Blogging Reflection Assignments
For these lab assignments you will be creating and
posting to a blog at various points in the semester. We will be contributing
our blog posts to one class blog, found on the Blogger.com
The goal of your blog post will be to connect your
experiences online with content from the class, readings, and labs.
Specifically, when you create a post you should connect at least two concepts
from class material to your own experience. You will choose a concept and then
discuss some or all of the following:
-
how the course materials resonates with what you do or know
-
how the course materials influenced your thought or
behavior
- connect the concepts to current events through news articles or videos
- how your experience might be different than what
we have discussed.
The goal of this post is to demonstrate critical thinking, and to teach the reader something new about the course material. Thus, it is best not to simply summarize the lab discussion, or simply present your opinions on communication and technology. As in lab, the standards for discussion are to introduce new information (through a news article), demonstrate critical thinking, or apply a course concept to a new topic. In your post be sure to define the concept you are
discussing, and provide enough detail so that someone who was not familiar with
the concept could understand what it is. Posts
should be 500-750 words.
Blogs due 5 times throughout the semester: 9/12, 10/3, 10/24, 11/14,
12/5. You will write an entry every three weeks, and your entry should
always choose concepts that we covered during those three weeks. For example,
your first blog entry will cover the content from the first three weeks of
class. Blogs are always due Friday by 5pm.
Each blog entry is worth 40 possible points. You will be
graded on: a) following assignment instructions, b) the inclusion and accuracy
of your discussion of each class concept, c) a demonstration of your
understanding of the concept, d) a relevant discussion of your
experience/thoughts/ideas about each topic, and e) a well-written submission.
Blog Presentation Assignment
You will choose one of your blog posts to share with the
class. You will not be reading your post, but rather presenting the concepts
you chose and talking about how those related to your experience. Presentations should be about 4-5 minutes
in length. To make sure that you have enough to talk about you will likely
need to expand on what you wrote about. This should include a good discussion
of the concepts you chose from class and examples from your experience.
Look over the lab and class schedule when choosing a day
to present. You will enjoy your presentation more if you write (and talk) about
a subject that you feel passionate about.
Your presentation is worth a possible 50 points. Your
presentation will be graded on: a) professionalism, b) a good discussion of
course concepts, c) the application of concepts to your life, and d) meeting
assignment requirements.
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