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Create your own blog.
http://www.blogger.com/start

You will keep a blog during the course of the semester in which you will journal about your journey in learning about and using new literacies for your personal use and for instructional purposes in the classroom setting.  Students will be divided into groups and  group members will be required to make comments on each other's blogs. You are invited to visit  other classmate's  blogs outside your group and comment as well.  Arrange with each blogger a time frame as to when  you will make your initial entries. You are required to comment on the professor's blog at least 3 times during the semester. Once during the first four weeks- once during the second five weeks and once sometime during the end of the semester (weeks 13 or 14). Within these guidelines please try to use the blogging journal forum to explore ideas, share experiences and support the growth of each other.

BLOGGER Rubric/ Checklist & Expectations  (10)

1. Shares ideas related to learning and teaching of new literacies and own experiences a teacher and learner  regarding these issues.

2. Generates provocative questions and ones that help to clarify ideas. They invite response and inference. Thoughtfully proposes what is understood.

3.Facilitates response to blog by  clarification or elaboration.

4.Blogger makes entries  and responses in  timely way throughout the semester (minimum 2 entries per week)

5.Blogger comments are thoughtful and constructive and integrative

RESPONDER Rubric/ Checklist & Expectations  (10)

1.Shares ideas related to learning and teaching of new literacies and own experiences as a teacher and learner regarding these issues.
 

2.Takes a critical stance at times. Plays the devil’s advocate in a way that helps refine thinking and promotes clarification.
Thoughtfully proposes what is understood.

3. Responds  in a constructive and respectful way focusing on ideas and including justification for the view expressed.

4.Responds in timely way to classmate's entries and to professor's blog.