INT 100 Ashford University Week 3 Building a Blog Technology Entry Paper

Building a Blog: Develop

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Posts vs. Pages to learn more about how to create a page for your blog as well as the instructions included for the Information Technology Blog Reflection in Week 5 to see how this assignment fits into your overall final project.

Blog Development
This week you will begin developing your Information Technology Blog. It is recommended that you follow the steps shown in Getting Started with Blogger in order to set up your blog. Establish a unique URL for your blog. Build the initial structure of your blog by customizing the layout, template, and style based on the design plan that you submitted in the Building a Blog: Analyze/Design assignment in Week 2. Copy and paste the URL of your blog into your Tech Topic paper prior to submitting to Waypoint.

In this assignment, you will also create an About page to introduce yourself to your audience. Include a brief description of your background, experience, or insight in the field of information technology. Describe your career aspirations and explain what you hope to gain from this course of study. Your description on the About page must be a minimum of 200 words in length and should be linked to the front page of your blog. You should be able to revise and adapt the content from the Post Your Introduction discussion in Week 1 in order to construct the About page. Your About page must not include personal details, as it is not safe to post personal information on a public webpage. Copy and paste the URL of your About page into your Tech Topic paper prior to submitting to Waypoint.

Tech Topic Paper
To complete this assignment, you will also select a topic from this Tech Topics list that you would like to learn more about. You will have the chance to explore this topic in more detail during the final blog post that is due at the end of Week 5.

Write a brief paper (minimum of 150 words in length) explaining the reason you are interested in this topic. Pose at least one question that you hope to answer by researching this topic in more detail.

The Tech Topic paper

• Must include the URL of the blog.
• Must include the URL of the About page.
• Must be at least 300 words in length (not including title) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted