As
soon as possible, you need to sign up for a blogger account. We are
using blogger for discussion while the new UC Canopy online system that
has replaced Blackboard is ironing out some of its (many) wrinkles!
I've
divided the term up into two deadlines per week. Instead of UC's
typical Tuesday/ Thursday or Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday schedule, I've
opted for Monday/ Thursday, which will give you a more balanced period
between classes for reading and writing. On these deadline days, two
students will be responsible for posting three or more questions or
observations (rooted in their response to the reading due that day) by 9
am that day. These questions/ observations will serve as a jumping-off
point for our discussions of that day's assigned reading. I will post
supplementary material on the blog to help you compose your questions.
Every student should then post a substantial comment in response to
these questions by 8 pm that M/Th. These comments should be responses
to the questions posed by the discussion facilitators or responses to
comments posted by other classmates or me during the course of the
ensuing discussion.
Of
course, you can post MORE than once per discussion (in fact, I
encourage you to do so because posting more and more substantially each
class will not only help your grade, but make our discussions richer and
more enjoyable!), but you must post at least once each M/Th. I also
welcome you posting additional material to our blog in response to my
posts or other material shared by your classmates.
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