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Welcome to the BIOL 2103H, Concepts in Biology, a course taught by Dr. Peggy Brickman in Spring 2018. Course Syllabus<\/a> (PDF).<\/p>\n

Blog Posts<\/a> (Reflections Related to Field Trips & Activities)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Almost every week during the semester, you\u2019ll create and publish a blog post as a response to one of our field trips or your research activities \u00a0<\/i>(~100-300 words). I want to use these reflections to help inform me about what worked and didn\u2019t. So I really want your honest appraisal of the experience. This includes your describing your initial expectations, your experiences, and any impact this had on your learning. I will help provide prompts, but the general structure will be answering four questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. What<\/b>: Described the experience: What happened? What did you do, see, hear, touch, say? Who was there? What was your role? What was expected?<\/li>\n
  2. Gut<\/b>: \u00a0What was your emotional response? What surprised, pleased, frustrated, angered you?<\/li>\n
  3. So What:<\/b> What was useful about the experience? What skills did you apply, or new skills did you acquire? What skills or knowledge did you lack? How does what you learned relate to your prior ideas?<\/li>\n
  4. Now What<\/b>: What will you do or not do as a result of your experience? What were your insights? What did you learn? How can you best use\/apply what you\u2019ve learned in the future?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (TIP! I find it helpful to write my posts in a word processing program, edit them there, and then paste them into the \u201cadd new posts\u201d screen on the class blog.) <\/i><\/p>\n

    Characteristics of a great class blog post<\/i><\/p>\n