Throughout the semester your group will maintain a blog about the topics covered in the lectures. Here is the recommended workflow for doing this together:

• After every class, the group starts on its reflection of (and contribution to) the lecture material.
  • This is done using Google Dogs, i.e., each student signs in and outlines several thoughts.
• Each week, a different group member takes the role of primary author.
  • This student will combine and consolidate the contributions of individual group members.
• Once all in a group agree on the resulting material, it is posted (in essay format) to the team's blog.

During the first week of class, we will create the team blogs (using Blogger) and assign authors to them. The TA will also create a “shared folder” in Google Docs for each team, where you will create draft versions of your work.

Grading is done on an following scale:

• 0 for nothing done
• 1 for something, but incomplete or unimpressive
• 2 for a thoughtful, well organized contribution

Additional points may be awarded based on insightful comments posted on other teams' blogs. By the end of the semester, each group member must have authored at least one blog post, and posted at least one comment on another team's blog.

The objective of these assignments is to demonstrate your understanding of the topics. In addition, we will use your feedback to expand and enhance future offerings of this course.

Your initial blog post should introduce the team members (e.g., a sentence or two about each one) and your expectations for the course.