Dsgn200: Winter 2011: J06

Monday, February 7, 2011

Having trouble embedding YouTube Videos on your blog? Check out this link:

How do I post a video to my blog from YouTube?

Step 1: Pick a topic from the following list.

Step 2: Find a minimum of 5 sources that relate to the topic you pick.

These sources can be just about anything; YouTube videos, blogs, news articles, books, websites, magazines, etc...
The two qualifiers are this:

It must be something that you can expose your blog reader to. So if it is a news article... link to it. If it is a YouTube Video... embed it in your blog post. If it is a book... link to it on a bookstore, library, or e-text website.
It must be something that you feel extends your knowledge of the subject beyond what we covered in class. This means that if you pick color... you can not link to an site that just explains the color wheel, but you could link to one that explore the relationship between complimentary color harmonies and reading retention. (I just made that link up, I do not know if there is a relationship or not.)

Step 3: Compose a blog post that does all of the following.

Summarizes the topic you selected. This will probably be about a paragraph explaining why you feel the topic is important to design and summarizes the highlights from the corresponding class lecture that got you excited about the topic.
Has a brief summary of EACH (all 5+) of the sources you collected. This should be sort of like a "book review" of the source. It should SUMMARIZE and SELL the source to your reader.
Contains a way for the reader to get the source you are reviewing. Link to it or a place selling/loaning it, or Embed it.
Presents all of this in an organized way. This means you may have to think about headings, bold type, depth of the source info, etc... Think of this like you are putting together a page to teach someone about the topic you selected.

Step 4: Post your blog with the J06 tag/label! That is it.

Dsgn200: Winter 2011