Make sure to start the blog with your name and the subject
of the entry. Blog entries will be considered informal writing assignments and
as such will be graded more in relation to content than style. Blog entries
will contain questions and answers to questions, as well as reflections which
relate to daily classroom discussions, completion of exercises, and reading
assignments. Any questions the student
has when reading or completing assignments should be written in their
blog. Reflections may relate to
connections the student makes between discussions in this class and those in
other classes, between arguments raised in the readings in this class and those
raised in other classes or in informal conversations. Students are encouraged to apply the ideas
learned in this class to activities that take place outside of the class. These applications make great
reflections. The student should bring
questions from the blog to class and ask those questions which were raised in
specific blog entries. As those
questions are addressed and answered in the classroom discussions, the student
should make note of the discussion and answers within subsequent blog entries.
This class blog will reflect the quality of the students daily classroom
participation and completion of homework assignments, and will be graded with
this in mind. The student may submit the
blog for grading at several times during the course of the semester. The blog is not the same thing as a
compilation of class lecture notes; it is the product of written personal
reflection related to the class. A good
blog will contain at least 15 entries. 5
of the entries must relate to films the class views that do not have formal
assignments. 5 of the entries must be
reflections on outside readings, something not assigned as part of the class
requirements. Finally, 5 of the entries
will be centered on a topic of the student’s choosing. Each blog entry should be dated and given a
title related to the subject of reflection.
