Hang in there!

We are heading toward the difficult part of the semester--don't give up. This is the time of the year that sometimes causes problems for students in distance courses. It is easy to ignore your assignments if you aren't in a physical class. Try to keep up with your assignments, as there is a large portion of your grade still to come. Don't forget that next week you have (Monday) blog readings to post and the A3 to complete (Friday). Then we have the final big project of the semester--A4.

I have posted your CPR and A2 grades to WebCT. Please look carefully at the feedback that you received in CPR. Use the feedback to figure out what the strong and weak points of your writing are and how you might correct the issues before you turn in your next assignment.

CPR/A2 Grades

I will reread all of your CPR/A2 assignments during the next few days and make changes to grades as necessary.

In the meantime you will want to get started on the next assignment, particularly as your chapter blogs will be due this coming week.

CPR problems

I have heard from some of you that there were problems with CPR. I resolved the ones that I heard about. If you had a problem with CPR, please email at my private account immediately so that I can fix the problem.

CPR Due Today

Don't forget that CPR is due today by midnight.

I am working on grading your assignments from the past week, so look for new grades today and tomorrow.

OK. We have been talking about the use of blogs all semester, as well as using them in various ways. Some of you have used them for personal reasons, others for professional reasons, others just to fulfill your class assignments.

I am always amazed at how blogs come to be used. Have you looked at A Week of Kindness Blog? The blog talks about a student who apparently tried to buy a paper from someone through IM. I will warn you--this is not the nicest site, nor one to read if you have any qualms about foul language. So, it may not be for you. But it makes interesting reading in light of the conversation about cheating on Chris' blog.

The student is supposedly on the Dean's list at a private university and was buying a paper. But, the guy she tried to buy the paper from blogged about the event, including the entire IM conversation of the transaction. Wow.

It is amazing what type of feedback this blog generated. Try doing a search for Laura K. Pahl Plagiarist on google--you will be shocked by how many people are talking about this. Some are even suggesting it might be a hoax. I don't know--but it sounds like if it is real, then the student has been tossed from her University--net readers found her, called her dorm and called the president. Whoa.

I think there are a number of ethical issues that are worth discussing. What do you think?