Class 4: Your Autobiography Page & Getting to Know Each Other

Before the class started, I will need everyone to read the blog carefully. By doing this, you will have idea what we are going to do for each class. From next time, please read the blog before you come to the class, because I will mainly use this blog site to communicate with you.

Assignment Due:
Please submit your printed resume assignment before the class!

Reminder

• Please bring the Bingo chart in the Class two handout to the class.
  
• Please set up your Google pages if you have not done it yet. We will go through the Google page creator step by step. But if you can look at it before our class, it will help you to understand it.
  

Creating your web-portfolio

Today we will be focusing on learning Google Page to create your website (e-Portfolio). Before you login on the Google Page Creator, everyone needs to come up ONE short paragraph
introduction of yourself in MICRSOFT WORD. We will use this paragraph to learn each function in the Google Page Creator. In order to avoid ineffective teaching, I would like your cooperation.
I will pause at each 3-4 steps and walk around to make sure that we are on the same step. By doing so, I will spend less time on instruction and you will EARN more time working on your assignment during the class.

Your finished autobiography page should include:

1. A brief (1-2 paragraph) introduction to yourself – current
   information, career plans, and where you see yourself in
   5 years.
2. A link to your resume.
3. At least 3 external links to places of interest.
4. 3-5 pictures

You need to have this page ready before our next class, which will be on this Friday. In the beginning of Friday's class, send out your autobiography page URL link to me at maggiehu.china@gmail.com with your NAME. Complete and publish the autobiography page before the beginning of Friday's class (Jan 19); otherwise, you will need to hand in your late pass on
Friday for additional 48 hours to work on it.

Getting to know each other
Today we will be getting to know some of the people in the room. Those of you who have been with us for three classes already, particularly those that I have already met with, should be getting a sense of who I am. However, in a lab situation it is easy to go through the entire semester and only get to know the person sitting to the right of you and the person sitting to the left of you. Today, we're going to start to change that.

For Next class

• For those of you who have not sent me your picture for the class website, please send it to me as soon as possible. I already put those pictures I got from some of you on the website. (PS: If you know how to do it, please resize your picture to 110 pixels width. Thanks:) )
• Please sign on the sign-sheet every time when you arrive the classroom. I will put it on the table nearby the door.
• Your autobiography page should be published and you should send the URL of that page before the beginning of the class. Otherwise, you will need to hand in your late pass to get extra 48 hours to work on it.