Some of you appear to be confused by how to insert links seamlessly. So here is a quick tutorial. At the top of this very blog post, there is a link button in the middle of the toolbar.
You would first highlight the text where you want the link to go,
like this. Then click this link button (most of you have gotten this far), and a dialogue box opens up that looks like the image below. As you will see, the words "image below" have already appeared in the first dialogue box. Then, all you would need to do is to type in the URL (or copy and paste it) and post the link. This way, you can create seamless links to other people's blog posts. As you create links, make sure that you are linking to the specific post or article, not the entire website.
It takes a while to get used to linking, but hopefully you have begun to master that task in the wiki and can begin translating those skills to the blog.
As you can see, I have also begun making a deliberate effort to incorporate images into the blog. For an upcoming project, I will be expecting you to take that next step and grab images that you can use on your website. There are, of course, potential copyright issues that I'll talk about in more detail, but because these blogs are for educational use, for the most part, I don't think there will be any issues.
In case, you were curious how to take a screenshot of a part of a screen (or the entire thing), there are some instructions here, at least for Mac users. This may prove useful when teaching your students how to use some of these tools (it's also the technique I've used for the written lectures.
So, long story short: link and comment starting now. Include images starting next week.
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