Tech Tip; Embedding a Youtube Video

I decided to embed a Youtube video into my portfolio for everyone to watch/listen to as they read my story! I think it fit really well with the theme of the story, as well as the theme for this class. To view my story and the embedded video, visit my first portfolio story. :)

Tech Tip: Announcements Email

I really like reading the announcements because it reminds me of stuff that I should be doing and it helps me make sure I don't forget anything! There are interesting videos and tweets on there every week so it's fun to read through those. Sometimes I miss the announcements because I don't look at the home page of the class often; I go straight to modules or the Blog Stream. So I like that there is an option to subscribe to emails. I love listening to Hindi music so I plan on embedding some YouTube videos or Soundcloud audio into my blog at some point in the semester :)

Tech Tip: Blogger Template

Hey guys! I realized my blog looked super boring because it was just the simple layout that I had chosen when I signed up for Blogger. So, I decided to change it up and make it personalized! I immediately chose an elephant design as my background (all my friends who I have shown my blog to say it fits my personality so well). I also clicked on "advanced" when I was doing the layout and new design, and it allowed me to change all my fonts so that they were all the same font! Like the widgets on the side, sidebar with labels, my post titles, my blog title, everything. It was great. I also changed the link color to turquoise because that is my favorite color :) there's a lot you can do to your blog to make it super personalized if you wanna do that - I recommend it just because it's rewarding to finish a post and then view it on your page. Your own page, your own blog.