Learning about America From Americans Living Abroad

this is a course website for students in English 367.01C at ohio state university, autumn 2004. the creator of the site is the teacher--bob eckhart. this is how i am communicating with my class and how they can communciate with each other.

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I am a teacher at OSU and most of my blogs are intended for my students...for me to post information to them and for them to share information with their classmates.

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

welcome to english 367.01c

hi class.....i hope you are excited about computers and willing to learn some new things. of course for some of you, "blogging" might be part of your life already. if so, the concept behind this class needs no introduction.

otherwise, let me tell you what we will be doing this quarter. many individuals--just like you--have created "weblogs"...these are called "blogs" for short. in fact, when i went to china this summer, i had a blog--my first one ever. it was a way to communicate on a mass-scale to many individuals...most of whom were friends or family, but others who simply heard about the blog and wanted to read it. you can find it at blobsblog.blogspot.com ....

so, this quarter, we will be reading and writing blogs. each week you will read a blog written by an american who is living abroad. [you will choose this on your own]. in this way, you will learn about america. for any of you who have had the good fortune to travel abroad, you should know that the country and culture you learn the most about when you travel is actually america and not the country you visit!! after you have read and digested the material in this blog, you will write a 500-word analysis of it and post it to your own blog...you will write 8 of these and turn them in [printed on paper] on the first 8 thursdays of class. these will be graded on a 5-point scale and compose 40% of your grade.

so, these will be posted to your daily diary-type blog--we will call this blog #1. then, starting in the middle of the quarter, you will create a second blog [obviously, blog #2]. this blog will be directed at a specific audience of your choosing. if you are particularly knowledgeable about the local music scene, you could start a blog about that...or if you want to start a blog about life as an OSU student--so that prospective students at your high school can come to know what it is like here--you can do that.

this is all for now. welcome to class. i think we will have a good quarter and you will learn a lot.......bob

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