Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Welcome to the blog!

Welcome to the weblog for our COL class. This is where we will continue our conversations from class and start new ones.

How should we use this blog? While we know discussion of requirements and expectations could itself fill a blog, actually using this blog is very easy.
  • You will receive an email inviting you to be an author of the blog. When you register, use your first name and your last initial. This will keep us from getting confused by nicknames.
  • When posting an entry, use an accurate, descriptive title and tag the relevant topics discussed in the entry. This way, navigating through the archives will be easier.
  • Be respectful, courteous, and confident. Engaging discussion often leads to lively debate, but our posts should always remain civil.
  • This is where we own our conversation. As we post our entries, we guide the conversation to whatever topics we choose. Out of respect for our peers in this intellectual community, our posts should be complete and well composed thoughts or questions.
Be sure to check your email for your invitation to this blog. The sooner we all start blogging, the sooner our discussion and understanding of the texts can expand!

We're looking forward to a great year.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A quick question: should we tag responses, or just main entries?

k said...

If you can tag responses, you should. I am not sure you can, but it would be nice if someone could find all the relevant discussion of a topic, both in the main post and its comments.