Welcome!

This is the class blog for the READ407 Wednesday section, with Dr. Dana. Here is where we will be posting responses to readings, thoughts or questions we have (this is a great place to post a question about the class to either me or each other), information or links for projects, or anything else of interest. You each will be a contributor, so you can write posts just like this one. You can also write comments by clicking on the comments link at the end of the post. It’s a little like Facebook or MySpace, in that you can both write to the site and comment on what you see — which is one of the things I like best about blogging with students.

I have been blogging for the last 5 years (is it really so long? wow…) and you can find my personal blog at http://flaneuse.org. I’ll put a link to it over on the right too. Usually I have students each create their own blogs, but this class is listed at 30 (!) which makes for a lot of writing and even more reading every week. Too much to be able to do…. so instead we’ll all be posting to this one. Think of it as a cross between a discussion board (but much better, I think) and a kind of personal writing site. Yes, remember, what you post here is public, but it’s easier than tangling with Blackboard and trying to email everyone in the class.

So…. go ahead … post that first post I assigned …. I dare you….