Week 1 Notes

• Review syllabus
• Review types of stories/content
• Create new blog on WordPress (see syllabus)
• Teamwork
  • Encourage you to revist the team process from last quarter: identify individual goals for the quarter, make team goals, develop team decisionmaking model/method, establish team guidelines/rules (resource)

Assignments:

• Share WordPress URL before leaving class — I’ll add to this site immediately
• Blog Post (1) – Assignment:
  Identify three types of stories (content) that interest you as a content creator. Provide the story/content name, URL, abstract, and a statement of what sparks your interest in this genre. Categorize this post “assignment.”
• Blog Post (2) – Reading:
  Summarize and post any ah-ha’s as they relate to writing and information design, in general, or writing and information design for the computer screen, specifically. Categorize this post “reading.”
• Please blog by 6pm on Monday