This is where you may create posts assigned by the instructor or posts that you write independent of the class as you are "inspired."
Privacy
As with each of these site pages, you may choose the level of privacy for your blog: public, viewable only to those who have the URL, viewable only to you and collaborators, viewable only to you (of course, the latter is not an option if you want me to grade your work). If you do not want your blog to be viewable to the public, then please send me the link via email or invite me to "share your page."
Options
Feel free to use another blog site such as Blogger, WordPress, Wired, Tumblr, Weebly (there are many blog hosts). You can even embed your blog into your site when you add a text box to a page. Some hosts, such as Blogger, provide options for mobile settings and will generate a QR code for you.
Suggested Posts:
What do you know how to do well? How did you learn it? Use your answers to write a more in-depth reflection on how you learn: How do you learn? How has your learning process changed throughout college? What opportunities have required you to learn something new and adjust how you learned it? (Opt. You may link this post as evidence of your ability to "Engage in Lifelong Learning."
What have you learned about virtual responsibilities from investigating and reporting on your own virtual footprint AND from class discussions and other course material? What words of wisdom do you have to offer someone who is unfamiliar with this topic? (Opt. You may link this post as evidence of your ability to "Engage in Lifelong Learning. or "Practice Social and Personal Responsibility." Consider attaching your Virtual Profile Report to support your reflection.)
What have you learned about working collaboratively? How can you offset the potential cons of teamwork and provide incentives for capitalizing on the pros?
How have you used various technologies to collaborate with your team to complete a project? Which technologies did you use? Why? How did you learn them? How well did they work to do what you needed them to do? Did you discover uses/benefits/consequences you had not intended? How do you see yourself using these or similar tools in the future? (Opt. You may link these posts as evidence of your ability to "Work Collaboratively." They may also work to demonstrate your ability to "Engage in Lifelong Learning.")
How has your understanding of technical communication changed over the course of the semester in your tech comm class? (Opt: You may link this post as evidence of your ability to "Communicate Effectively."
Mid semester: Given the writing assignments you have prepared thus far, how has your understanding of the rhetorical context shaped your message: what you say, to whom you say it, how you say it? How does your message change as rhetorical contexts change? What examples demonstrate how messages differ depending on the rhetorical contexts?
Late semester: How has your understanding of rhetorical contexts changed throughout the course? What have you learned from writing to different audiences/contexts? Provide examples from the course (or other experiences) that demonstrate how your message was prepared to meet the specific constraints of each rhetorical context. Which assignments or messages would you have done differently (or would you change now) based on your more informed understanding of rhetorical context? (Opt: You may link this post as evidence of your ability to "Communicate Effectively."
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