Three-Paragraph Bio

Write three paragraphs about yourself.

Paragraph 1: Who are you? What's important to know about you? When were you born? When did something important happen to you, a turning point? Where have you lived?

Paragraph 2: What do you like to do in school, including extra-curricular activities. What are you good at in school?

Paragraph 3: What do you enjoy doing out of school? What are you particularly good at? How did you get that way?

Once you have fininshed, read your Bio to a friend. Do some revisions, then post it on Youth Voices.

• Log in
• Go to Member Home
• Click My Profile
• Click Edit, then Bio
• Find the Bio text box toward the bottom.
• Paste your 3-paragraph bio from Docs and Save.

Next. Record your 3-paragraph bio on Audacity, publish it on the Internet archive, and embed it on your Profile page

Written step-by-step directions are available below this screencast.

1. In this screencast I show you how to set up an archive page for an audio-journal. You'll embed this page on your Profile so that others can hear your recordings and it will be easy for you to upload new MP3's from there.
2. So let's make a recording of your 3-paragraph biography, using Audacity. (If you haven't downloaded it yet, you'll need to do that first, and this requires you to have administrative access to your computer, so you might need some help from a teacher.)
3. For now I will assume that you have been able to record your voice and that you have converted it into an MP3. Keep track of where you have saved your file.
4. Let's put your MP3 online where others will be able to play it. The Internet Archive is a free, reliable service where you work will be safe and publically available. (If you haven't joined the Internet Archive, go to archive.org and click join us. Fill out the form, and verify in your email.)
5. Log in at the Internet Archive.
6. In the top, right-hand corner of your screen click Upload, then hit Share.
7. Click on the MP3 file that you would like to upload, and a new screen appears.
8. Fill in the information requested. (I always put everything in the public domain.) 
9. When your file has finished uploading, hit the Share my File(s) button at the bottom.
10. When your page is ready, click the link that you have been given, go to that page and Bookmark it.
11. That's all you have to do in the future. But this first time, copy the URL of your Bookmarks page so that we can embed it using iFrame into the Detox section of your Profile.
12. Open the Patron Info tab on the Internet Archive, then click Bookmarks.
13. Highlight the URL for this page. It will look something like this: http://archive.org/bookmarks/YOURusername 
14. Now go to you Bio box on Youth Voices. (Log in -> Member Home -> My profile -> Edit -> Bio -> Bio box)
15. Find a place between the embed code for your YouTube video playlist and your Journal page code from Google Docs, and paste the URL address for your Bookmarks page on the Internet Archive. It will look something like this: 
    

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    <h1>Detox: Notice. Dream. Connect. Do.</h1>
    <h2>My Vlog</h2>
    <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLEB863552747C348D&amp;hl=en_US" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    http://archive.org/bookmarks/BASHpaula

    <h2>Journal</h2>
    <iframe width="100%" height="300" src="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1X4tNgRjUTqiKv2SE7O84c7ufO_ih_UjDoF6UUhVJJPY&amp;embedded=true"></iframe>

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16. Next you need to put this iframe code around that URL. Copy this or type it again EACTLY like this:
    <iframe width="100%" height="300" src="http://archive.org/bookmarks/YOURusername"></iframe>
    
17. Two more things. First, you need a title above this embed code. Write this: <h2>My Podcast</h2>
18. And you need to make a link to the Bookmark page. You need this so that people can access your page from a moblle device. Put this link on the line between your My Podcast title and your embed code: <a href="http://archive.org/bookmarks/YOURusername">Audio Archive</a> Copy this and replace the URL or type it exactly like this or it won't work. 
19. That's it! Now when you record an MP3, you can upload it and bookmark it in the Internet Archive, and it will appear on your Profile page. You can Detox with audio.
20. The entire code for this section will look something like this:

    <h2>My Podcast</h2>
    <a href="http://archive.org/bookmarks/BASHpaula" target="_blank">Audio Archive</a>
    <iframe width="100%" height="300" src="http://archive.org/bookmarks/YOURusername"></iframe>