Welcome to your ENG L202 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 due Wednesdays by midnight. 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 or films (such as small quotes or phrases, key words, or imagery). The post must clearly demonstrate that you’ve read the assigned reading for both Tuesday and Thursday of each week and thought about it.

3. Your blogger tone may be less formal than what you might use in a paper, but you should remember that this is still a course-related blog. In other words, this is not your facebook/myspace 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) What details do you find especially interesting about the reading?; b) How would you interpret these details?; c) What do you think is important/interesting about the assigned reading, and why?; d) Do you have a question about hte reading? If so, ask and suggest an answer for it; e) How might you connect Tuesday’s and Thursday’s reading?; f) 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.