Welcome

For this project, you will be posting current events about economics. Every member will be required to make 2 posts per week. For our purposes of this project the week will end at noon on Sunday.

Don't wait to the last minute to make posts. Technology problems do occur so don't let it happen to you.

Necessary Component of a Post

1 point—title (appropriate title for the post)

2 points—visual (picture, chart, table, graph, etc)

3 points—excerpt (limit to 5 paragraph max.); relevant, reputable source

2 points—link to the source (hyperlinked “click here”, “read more”; not entire URL)

2 points—significance (why is this important)

1 point—label (appropriate label(s) for the blog archive) USE YOUR NAME AS A LABEL

Miscellaneous Points

2 points—proper order; use the above format

3 points—proper spacing, neatness

1 point—“Grade This Post”; include at the very end of the posts you want me to grade (limit 3)

Duplicate Posts—NO CREDIT will be earned if you duplicate a post (same news source) made by a teammate

You must use your name as a label or no credit will be awarded.