Rules:
1. One question must be on a local scale.
2. One question must be on a global scale.
3. Questions must have some connection to Bridge. For example, they can deal with your books, your writing assignment, a lecture, a museum visit, a class discussion, etc.
4. Responses must be at least 5 sentences long (or about a paragraph--this isn't a twitter update)
Course Blog:
Our class blog, http://teambridgesummer2010.blogspot.com/, is collaborative environment where you will discuss and exchange ideas with your instructors and peers. Rather than just being the sole author of a collection of writing, the blog will be a group effort; This means you will write your own ideas and respond to your classmates comments. The goal here is that we are reflective and the ideas evolve as each individual contributes his/her own knowledge.
General Instructions:
At the end of each day, two students design a question to pose for the class (you will pick your own dates for this in class, based on the syllabus). The next class day we will spend 45 minutes responding to those questions. Please make an effort to write in Standard English (this will be expected of you for most college writing assignments) and watch out for the overuse of text-speak – too much lol and rolf and brb and awk can be overwhelming if you want to make a academic / formal impression. However, don’t be too worried about proof-reading as this is a means to develop and circulate ideas, rather than solidify them. Key: Always try to ask more questions then you try to answer.
Details:
You (as in the class) have control over this blog, which means in the end the result and what you learn or don’t learn from it rests on your shoulders. With this in mind, I encourage you to be thoughtful and creative; post music, animation, videos, creative writing, etc. However, try to consider what could happen to this course time and the blog if one were to decide to write post after post about his or her boyfriend / girlfriend. Or what would happen if somebody went on a political rant every blog entry and didn’t consider or even read the opinions from other students. Again, the success of this blog is up to you. Please remember to always be respectful, to be open to new ideas, and to use your head and your words to clearly explain your point rather than using bold, upper case letters and exaggerated profanity.
Finally:
I encourage you to use quotes from the book, to use your own experiences, to discuss what you have seen at salons, museum visits, and lectures. Maybe the best way to help direct you in this endeavor is to ask you this: If a brand new bridge student trying to figure out what is expected in the bridge program and what types of knowledge or learning occurs there stumbled upon our class blog, how would you like your bridge class and yourself as an individual to be represented?
