In this
assignment you will practice the fundamentals of critical thinking via
blogging about telenovelas. Your blog entries should reflect your thought
process and your learning experience as you go through the course. In other
words, your posts should be a thoughtful (and creative) expression of yourself.
If you wish, you can complement the entries with images or other media.
Specifically,
blog entries will be of two types:
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Open topic entries: With the exception of the post
due on October 23, which should be a reflection on what you learn about
telenovela production, you are free to analyze, comment and/or reflect on
any of the topics and readings we will cover in class. You can also write about
the telenovela(s) you are analyzing for your class assignments. Be warned
that mere description won’t meet my expectations.
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Responses/comments to entries: A good blog builds a community. In
that spirit, you should comment on the entries posted by your classmates or by
me, be those open topic entries or responses to others’ posts. Your comments
must be substantive and add to the conversation. In other words, merely stating
“I agree” or “good point” is not nearly enough.
You must
write at least five open topic
entries and six responses/comments during our term. The open topic
entries should be spread out throughout the semester. Therefore, I expect to find at least one new open
topic entry written by each of you by 9 p.m. of each of the following days:
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September 4
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September 18
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October 23* (topic set by me)
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November 13
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November 29
There are
no partial deadlines for your responses/comments, just the final deadline: November 29 at 9 p.m. I highly
recommend you also write your comments throughout the semester.
