Blogs This Week

I thought the blog posts were really insightful and interesting this week; your grades reflect this. Kudos!

Now, this having been said, I've also noticed that more people were late with posts and/or comments. Thus I'm establishing a policy for late blogging. Any post submitted after the Sunday 6 p.m. deadline will be penalized 10 points. And no late posts will be accepted at all beyond the deadline for comments (Tuesday 6 p.m.). And no credit will be given for late comments, although you may still earn up to 50 points for the week on your post.

The philosophy behind these policies is that neither your classmates nor I will really have time to go back and read your late work. When the moment has passed, it's passed, and we need to keep forward momentum in this course. So everyone's good this week, but this policy will go into effect starting next week and for the rest of the semester.

Also, note that next week is the Columbus day holiday, so we'll have to make an adjustment for next week only. What I've decided is that you may just post your reading responses by Tuesday at 6 p.m., and we'll skip the comment part of the assignment this week. So your whole grade will be based on the post. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions about this.