Read Me First

So here is how this will work: I will get the online discussion started by positing a consideration, proffering an opinion, or posing a set of questions based on one of our weekly articles. Each of you will not only respond to me, but to at least three students. We'll keep the language professional and academic, as is the case for your hardcopy response journals. As for a minimum response, let's begin with an "oversized" paragraph of 5-7 sentences per response per individual.

Also, after you register at http://www.blogger.com/ (you'll need to do this in order to post comments), be sure to name yourself at the very end of each response (as usernames are often something other than your given name). Hopefully, this (we)blog will grow as your skills grow and this will also serve to put a new spin on an old "tried and true" method of collegiate discussion.

Lastly, for everyone's convenience, I've added links on the right navigation bar to Google (since its popularity and usefulness rival that of Mr. Webster's dictionary), Encarta (which also functions as a thesaurus as well as a dictionary), and also "The New York Times." The last of these links might seem like the proverbial "third wheel," but it will be quite useful to you in the future when you're given assignments such as "Quote a recent tabloid..." on such-and-such a topic. It's always handy to have solid supporting evidence in your academic wanderings.

A. Ferrante