Course Blog:
Students are encouraged to participate in thoughtful discussions about
course material and about issues raised in class discussions outside of the
classroom. As a way of facilitating this,
we will have a course blog. Thoughtful posting on the blog will be part of the
student’s participation grade. Students
can earn participation points by:
- Taking and posting class notes. This is worth 5 points, but the student can only complete this two times over the semester.
- Post on the blog and/ or respond to posts. Students may post questions related to class material, examples of Christian traditions in popular culture or from the past, and offer insights into reading. Posts will be assigned between up to 4 points, depending upon relevance, thoughtfulness, and detail.
- Attend events. Students may earn participation points for this class by attending academic and cultural events related to Christian traditions (not a worship service or church) and post on the blog a thoughtful paragraph about how the event related to course material. This will be worth 2 points and a student may do this two times, once before midterm and once after midterm, over the course of the semester.
- Review a movie: On the class Moodle site is list of movies depicting Christian traditions. Watching and reviewing any of these films on the blog may count toward participation. This will be worth up to 4 points and can be done once before midterm and once after midterm. (This does not include required films.)
