Blogging, like anything on Internet, can be time wasting,
useless, and can have a negative effect on society. However, with responsible use and with the
right goals in mind, blogging and anything on the internet can be powerful
tools for learning
Each week, you will be responsible for researching and
blogging about a topic to take our learning beyond the textbook. All you must do is find a video, topic,
picture, quote, or discussion in class that you find interesting.
However, your audience will not only be me. An important aspect of blogging is the
community and its feedback. We will be
providing feedback to each other consistently to improve our blogging skills.
When our writing has improved enough, we will ask other teachers, professors,
Masters/Ph D students, and even your parents to comment on your posts. I have an agreement by the first year UT astronomy
professor, Professor Mike Reid and a graduate student, to read and comment on a
post of your choice later in the year.
You are certainly free to post course related content as much
or as little as you want. After all,
your blog posts are just a reflection of the learning that you want to get
through this course.
However, after talking to a couple different professors, they
need your writing to improve. As a
result, I will be looking to mark an in-depth blogpost on a biweekly basis
according to the attached rubric.
Here are some spectacular blogs to read the latest on earth
and space science from:
Space
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http://hobbyspace.com/Blog/
http://nineplanets.org/news/
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Earth
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http://earthly-musings.blogspot.hk/
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