Tongue twisters

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Official ending of the weekly blog assignments

This is a stamp honoring Charles Babbage, who is credited with first conceiving the idea of computers back in the nineteenth century. The stamp brings together the immense changes in the field of communications--from handwritten pages using stamps to digital messages using today's computer technology.

The last blog assignment, posted last Sunday, 9/30, is due by midnight tonight. There have been five formal assignments. If you haven’t responded to them all, please do so! I’ve amended the title of each assignment to include the number 1-5 to help you locate them. This week, I will hand out in class the instructions and the rubric for the Blog Reflection. If you haven’t already done so, read the entries posted by your fellow class members in preparation for your Reflection. I will keep the blog open for the semester and we may continue the online conversation. I’ve enjoyed this experiment and feel it was successful for the following reasons:

• It allowed people who (like myself in a classroom situation) don’t always feel comfortable speaking up in person to also contribute to the discussions
• It provided another way to communicate besides our in-class work, my lectures, and the textbook readings
• It furnished a greater variety of voices than what was possible in the classroom situation through the links to other websites, blogs, and authors.

Thank you all for your good work in these assignments!