Yes, I will admit that it may seem cruel of me to give you summer homework, but I swear this should be fun and relatively painless! Plus, it introduces you to an important aspect of this class....blogging.
Why do I blog? As you will soon see, in our economics class we wrestle with a great deal of complicated theory and we sometimes do not have the time I would like to talk about the real world implications and importance of the theories in our everyday lives. The blog is the solution to this conundrum. Our class will exist in two spheres; the in class and the virtual. I hope you enjoy the experience, I can personally attest that is has enhanced my experience of teaching the class. It makes me pay more attention to the world of economics that surrounds us all and hopefully this in turn will help you to see the economics of the world in which you live.
Plan on checking in once a week over the summer to check out what I have been up to or come across over the summer in terms of economics. Feel free to ask questions, post other links to articles or respond to your classmates. My expectation is you will respond at least once a week. I will attempt to post a few times a week, economic news cooperating of course.
So here is your first assignment....what do you think about having a blog for this class? How do you feel about this being a class requirement? Is there a blogger in you?
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Blogging is a great idea, I just hope that I remember to check on this site during vacations...
I have an interesting video to post relating to Argentina and Economy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZjDO0HmG3M
Have a great vacation everyone!
Ezequiel
Blogging is a great idea! I just hope I remember to check the site every week.
I have an interesting video that I want to hear opinions about, its about Argentina and the economy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZjDO0HmG3M
Have a great vacation everyone,
Ezequiel
Hey Ezequiel,
Thanks for the link to the video, it was interesting and I am curious to know what you and other students think. Would you mind if I use this as a blog over the summer? I might generate some good discussion.
Just checking!
Well I actually quite like blogging, and I guess it's a great idea to have a blog for the class as it really is an interesting way of learning. I actually don't know much about economics as I've never done anything related to it, but I hope I'll be all really ready for this class when school reopens.=)
i think that the blog is an excelent idea although i agree with ezequiel once in a while i might forget to check it...:S
but im sure that if most of the class is constantly involved it should be a great experience
Nico
I'm not used to blogging because it's not something we do in every class but I think it's a great idea and a good way of learning more about economics outside of class. However because I don't have a chance to be around the computer very often I will probably be posting every two weeks or so, but making up for the ones I couldn't.
I hope you are all having an awesome vacation, and email me! :P
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