This semester students taking GEOL 390 will be using blog.case.edu for online journaling. GEOL 390 is the first course in the Capstone Senior Project that Geological Sciences has been operating for a few years now. Use of the blog system will be new to this course and will serve two purposes. First, the students will be documenting their reflections and thoughts on their path to finding a senior project and writing their project proposal. Regular journaling (blogging) will help students get in the habit of recording their research ideas and progress on a regular basis and help keep them on track for achieving the goal of being prepared for their project. Second, by using the blog system on a regular basis students will be writing with the realization that their writing is public and there is an audience - in my mind an important factor in all science writing. It should be an interesting semester and I am looking forward to helping all the students prepare for and find their Senior Project.
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