Greetings students and welcome to our blog. This will be a space where we hold informal discussions together before meeting in class. Each week, one or two students will be assigned to be the blog leader (or leaders). This student will post before Sunday at 10pm on a text or author to be discussed in the upcoming class. The rest of you will post a response by 3pm Tuesday (the afternoon before class). The purpose of our blog is to give you a chance to share your ideas and begin thinking about what the class finds most interesting, entertaining, and troubling about the readings.
Some words of advice:
1) The purpose of your blog entries is NOT to summarize the text or give excessive biographical information about the author.
2) You cannot simply write "I agree with what _________ said." The purpose of the blog is to engage with what students are saying. Feel free to agree or disagree, but give your fellow students something more.
3) Don't worry about writing a paper here. The purpose of the blog is informal--you don't have to try to show off, or edit your ideas 20 times before posting.
4) Pay attention to posting deadlines--if it's your job to be the blog leader, make sure you've read your chosen text before Sunday evening, when you have to post.
5) Posts are expected to be between 200-300 words.
I look forward to reading everyone's contributions.
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