Welcome Bloggers!!!

Your first task is to create a blog and to link all your classmates.  Please ask if there is something you don't understand.

To begin with you need to create a gmail account.

1. If you have a google account: sign in first, if you don’t have a google account: create a google account

2. Go to: http://www.blogger.com/

3. Click: create your blog now

4. Please remember to change the language during set up so that your blog is in English. To do this, go to dashboard, settings and language and formatting on the left hand side.

5. Name your blog. My name is writing is fu (different to the URL)

6. Choose any template you like

7. If you haven’t yet, go o to dashboard, scroll down to the bottom of the page & change the language to English.

This is a very important part of today’s task.  Write your name and URL on the board, then

8 Go to design, add a gadget, layout, LINK LIST, and add names & links and when you have the last name linked, save. Ask the teacher if you are not sure.

9. Start posting (dashboard) Write a short introduction of yourself :)  You can use www.wordreference .com   NO TRANSLATORS ARE ALLOWED!!!

Minimum 120 words

About myself,

My name is Beatriz and I was born in the city of Temuco.  I like what I do, which is teaching. But above all I love travelling and learning all kinds of new things,  and in all areas (mostly humanities). I suppose I am one of those “eternal students” At the moment I am doing a course in  Mindfullness, reflexology and photography.

I am happily married and have a 14 year old cat. I like sports, music, films and arts in general. In contrast, I do not like unsympathetic people and I do not believe in an individualistic society in which people seem to count for the money and possessions they have.

Hi guys,

Today, I will alter the order of things a bit and will write about something different. Let me tell you about a fantastic holiday I had  in 2000.

My (today husband) and I decided to go somewhere different and thought "why not close by"

 We flew to Arica and stayed the night in a hostel. The next day we took a minibus to Tacna and a bus to Arequipa. We stayed in a cheap hostel in Arequipa but also spent one night in Colca Canyon (to see the baby Condors). On the trip to Colca we made friends with 2 Italian guys and 2 Israeli girls who we kept meeting throughout our trip. After about 4 days in Arequipa we took a flight to Cusco. We could have taken a 19-hour bus ride for about 2 dollars but we decided on the 30-minute, 50 dollar flight because it was rainy season and some of the roads were blocked. Also there had been rumours of bandits holding up the buses and robbing the tourists. Cusco was great. Obviously we went to Machu Picchu which was amazing. It was raining when we arrived but the sun came out late in the afternoon when all the one-day tourists had left. My hubby and I had arranged to stay overnight in Aguas Calientes, the nearest village, and we walked up to Machu Picchu again the following day at 5 am to see the sunrise. We also climbed Huayna Picchu as well which has an amazing view and is a great place to take photos. In Aguas Calientes we met a group of Argentines in a bar and they told us about an amazing hotel in Coroico, Bolivia that involved travelling down the "Road of Death". So, off we went to Coroico via Puno (for 30 minutes), Copacobana for two nights, with trips on Lake Titicaca to La Isla del Sol and La Isla de la Luna included, and La Paz. Coroico was great. The Road of Death was scary and the hotel was just as amazing as the Argentines had said it was. Actually, the Road of Death was so scary I didn't want to leave Coroico! Eventually, I had to. Luckily we made it back to La Paz safe and sound.

After a  couple of days we took a bus back to Chile via Lake Chungara. Great trip! So, write about a great holiday you had. Say: Where you went, Who you went with, How long you stayed, What you did, Why you enjoyed it so much. Mention anything else you thing is important. Write a comment on your teacher's blog and on the blogs of at least 3 classmates.