Hi All,
Welcome to your blog site for Novels and Tales. We will use this blog as a virtual extension of our class space. You will all be added as authors to the site so you will have full access to post on the blog. Although I may occasionally chime in, this blog is primarily a space for collaboration with your peers.
This site has been created in order to:
· Extend learning opportunities beyond the confines of the scheduled class time and space, blurring rigid barriers between academic, campus, and community discourses
· For those less easy with speaking in class, it provides a space where students can have the time to process ideas and contribute to the ongoing discussions of the course
· Encourages a habit of writing as a collaborative act of communication and dialogue in which students may discuss reading responses, connections to local and global contemporary events, brainstorm papers, plan projects, ask questions, get feedback on rough drafts etc…
· Provides a place where visual mediums such as photos, videos, diagrams may be easily shared as well as hyper-text and web links
· Exposes students to alternative viewpoints and experience amongst peers as well as the opportunity to see how other students are working with and making connections with the course materials
· Encourages students to form relationships built around academic work
Although I have set up a basic template, you have free reign to suggest/implement new design elements. As a class you will need to decide whether you want this space to be private or open to public viewing and/or commenting. Please be aware, I will not post course information such as reading schedules,assignment descriptions, due dates, or the syllabus on this site- Please refer to ANGEL for this ongoing course information
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