Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Welcome to The Computations of Language!

Ok, so we're going to try out Chris's suggestion and see how a blogging setup works as a communication mechanism for the class -- at least in terms of people's reactions and discussion. I'll also set up a regular old mailing list for class announcements, and I'll make sure to quickly provide pointers to the syllabus, readings, etc.

In terms of structure, just a reminder that Juan and I would like folks to now enter the virtuous cycle of (a) reacting to the previous class, (b) doing the readings for the next class, (c) reacting to the readings by, say, 5pm Tuesdays, (d) reading everyone's reactions in advance, (e) optionally returning to step d and reacting to people's reactions, (f) ... ok, you get the idea. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. (I don't think I would have written that if this were not a blog. Hmmm, wonder what this medium does to people...)

As always, also please feel free to e-mail Juan and/or me privately with any concerns, issues, discussions, etc.

5 comments:

Philip said...

Here's an example of how to add a comment to someone's blog posting. Just click [n comments] at the bottom of the posting, and type the comment in.

DesiLinguist said...

Philip, since I left early, I am not sure what's the right way to post reactions or if you made that decision. Should everyone post their reactions as a new post on the blog or should they just be comments on whoever was the first and started a reaction post ?

Philip said...

Thanks, yes, good question -- see the next post for the answer!

sarah a. goodman said...

I will say this took me a good 10 minutes to figure out. I kept getting the message that, although I was logged in, I couldn't post a comment, even when my associated email account had been verified. Finally, I tried clicking on the 'blogger' link, vice 'blogspot'. That lead me to yet another sign in page. That time, things somehow clicked.

sarah a. goodman said...

Could we have a further post to reply to? I'd like to comment on 'Reactions to Class 2 and Readings for Class 3', simply so the 'Reactions to Class 1 and Readings for Class 2' string doesn't become overburdened with multiple threads and so browsing back for a specific comment can be more easily accomplished given such an organization.