25 January: Internet Presence

Before class:

• Preparing to do digital history. Read: “Interchange: The Promise of Digital History,” Journal of American History (2008).
• Megan O’Neil, “Confronting the Myth of the ‘Digital Native’,” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 21, 2014.
• Miriam Posner, Stewart Varner, and Brian Coxall, “Creating Your Web Presence,” ProfHacker, February 14, 2011.
• Ryan Cordell, “Creating and Maintaining a Professional Presence Online,” ProfHacker, October 3, 2012.

During class:

• Watch: How the Internet Works in 5 Minutes
• Sign up for a WordPress.com blog. See the documentation for help in customizing your site.
• Write a “hello world” post about where you are in your career as a student.’

**Useful to Bookmark:
How to install WordPress (Reclaim Hosting Documentation)
New to WordPress? (WordPress.org Documentation)
Installing and Activating WordPress Plugins (Reclaim Hosting Documentation)

After class:

• BLOG: Write a post on the potential uses and possible pitfalls of an online presence. Flesh out your own site as you deem appropriate, and explain your choices in the blog post.
  • Fill out this form so that I know where to find your blog.

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