Author Archives: Bruce Spear

Looking for Trouble

By Bruce Spear | Published: June 14, 2010
COLLABORATIVE work means responding to each member's new blog posts creatively and imaginatively: since you are heading out into unknown territory, recognizing every little step made by your classmates will help you know better what you might do, and receiving supportive comments for your own achievements is absolutely necessary if you are not to be held back by uncertainty. ...The Assignment Your assignment for these last three weeks is to prepare at least THREE main blog posts and THREE secondary, totalling SIX posts altogether, plus offer at least THREE comments suggesting where you see your group project going and where you think it might best go next.    These new posts should be designed to significantly deepen the NORMATIVE DESCRIPTIONS most of you have offered of your topic thus far ("textbook understanding") by exploring PROBLEMS, including case studies and discussions of the relevant issues.

Blog Design

By Bruce Spear | Published: June 10, 2010

Advice on blog design.

Excellent Blog Posts!

By Bruce Spear | Published: May 30, 2010

A detailed review of two recent student blog posts.

Multi-Dimensional WordPress

By Bruce Spear | Published: May 29, 2010

You will find here a checklist for setting up Wordpress blogs for your group work.

Web Work

By Bruce Spear | Published: May 29, 2010
For this category, start here, as this post introduces the basic workflow, including searching, reviewing, and reporting on what we find.

How The Web Works

By Bruce Spear | Published: May 28, 2010
Here I am collecting links to posts and videos explaining how the web works.

The Basic Assignment

By Bruce Spear | Published: May 25, 2010

This is the basic weekly assignment and where I invite students to write a brief (no more than one page) review of the article/post you have found on your group topic that: a) describes briefly the overall presentation, b) analyzes briefly THE issue, and c) offers a brief evaluation of what you have found, with emphasis on what you found interesting and learned from and how it has contributed to your understanding.

Bibliography

By Bruce Spear | Published: May 25, 2010
References for my web work.

Publishing

By Bruce Spear | Published: May 25, 2010
Setting up your Posterous blog.

Tools

By Bruce Spear | Published: May 25, 2010
If you are looking for links to applications we have discussed in class or are curious to know what other tools might help you, this would be a good place to start.