www.blogger.com

        www.squidoo.com

If you have some experience with web sites and the internet, you may be
more satisfied with the blogger site.  If you do not have many skills
on the web, the squidoo site is much easier to use-just fill in the
blanks and make some selections.

Here are some instructions for setting up a squidoo lens (a lens is an
information page):

1.      Go to www.squidoo.com
2.      Click on "Get Started"
3.      Click on "Build my own lens"
4.      Proceed with signing up for squidoo-don't worry-there are no
charges
5.      Create a lens address-you will be asked to add a word to
http://www.squidoo.com/______________   Use a word that you will
remember.
6.      Give your lens a title.  For this exercise, you are setting up a
lens, or information page, that will be a collection point for articles
and other information that you post on the web during the course of
this masters program.
7.      Add Key Words-these are words that you identify that represent
what your site is all about.  These are the words that the search
engine robots will check for when scanning the web for a search.

You will then be taken to a template for the lens---pick a basic
template for posting your article.

ASSIGNMENT:  After setting up your lens, post a 750 to 1500 word
article summarizing something you learned this semester.  You can
modify an essay you did for a module, or you can take part of your
final paper and format it to be a short piece on a specific topic.
Post your topic and essay and email the link to the site to Dr.
Londrigan and myself.  For confidentiality purposes, please avoid using
the name of your clinical site, preceptor, etc.  Use general terms that
don't disclose the location.  For example, "A large suburban
academic medical center" instead of writing Westchester Medical
Center.

Format for Web Based Articles:  When you write an article for the web,
there is a specific formula you should follow.  Begin with some factual
information, perhaps citing a reference.  Then lead into some
discussion of the topic which explains the topic to the reader.
Finally, end the article with some specific steps for action-and
number them or put them in bullets at the end of the article.

Titles for Articles:  Pick an engaging title that is going to make the
reader want to read the article, not necessarily one that is going to
point out your keen intellect!  For example, "Three Steps to Avoid
Excessive Staff Turnover" engages someone on the web more than "An
Analysis of Factors Contributing to High Rates of Staff Terminations in
a Nursing Care Setting"!!!

In addition to posting your article on the blogger page or squidoo
lens, you can also post your article for free on several other sites
where others will pick it up and post it on their web sites or
newsletters.  You won't get paid for this, but you will enjoy seeing
your articles spread through the internet.  Here are some sites where
you can post articles:

        www.articlecube.com

        www.goarticles.com

About a week or two after you post your articles on one or both of
these sites, if you want to see how they have been picked up through
the web, go to Yahoo or Google and search your name (e.g. "Joseph J.
Tomaino") and you will be surprised how many hits you end up seeing
with your name as the search topic!

Remember, once you post an article on the internet, it becomes very
difficult to pull it back-so check it carefully for accuracies and
for errors.