Jerz: Writing for the Internet (EL 236)


6 Sep 2006

RRRR (Read, React, Respond, Reflect)

A four-step process that helps you prepare for a productive class discussion using the SHU weblog system.

We will start out slowly at first, only completing a part of the RRRR process, so that the whole class has the chance to adjust to it. Once we start the full process, for each item or group of items marked as "Text" on the course outline, Read the assignment, react by posting an "agenda item" about 24 hours before the class discussion (see glossary), respond to 2-4 items posted by your peers, and reflect on the experience in a half-page essay (100-200 words; you may wish to print it out so you can refer to it when called on).

The process of reading, reacting, responding, and reflecting is part of all critical thinking and writing. In our online community, we will practice, in an informal manner, the intellectual activity that goes into the production of a college-level research paper.

While your agenda items and lengthier reflections should be a little more formal, when you leave comments, don't worry too much about typos or grammatical mistakes. Feel free to use :) and LOL if you like.

As the semester progresses, and we cover such areas as the effective use of hyperlinks and how to write useful titles, you should start integrating those skills into your routine course blogging. But for starters, don't worry too much about the form. I'm more intersted in deepening the discussion.

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I am making a comment from the article "Freedom of speech redifined by blogs". Wonder if we,as Americans, were stripped of our rights,where would we be without our freedom of speech? Would we have online communities? Blogs? Where would the communication be? How advanced would we be?

Posted by: jeremy barrick at September 7, 2006 11:23 PM
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