WEEK #14: SUPERBLOG

WEEK #14: SUPERBLOG 

(for 5 blog points, which is equivalent to five weeks of work).

Complete the prompt.  Post by Friday at midnight.  No peer comments necessary.

Mini Proposal: Complete a 700 word (120 words per paragraph, 5 paragraphs) proposal for making improvements to the blog component of the course before I use it again.  For the intro describe the problem.  For the thesis, tell me what the solution is (its fine if it is a list that represents the topic sentences of the three body paragraphs). 

Here are the parameters for making an argument that your audience will find reasonable:

Not willing to budge on	Things that are flexible
Use of an online discussion forum	Different blogging service? Moodle discussion threads instead? Facebook page for class? Google + for class? -           You will have to think through/write about pros and cons of these, and explain how any proposed change of forum would be better than the current one, specifically.
Used to discuss readings that give us ideas/subject matter for writing	How we discuss the readings -           Less question answer format? -          More group brainstorming? -          Let students decide what about the readings they want to write about -          Connect them to class activities better? ·         Be clear about your suggestions for change here; be able to explain why the current system isn’t working well, and prove that the new system would solve the issue
Student posting	Timing,  days of the week frequency, (is every week too much?  Longer blog every two or three weeks? ) amount of text required (would you be willing to do more here if the journal component of class was nixed?)
Students responding/commenting	Timing of this Groupings What kinds of comments/make them more useful than just “good job”

      You may choose to propose changes on other areas that aren't defined here, but these give you an idea of what will definitely be kept in as a part of the blogging component of the class.