Introduction

Welcome to the 2009-2010 school year! I look forward to another fun and productive year here at Mountain Range and can't wait to get to know all of you over these next 180 days.

As an extension of our work in class, you will be regularly asked to consult and contribute to this blog. Learn it, love it. Every day, a summary of the class period along with any relevant links, notes, and homework assignments will be posted to this website. If you are absent or forgot something, this is where you go. Just come here, find the day you missed, and catch up. In addition, you will be expected to contribute regularly to the blog. Roughly every two weeks, there will be a question, prompt, activity, survey, links to check out, or relevant supplementary materials posted on the website that will require a constructed response from you. In order to do so, you must create an account so that you are able to sign in to the blog and post your responses and assignments. We will spend some time going over how to post to the blog and I will give you further instructions at a later date. Appropriate and respectful use of our class blog is absolutely essential, and it will be continually monitored. There are several important things to remember about using our class blog:

1. Never trust a computer. SAVE, SAVE, SAVE again and then back it up.
2. Always be respectful and appropriate.
3. Always proofread and spellcheck!
4. Avoid “webspeak” – if we continue to abbreviate everything, our language will dwindle and our individuality will suffer.
5. Extra credit to those of you who locate my linguistic errors first.
6. Please label every post fully and formally with your name, period, and date.
7. Have fun! =)