Welcome to the AP Calc blog! This is going to be your resource for communicating with one another about what is going on in AP Calculus. Every day a different student will be assigned to write a post about what we did in class that day. We will then be able to refer back to this post to remind ourselves what we're learning about. What was the major concept being covered that day? What new skills did we learn? What old skills are we building upon? What questions do you still have? What issues did the homework bring up?
In addition to your assigned post, you are also welcome to add other posts and comments with your thoughts, insights, and concerns about particular lessons or concepts. There will be other times when I post a question for you to answer about a lesson, topic, or problem.
Because we will be blogging in a public forum, it is important that we have good internet and blogging etiquette. Your task before school starts is to comment on this post with at least one rule you think we should all follow as we embark on our blogging quest together. Try to come up with different rules than those who have commented before you. For now, I have turned on comment moderation, which means I will get an email for every comment you place on the blog. As soon as I know we have all agreed to a set of blogging standards I will turn off comment moderation.
I hope this will be a rich resource for you to learn, create, reflect, ponder, and help one another on your quest to learn calculus.
Don't leave negative comments about other people's posts, especially questions they ask about something that may seem easy to you, but is not for them. If you know the answer to it, be helpful, don't critisize.
ReplyDeleteTry to be clear with what you are posting about. Sometimes it's hard to describe things over the internet, but when explaining a problem to someone, you want to be descriptive enough so they can follow what you are talking about. Especially if the other person has no idea how to do a problem, going through each step helps teach the other person.
ReplyDeleteLet everyone have a voice. If one person is posting a lot, it prevents others from expressing what they think about the topic.
ReplyDeleteOnly post real and serious questions related to what are learning, don't waste everyone's time with questions like "what is the answer to 1+1???" This is a serious class and we must help each other learn and refrain from saying ridiculous things.
ReplyDeleteAlways be respectful in comments and in blog posts, especially when disagreeing and offering or asking for clarification.
ReplyDeleteWhen posting your thoughts, it is okay to be inspired by someone's post, but to copy it completely is not.
ReplyDeleteConsider everyone's point of view because it may otherwise enlighten your perspective upon the matter. Don't use inappropriate language on the site for it shall be viewed as disrespectful and not serious.
ReplyDeleteTry your best to be descriptive about the content you are posting, but please be concise. Sometimes, it can be difficult to follow and read through lengthy posts or comment; especially if there is a lot of them that we must read.
ReplyDeleteTry not to post a huge paragraph about what we learned in class that day, when i think of a refresher i think 2-3 concise sentences that sums everything up.
ReplyDeleteMake sure to check the blog often to see if anyone has asked a question you might know the answer to.
ReplyDeleteFrom Ethan Miller:
ReplyDeleteMake sure to always check for basic grammar mistakes. A topic may very well be difficult enough without the added confusion of illegible sentences.
From Julia Goldman:
ReplyDeleteIf you are posting the summary of what we did in class, make sure you are specific. It will be a lot harder for someone to follow the post if they weren't there in class. It doesn't have to be long, as long as you cover the most important parts