We’ve established some formatting protocols that we want our
ILCers to follow so their blogs are pleasing to the eye and there’s some
conformity to their blogs.
We also show them examples of “good” blogs and examples of
“bad” blogs so they can learn from the examples set by previous ILCers on what
makes a successful blog and what will put their readers to sleep.
We had seven ILCers and two chaperones in our morning
session and then eight ILCers in our afternoon session.
While everyone was prepared to participate in the hands on
sessions where they could post some practice blogs and get some direct
instruction on what they’re doing right and what they’re doing wrong.
Unfortunately, since we were using a District computer lab
and needed to access the District’s Internet service, we were flummoxed due to
some firewalls put in place to ensure that District staff and students don’t
accidently go to inappropriate sites.
How they might see our blog sites as inappropriate is beyond me but
there were no District staffers available on this Saturday to provide us with
access.
Oh well…
As frustrating as this was, it didn’t stop us from
proceeding with the numerous other items to be discussed.
We discussed some of the things the ILC expects from our
ILCers, we explained about how to behave, rules they need to follow while back
east, what to pack, what kind of loaner items will be available for their use,
a few laundry tips, instructions on how to take better photos, what to do with
those photos and whether Evil Don should come to the homes of our ILCers.
It would have been very easy to allow these barriers to have
shut us down but everyone worked very hard to find ways to proceed. This is the kind of thinking we like to see.
And for the record, the next two tutorials will be at a
venue where we will be able to do what the tutorial is set up to do.
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