As a class, we agreed to post all of our reflections on the same blog so that we have one place to go to read and respond to what everyone has to say this Fall Semester 2010. Be sure to get your journal postings up by midnight of the day they are due, and be sure the title of your post relates to what you have to say--try to grab our attention (but in an appropriate way). Remember to respond to at least two of your classmates' posts. This forum works best if it is interactive.
Use the readings as a starting point for your reflections. Keep your readers in mind: Provide enough context so that someone unfamiliar with our class and assignments can follow the points you are making, but do not just summarize readings--have something to say about them. By the way, this is a good place to practice paraphrasing and using direct quotations.
To make sure you reach your minimum word count, try writing in Word, and then cut-and-paste your journal entry into the blog text box when you are ready to go public.
Reflective writing is a way to get you thinking about how all of this information you're taking in is related to your own experiences and research goals. Make those connections in your postings. Yes, you can use "I," and you can tell stories and use examples. When it makes sense to do so, consider linking to other sites or uploading visual images (without infringing on anyone's copyright, preferably).
Writing is a way to think, to invent, to argue with yourself. So just start writing. It could change your thinking! Novelist E. M. Forster once said, "How do I know what I think until I see what I say?"
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