Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Week 2: Check into our 1st online accounts, create a profile

Check your accounts to make sure that you can login and use your accounts.
Part2
continue working on your extended Biography, you might organize your Bio like this
  1. about me in the past
  2. about me now
  3. about me and the goals that I have for the future
Next assignment: 10 and 10, check the Group on youthvoices.net for more info

Part1
  • Continue adding items to your profile
  • Add your extended auto-biography which is 3 paragraphs
  • check our TYWLS of Astoria group to see if assignments are listed
  • do a search for one or more of your interests, see what comes up,
  • read what others are saying on that topic
  • explore youthvoices.net on your own, see what you can find out

(Reminder from
Week 1, Part 2 )Creating your profile
  • All users should list their school when they create their profiles/biographies.
  • All users should join their school group from the Groups Directory.
  • When students or teachers post on the site, they should choose their school group and any other appropriate groups, and make it public (unless part of a private group) before they post. (Note: Hold the Control key [PC] or the Apple key [Mac] to choose more than one group.
  • enter at 5-10 (or more) things you are good at and interests
  • list at least 3 favorite books

Your Brief Bio
What is a biography? What kinds of things should you include? Remember, do not put any specific personal information up, just generally introduce yourself so that others in the network know where you're coming from.

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