcsoq7RdhAE\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advice given by the 2014 class<\/a>.\u00a0 Include in your blog post one assignment that you like and one piece of advice that you plan on using.<\/li>\n<li>Take the <span style=\"background-color: #fbeeb8;\"><a style=\"background-color: #fbeeb8;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/2yehi7Y7qEad98wR8\">tech survey<\/a><\/span> for the course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feeling adventurous? Try out another tool we will be using some in class. (If not, no worries.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll discuss more later.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Install <a href=\"http:\/\/zotero.orgl\">Zotero<\/a> and request admission to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zotero.org\/groups\/51225\/infoage?\">Info Age group <\/a><\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Add one source (article, book, important web article, key image\/meme, video) to the Info Age group<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Thursday and by the start of class: Create a WordPress blog on your domain (or subdomain) or Sites@UMW site Post a blog post introducing yourself and explaining what interests you about the History of the Information Age (and address the items noted below). 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