Your journal entries are an opportunity for reflection on your own thoughts, beliefs, questions, and/or concerns regarding a particular topic, issue, or experience. It is a reflection of your learning in the course and a record of your journey through the semester, not a diary. Each journal entry should reflect a minimum of 30-60 minutes of work. The ultimate purpose of the journal entries is to provide you with a medium to express your ideas and opinions and to facilitate an understanding of the material and experiences in a way that is meaningful to you. Each entry is worth 10 points toward your final journal grade which is worth 10% of your course grade.
Guidelines:
Your journal will take the form of an online blog. Blogger is free and easy to use, but any will be acceptable as long as you can submit a URL and I can access it.
Each entry must reflect 30-60 minutes of effort and should include appropriate and related photos, drawings, video clips, and links, anything that you wish to include. Be creative! This is an expression of your thoughts as you move through the course!
For entries related to reading assignments, select 3-4 quotes that strike you in some way and reflect on them. Be detailed and give reasoning behind your thoughts. For example – don’t just say “This quote is dumb!” Tell me why it is dumb. Be prepared to discuss these quotes as a group in class.
All work reflected in the journal should be in your own words. If you use other authors’ work you need to properly cite and reference the information including photos, graphics and/external links (photos by taken by you will need to be referenced as well).
You need to use correct grammar and spelling, using complete sentences, with correct English - "you" not "u".
Journal entries are due before class begins each week. You will submit a URL to your blog in Canvas.
You will be graded on the richness of your ideas and discussion, not on your opinions.
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