102 Class Blog

This semester, we'll start a class blog. The purposes of this blog are:

• To express yourself freely in Japanese.
• To be able to type in Japanese.
• To use Japanese effectively to communicate with your classmates.
• To get to know each other in our JAPN102 learning community.

Rules

• Post your journal once a week (Due on Monday, 1:00pm)
• Read other people’s blog entries (at least one Japanese facilitator’s entry AND one student’s entry) and post your comments. (Due on Friday, 1:00pm)
• Try to use as many as learned grammar structures and Kanji possible.
• A topic for a journal will be posted on JAPN102 class blog (http://uwrfnihongo102.blogspot.com/) every Friday.

Getting Started:

• Go to www.blogger.com and create your blog (use your gmail address if you have).
• Select “Settings” from the top tabs.
• Click “Formatting” and select “Central Time” for “Time Zone.”
• Click “Comments” and select “Anyone” for “Who can comment” so that you can receive comments from your classmates.
• Send your blog URL to Maeda sensei (magara.maeda@uwrf.edu ) by 1:00pm, Monday, 2/8.

How to post:

• Go to www.blogger.com and sign in.
• Select “NEW POST ”.
• Write your entry and click “PUBLISH POST”.