Did You Know 4.0

Please Come!

The 26^th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at Appalachian State University features noted writer and activist Nikki Giovanni in a 7 p.m. talk Jan. 28 in Farthing Auditorium. The program is sponsored by Appalachian’s Office of Multicultural Student Development. Admission is free.

A reception and book signing will precede Giovanni’s talk from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Farthing Auditorium lobby.

Giovanni is a world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. A widely read American poet, she prides herself on being “a Black American, a daughter, a mother, a professor of English.”

A Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech, Giovanni is committed to the fight for civil rights and equality with a focus on the individual, specifically on the power one has to make a difference in oneself, and thus, in the lives of others.

You Are Invited

Dr. Gregory Cajete, Director of the Native American Studies Program at The University of New Mexico, will speak on “Teaching Indigenous Ways of Knowing – Practice and Experience” at 6:30 on Monday, January 25th, in the Great Hall at the Living Learning Center. This presentation and subsequent conversation are open to the public.

Digital Humanities Remix

How To: Blog

You will be creating a blog of your own on Blogger.com. We'll go through it step by step in class. You are going to use your blogs to post your first online writing assignment.

If you have questions, try consulting Blogger Help

Should you decide you would like a few tips on editing html code, one place to visit is the Bare Bones Guide to HTML

You should include the following links on your blog to our class syllabus and class blog:

Internet Studies Syllabus http://www.appstate.edu/~stanovskydj/internet.html
Student Blogs http://www.netvibes.com/stanovsky#Student_Blogs

When your blog is ready, email me the address of your blog at stanovskydj@appstate.edu

As a first post to your new blog, please share with us one or more links to your favorite odd website or sites. Here's a link to help get you started: 99 Things. What else do you think we should have seen? Share it with us on your blog.

What is the Internet?

URGENT!!

Important Link!