Welcome and
Guidelines.
Welcome to your HON H 234 course blog. Throughout this semester, we'll be using this blogspace to expand upon the readings, to ask and answer questions, and to pursue new directions in class conversation. For those of you who may be shy, the blogspace is also an excellent place to express yourself.
I encourage you to be creative and innovative in your postings. But as you post, please keep in mind the following guidelines:
1. Postings are always due by 6 pm on the date indicated on the syllabus. There is a time stamp. Don’t be late (no credit for late postings)
2. Postings should be 350-500 words and should incorporate material from the reading (such as small quotes or phrases, key words, or imagery). The post must clearly demonstrate that you’ve completed the assigned reading and thought about it. If the post is due on Sunday, you must demonstrate that you’ve completed and thought about the reading for Monday; if the post is due on Tuesday, you must demonstrate that you’ve completed and thought about the reading for Wednesday
3. Your tone may be less formal than the tone you might use in a paper, but you should remember that you are writing on a course-related blog. In other words, the blog is not your facebook page or a personal blogspace. Please make sure that the content of your postings is related to the course, its readings, or our class discussions.
4. Suggested Topics (No need to answer all of the questions that follow. These are just to help you think about what to write): a) Is there a question you have about the reading? If so, ask and suggest an answer for it; b) What did you learn from the reading? Why you find this aspect of the reading illuminating or interesting; c) How might you connect Monday’s and Wednesday’s reading?; d) You may respond to the reading and class discussion – is there anything you don’t understand? Do you have a different interpretation that we haven’t discussed in class?
5. You are welcome to respond respectfully to another person’s blog posting. If you choose to do so, please avoid personal attacks. Remember to be professional.
6. Remember that this is a public space, accessible and available to anyone. One useful way to think about it: avoid posting anything that you wouldn’t want a future employer to read.
7. Please review the course plagiarism policies (all of which apply to this blog), and remember to cite page numbers or outside sources when appropriate.
8. Blogs will be evaluated on a check-based scale (see syllabus). Grades will not be public, and they will be regularly posted on Oncourse.
Welcome to your HON H 234 course blog. Throughout this semester, we'll be using this blogspace to expand upon the readings, to ask and answer questions, and to pursue new directions in class conversation. For those of you who may be shy, the blogspace is also an excellent place to express yourself.
I encourage you to be creative and innovative in your postings. But as you post, please keep in mind the following guidelines:
1. Postings are always due by 6 pm on the date indicated on the syllabus. There is a time stamp. Don’t be late (no credit for late postings)
2. Postings should be 350-500 words and should incorporate material from the reading (such as small quotes or phrases, key words, or imagery). The post must clearly demonstrate that you’ve completed the assigned reading and thought about it. If the post is due on Sunday, you must demonstrate that you’ve completed and thought about the reading for Monday; if the post is due on Tuesday, you must demonstrate that you’ve completed and thought about the reading for Wednesday
3. Your tone may be less formal than the tone you might use in a paper, but you should remember that you are writing on a course-related blog. In other words, the blog is not your facebook page or a personal blogspace. Please make sure that the content of your postings is related to the course, its readings, or our class discussions.
4. Suggested Topics (No need to answer all of the questions that follow. These are just to help you think about what to write): a) Is there a question you have about the reading? If so, ask and suggest an answer for it; b) What did you learn from the reading? Why you find this aspect of the reading illuminating or interesting; c) How might you connect Monday’s and Wednesday’s reading?; d) You may respond to the reading and class discussion – is there anything you don’t understand? Do you have a different interpretation that we haven’t discussed in class?
5. You are welcome to respond respectfully to another person’s blog posting. If you choose to do so, please avoid personal attacks. Remember to be professional.
6. Remember that this is a public space, accessible and available to anyone. One useful way to think about it: avoid posting anything that you wouldn’t want a future employer to read.
7. Please review the course plagiarism policies (all of which apply to this blog), and remember to cite page numbers or outside sources when appropriate.
8. Blogs will be evaluated on a check-based scale (see syllabus). Grades will not be public, and they will be regularly posted on Oncourse.
The above Guidelines are lifted almost wholesale from the Guidelines at the Blog for an American Studies class taught by Denise Cruz at Indiana University. The class was called "From Jackie Chan to Fu Manchu: Love and Fear in American Culture <http://amsta350.blogspot.com/>.
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