Why Start a Geography 12 Blog?

The Geo 12 blogs will replace our portfolios in Terms 3 and 4. We believe that the blogs have several advantages over our traditional portfolios:

1. The blog will help you manage your time (because we can see if you have actually created one post per week rather than saving all your work until the last few days)
2. We can give you feedback as you develop your portfolio/blog instead of creating it on your own.
3. You can benefit from seeing how other classmates are creating their portfolio/blogs and you can (and must!) comment on each others' blogs. This is a form of cooperative learning!
4. The Geo blogs should encourage 'first person' commentary, rather than 'cut and paste' research. No more plagiarism!

The Geo blogs will be marked according the portfolio rubric and will remain 10% of your total mark. You may wish to include your geo-dictionary words on your blog as well. Want 10/10? Here are the criteria:

10/10
-Blog is "exceptionally well done"
-Demonstrates awareness and deep understanding of geography
-Sources of items are varied
-Makes excellent connections to class content
-Superior identification of the themes/spheres/lenses of geography

Geo Blogs Xian Zai Kai Shi!

Starting your Geograph 12 Blog

1. Email me at blaked3@gmail.com and then I will invite you to set up a gmail account. Then you can proceed to step 2.

2. To start your blog, go to https://www.blogger.com/start and follow the instructions.

Your page address should be your name + geography 12. For example, "http://angelgeography12.blogspot.com/"

3. Once you have set up your blog, go to my blog and click "follow this blog". Do the same to other classmate's blogs once they have been set up. This way we will create a network of geobloggers!