What is the purpose of this classroom blog?

Social 30-1 is a course that requires lots of review. This will important as we approach April and the Diploma Exam. The purpose of this class blog is to provide you with a comprehensive review of the course by providing a week by week summary of what was learned. This will also be of value for any student who misses some time due to a variety of reasons

To accomplish this, each of you with author one blog post that summarizes an assigned week (you will given a schedule). Each blog post will have three components

Component One:  Each post will provide answers to these questions:

• What were the main topics covered this week?  Provide a brief description of each.
• Which of the topics was the most important?  Explain why.
• What assignments were assigned and when are they due?

Component Two: Each post will provide some form of media (image, video, digital article, etc) that demonstrates understanding of one of the week’s topics.  The student will provide a brief justification of their choice.

Component Three: Students will have the opportunity to ask questions.  Each student will be most responsible for answering/moderating those questions.  Other students are welcome to answer questions as well.

Evaluation: This activity will be summatively assessed using the following rubric.

Criteria	Excellent (5)	Proficient(4)	Satisfactory (3)	Limited (2)	Poor (1)
Answering of set questions	You summarized the week with detailed and indepth description.  You have a sophisticated understanding of the material	You did a very good job summarizing the week. You have sound understanding of the material	Your summary of the week is adequate.  You covered the basics.	You summary is missing some of the main elements.  You cover some of the basics but not all	Your summary is inadequate and is missing most of the main points of the week
Additional Media	Your choice of media enhances the learning of others.  It shows you have deep understanding	Your choice of media is sound and shows good understanding	Your choice of media is sufficient.  It shows that you get the general idea of this week’s topics.	Your choice of media is not really on topic.  Connection to the material is not made	Your choice of media is is inadequate and does not demonstrate comprehension of the topics.
Communication	Your thoughts and ideas were communicated in a sophisticated manner.  The relative absence of errors is impressive	Your thoughts and ideas were communicated well in an easy to read manner	Your thoughts and ideas were clear.  You had some errors and the quality of communication was adequate	You had some difficulty with communicating your thoughts and ideas.  Errors made it difficult to understand	Errors impeded understanding of your thoughts and ideas.

Total Score: /15 marks