Welcome to the English 106 Research Blog

This is a place for you to post reflections on course readings, share ideas, ask research questions, post related links, and think deep thoughts about the work you're doing in this course. This blog will link individual English 106 student weblogs from the morning and afternoon sections of English 106, Fall 2007.

To create a blog, go to blogger.com and follow the online instructions. Create an account and password, invent a creative title, add photos or a personal profile. The only required element are your postings in response to the course readings. The rest is up to you.

For your first blog post, find an Internet site (a blog posting, website or whatever) that responds to what others are saying on some topic or issue. In your post, copy and paste the link (the URL or http:// address), then explain what conversation ("they say") this writer is entering. Or, alternately, find a site that fails to address a "they say"--that does not start with what others are saying. Is the "they say" implied? If so, what is it?

Here's an example, from "high-tech heretic" Clifford Stoll:
http://www.edge.org/digerati/stoll/index.html

When you have created your blog, email the URL to bridgeto@elmhurst.edu, and I'll post it as a link to this page.

What you should not post to your blog: Please do not post personal information or opinions about you, your classmates, or your peer tutor. This is a public space, so anything you post to your course blog can be viewed by your professors, college administrators, and anyone else with an internet connection. Respect yourself and others' confidentiality and privacy. 'Nuf said, I hope. (See Elmhurst College policy on computer usage in the e-Book for more on The Rules.)