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April 21st
- I have posted the question for Essay
#4. Answers are due via email (ernest@ernestmorgan.com)
by midnight the evening of Friday the 8th of April.
- Academic dishonesty of any kind, including
plagiarism and collaboration, will result in an automatic zero for
the assignment in question. Successful essays will be based on a critical
analysis of the questions, not a simple regurgitation of the facts
presented in the text and the lecture notes.
- By collaboration, I mean that you
cannot split up the work with a colleague. Your answers should be
your own work. My advice on completing the essay is the following:
- Read the assigned material
in the text and the Lecture Notes.
- Read the comments of
your classmates on the discussion forum and my emailed comments
concerning the discussion questions for Chapters 9 through 12.
- Print out a copy of
Essay #4.
- Construct an outline
of how you plan to attack the essay. Your outline should be based
upon a seven paragraph format - one paragraph for the introduction,
a paragraph for each of the five concepts and finally a concluding
paragraph.
- Sit down in a quite
place and resolve to write a 'bad' answer
-- without the book! I say a 'bad' answer, because
it is most important at this stage to get something down on paper.
Don't pressure yourself to write something perfect immediately.
If you do that, you will still be waiting to start your writing
two weeks from now. Just get something down on paper, and then critique
it. I also suggest that you keep the book closed when you write.
With the book opened, it will be very difficult to write your answer
in your own words. Your answer should be approximately two to three
single-spaced pages in length -- about a 1000 to 1500 words.
- Once you have written your initial
answer, review it for flaws.
- Go back and review the material
in the Lecture Notes, the text, and the discussion forum.
- Remember
the key to the assignment is to demonstrate your mastery of the
political concepts by incorporating them, in detail, into your examination
of the topic. Don't become overly concerned with the topic to the
detriment of a detailed discussion of the political concepts.
- Whenever you have a question about
any of the material, send it to me! I will respond. I will not review
drafts, but if you would like my input on a skeletal outline of
your essay, I'd be happy to look over your outline.
- Be sure to send your
answers via email (no attachments)
to me by midnight Friday the 6th. There
will be an 8 hour grace period extending until 8am on Saturday the
7th. I suggest however that you don't plan on using it, for I won't
accept anything after that point, 8am Saturday. The grace period
is only meant to allow folks a chance to resubmit answers that they
had problems submitting in the first place. Once I receive your
answers, I will send a confirmation reply, usually it will come
within a few hours -- unless you send your answer late in the evening.
If don't have a confirmation message from me, you know that I did
not receive you answers, and you will need to resubmit. My advice
is to summit your essays several days in advance of the deadline.
You have two weeks to complete this assignment, please do not wait
until the last minute, for then you place all your hard work at
peril to a computer glitch.
- Please title the subject
line of your email, POL 120: Essay
#4. Also, be sure that your
full name appears near the top of the text of your message.
- As always, if you are experiencing
any difficulties, let me know as soon as they occur, and we will
work together to solve them.
April 20th
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #15 (Chapter 12). This discussion ends at midnight
EDT of Friday evening, April 29th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
April 15th
- Essay #3 (Results)
- I have finished grading
Essay #3. Here is a presentation of the class-wide results:
| Average |
17.4 |
| Median |
18 |
| High |
19.1 |
| Range |
4.5 |
As-0,
Bs-6, Cs-4, Ds-1,
Fs-0
If you have any questions
regarding the way I graded your essay, please let me know. Also
if you are not satisfied with your performance on this essay,
lets discuss the matter. I would recommend that anyone who received
below a 16.9 (a C) contact me to discuss ways to improve their
performance on future assignments.
April 14th
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #14 (Chapter 11). This discussion ends at midnight
EDT of Friday evening, April 22nd.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
April 8th
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #13 (Chapter 10). This discussion ends at midnight
EDT of Friday evening, April 15th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
April 1st
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #12 (Chapter 9). This discussion ends at midnight EDT
of Friday evening, April 8th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
March 25th
- I have posted the question for Essay
#3. Answers are due via email (ernest@ernestmorgan.com)
by midnight the evening of Friday the 8th of April.
- Academic dishonesty of any kind, including
plagiarism and collaboration, will result in an automatic zero for
the assignment in question. Successful essays will be based on a critical
analysis of the questions, not a simple regurgitation of the facts
presented in the text and the lecture notes.
- By collaboration, I mean that you
cannot split up the work with a colleague. Your answers should be
your own work. My advice on completing the essay is the following:
- Read the assigned material
in the text and the Lecture Notes.
- Read the comments of
your classmates on the discussion forum and my emailed comments
concerning the discussion questions for Chapters 4, 5, 7 and 8.
- Print out a copy of
Essay #3.
- Construct an outline
of how you plan to attack the essay. Your outline should be based
upon a seven paragraph format - one paragraph for the introduction,
a paragraph for each of the five concepts and finally a concluding
paragraph.
- Sit down in a quite
place and resolve to write a 'bad' answer
-- without the book! I say a 'bad' answer, because
it is most important at this stage to get something down on paper.
Don't pressure yourself to write something perfect immediately.
If you do that, you will still be waiting to start your writing
two weeks from now. Just get something down on paper, and then critique
it. I also suggest that you keep the book closed when you write.
With the book opened, it will be very difficult to write your answer
in your own words. Your answer should be approximately two to three
single-spaced pages in length -- about a 1000 to 1500 words.
- Once you have written your initial
answer, review it for flaws.
- Go back and review the material
in the Lecture Notes, the text, and the discussion forum.
- Remember
the key to the assignment is to demonstrate your mastery of the
political concepts by incorporating them, in detail, into your examination
of the topic. Don't become overly concerned with the topic to the
detriment of a detailed discussion of the political concepts.
- Whenever you have a question about
any of the material, send it to me! I will respond. I will not review
drafts, but if you would like my input on a skeletal outline of
your essay, I'd be happy to look over your outline.
- Be sure to send your
answers via email (no attachments)
to me by midnight Friday the 8th. There
will be an 8 hour grace period extending until 8am on Saturday the
9th. I suggest however that you don't plan on using it, for I won't
accept anything after that point, 8am Saturday. The grace period
is only meant to allow folks a chance to resubmit answers that they
had problems submitting in the first place. Once I receive your
answers, I will send a confirmation reply, usually it will come
within a few hours -- unless you send your answer late in the evening.
If don't have a confirmation message from me, you know that I did
not receive you answers, and you will need to resubmit. My advice
is to summit your essays several days in advance of the deadline.
You have two weeks to complete this assignment, please do not wait
until the last minute, for then you place all your hard work at
peril to a computer glitch.
- Please title the subject
line of your email, POL 120: Essay
#3. Also, be sure that your
full name appears near the top of the text of your message.
- As always, if you are experiencing
any difficulties, let me know as soon as they occur, and we will
work together to solve them.
March 24th
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #11 (Chapter 8). This discussion ends at midnight EST
of Friday evening, April 1st.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
March 18th
- We will be on Spring Break
from March 19th through March 25th. I will post the questions for
Discussion #11 and the Essay #3 assignment on Friday, March 25th.
March 17th
- Essay #2 (Results)
- I have finished grading
Essay #2. Here is a presentation of the class-wide results:
| Average |
18.5 |
| Median |
18 |
| High |
21.4 |
| Range |
4.5 |
As-4,
Bs-3, Cs-6, Ds-0,
Fs-0
If you have any questions
regarding the way I graded your essay, please let me know. Also
if you are not satisfied with your performance on this essay,
lets discuss the matter. I would recommend that anyone who received
below a 16.9 (a C) contact me to discuss ways to improve their
performance on future assignments.
March 10th
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #10 (Chapter 7). This discussion ends at midnight EST
of Friday evening, March 18th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
March 5th
- Class-wide Email Archive
(Reminder)
- It has come to my
attention that a number of folks are not regularly checking the
Class-Wide Email Archive. You should be checking this archive
every couple of days. I place a copy of every class-wide email
I send out in this archive, so if for some reason you did not
receive a class-wide email, you can always access a copy of it
in the archive.
- To access the archive,
click on the Email Archive button (found near the top of the Announcemnets
page) and then on either the January Messages, February Messages,
or the March Messages links.
March 3rd
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #9 (Chapter 5). This discussion ends at midnight EST
of Friday evening, March 11th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
February 27th
- Essay #1 (Results)
- I have finished grading
Essay #1. Here is a presentation of the class-wide results:
| Average |
18.7 |
| Median |
18.6 |
| High |
21.4 |
| Range |
5.6 |
As-5,
Bs-6, Cs-3, Ds-0,
Fs-0
If you have any questions
regarding the way I graded your essay, please let me know. Also
if you are not satisfied with your performance on this essay,
lets discuss the matter. I would recommend that anyone who received
below a 16.9 (a C) contact me to discuss ways to improve their
performance on future assignments.
February 24th
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #8 (Chapter 4). This discussion ends at midnight EST
of Friday evening, March 4th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
February 18th
- I have posted the question for Essay
#2. Answers are due via email (ernest@ernestmorgan.com)
by midnight the evening of Friday the 4th of March.
- Academic dishonesty of any kind, including
plagiarism and collaboration, will result in an automatic zero for
the assignment in question. Successful essays will be based on a critical
analysis of the questions, not a simple regurgitation of the facts
presented in the text and the lecture notes.
- By collaboration, I mean that you
cannot split up the work with a colleague. Your answers should be
your own work. My advice on completing the essay is the following:
- Read the assigned material
in the text and the Lecture Notes.
- Read the comments of
your classmates on the discussion forum and my emailed comments
concerning the discussion questions for Chapters 6 and 13.
- Print out a copy of
Essay #2.
- Construct an outline
of how you plan to attack the essay. Your outline should be based
upon a seven paragraph format - one paragraph for the introduction,
a paragraph for each of the five concepts and finally a concluding
paragraph.
- Sit down in a quite
place and resolve to write a 'bad' answer
-- without the book! I say a 'bad' answer, because
it is most important at this stage to get something down on paper.
Don't pressure yourself to write something perfect immediately.
If you do that, you will still be waiting to start your writing
two weeks from now. Just get something down on paper, and then critique
it. I also suggest that you keep the book closed when you write.
With the book opened, it will be very difficult to write your answer
in your own words. Your answer should be approximately two to three
single-spaced pages in length -- about a 1000 to 1500 words.
- Once you have written your initial
answer, review it for flaws.
- Go back and review the material
in the Lecture Notes, the text, and the discussion forum.
- Remember
the key to the assignment is to demonstrate your mastery of the
political concepts by incorporating them, in detail, into your examination
of the topic. Don't become overly concerned with the topic to the
detriment of a detailed discussion of the political concepts.
- Whenever you have a question about
any of the material, send it to me! I will respond. I will not review
drafts, but if you would like my input on a skeletal outline of
your essay, I'd be happy to look over your outline.
- Be sure to send your
answers via email (no attachments)
to me by midnight Friday the 4th. There
will be an 8 hour grace period extending until 8am on Saturday the
5th. I suggest however that you don't plan on using it, for I won't
accept anything after that point, 8am Saturday. The grace period
is only meant to allow folks a chance to resubmit answers that they
had problems submitting in the first place. Once I receive your
answers, I will send a confirmation reply, usually it will come
within a few hours -- unless you send your answer late in the evening.
If don't have a confirmation message from me, you know that I did
not receive you answers, and you will need to resubmit. My advice
is to summit your essays several days in advance of the deadline.
You have two weeks to complete this assignment, please do not wait
until the last minute, for then you place all your hard work at
peril to a computer glitch.
- Please title the subject
line of your email, POL 120: Essay
#2. Also, be sure that your
full name appears near the top of the text of your message.
- As always, if you are experiencing
any difficulties, let me know as soon as they occur, and we will
work together to solve them.
February 17th
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #7 (Chapter 13). This discussion ends at midnight EST
of Friday evening, February 25th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
February 11th
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #6 (Chapter 6). This discussion ends at midnight EST
of Friday evening, February 18th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
February 4th
- I have posted the question for Essay
#1. Answers are due via email (ernest@ernestmorgan.com)
by midnight the evening of Friday the 18th of February.
- Academic dishonesty of any kind, including
plagiarism and collaboration, will result in an automatic zero for
the assignment in question. Successful essays will be based on a critical
analysis of the questions, not a simple regurgitation of the facts
presented in the text and the lecture notes.
- By collaboration, I mean that you
cannot split up the work with a colleague. Your answers should be
your own work. My advice on completing the essay is the following:
- Read the assigned material
in the text and the Lecture Notes.
- Read the comments of
your classmates on the discussion forum and my emailed comments
concerning the discussion questions for Chapters 1 through 3.
- Print out a copy of
Essay #1.
- Construct an outline
of how you plan to attack the essay. Your outline should be based
upon a seven paragraph format - one paragraph for the introduction,
a paragraph for each of the five concepts and finally a concluding
paragraph.
- Sit down in a quite
place and resolve to write a 'bad' answer
-- without the book! I say a 'bad' answer, because
it is most important at this stage to get something down on paper.
Don't pressure yourself to write something perfect immediately.
If you do that, you will still be waiting to start your writing
two weeks from now. Just get something down on paper, and then critique
it. I also suggest that you keep the book closed when you write.
With the book opened, it will be very difficult to write your answer
in your own words. Your answer should be approximately two to three
single-spaced pages in length -- about a 1000 to 1500 words.
- Once you have written your initial
answer, review it for flaws.
- Go back and review the material
in the Lecture Notes, the text, and the discussion forum.
- Remember
the key to the assignment is to demonstrate your mastery of the
political concepts by incorporating them, in detail, into your examination
of the topic. Don't become overly concerned with the topic to the
detriment of a detailed discussion of the political concepts.
- Whenever you have a question about
any of the material, send it to me! I will respond. I will not review
drafts, but if you would like my input on a skeletal outline of
your essay, I'd be happy to look over your outline.
- Be sure to send your
answers via email (no attachments)
to me by midnight Friday the 18th. There
will be an 8 hour grace period extending until 8am on Saturday the
19th. I suggest however that you don't plan on using it, for I won't
accept anything after that point, 8am Saturday. The grace period
is only meant to allow folks a chance to resubmit answers that they
had problems submitting in the first place. Once I receive your
answers, I will send a confirmation reply, usually it will come
within a few hours -- unless you send your answer late in the evening.
If don't have a confirmation message from me, you know that I did
not receive you answers, and you will need to resubmit. My advice
is to summit your essays several days in advance of the deadline.
You have two weeks to complete this assignment, please do not wait
until the last minute, for then you place all your hard work at
peril to a computer glitch.
- Please title the subject
line of your email, POL 120: Essay
#1. Also, be sure that your
full name appears near the top of the text of your message.
- As always, if you are experiencing
any difficulties, let me know as soon as they occur, and we will
work together to solve them.
February 3rd
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #5 (Chapter 3). This discussion ends at midnight EST
of Friday evening, February 11th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
January 28th
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #4 (Chapter 2). This discussion ends at midnight EST
of Friday evening, February 4th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
January 21st
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #3 (Chapter 2). This discussion ends at midnight EST
of Friday evening, January 28th.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
January 17th
- Email Addresses:
I have just uploaded the student directory information on the Email
Addresses page including information for all of those who indicated
that they wished to be listed. If you are not yet listed and you wish
to be, just send me an email with the following statement, "I
______________ (Your Name), would like to have my email and instant
messenger contact information posted on the Email Addresses page."
January 14th
- I have posted three questions
for Discussion #2 (Chapter 1). This discussion ends at midnight EST
of Friday evening, January 21st.
Please
do remember that to receive full participation credit, students
should plan on responding to at least two questions posted by the
instructor and three responses submitted by other students. Students
waiting till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial
response will be counted as present for participation grade purposes,
but will receive no additional participation credit.
At the conclusion of
this discussion, I will send out via email my comments on the material
discussed. If you have questions about the material during the week,
please do send them to me in an email message, and I will send my
response out to the entire class.
January 13th
- Discussion Forum Tips:
Here are a few tips for keeping our discussions clear.
- When you are responding
to the message of a fellow student, begin the text of your message
with IRT and their name. IRT is an abbreviation for In Response
To. For example, imagine that you are responding to a message
submitted by Jill. You would begin the text of your message:
IRT Jill, .........
Now there is no need to
use the IRT convention when you are responding to one of my initial
questions, for then it is pretty obvious to whom you are responding.
Just use the IRT tool when responding to the submissions of fellow
students. By using the IRT convention, I do believe we'll make the
weekly discussions much more easy to follow.
- Please do remember
that to receive full participation credit, students should plan
on responding to at least two questions posted by the instructor
and three responses submitted by other students. Students waiting
till the last Friday of the discussion to make their initial response
will be counted as present for participation grade purposes, but
will receive no additional participation credit.
- When submitting material,
remember this is a discussion, keep your messages short -- long,
wordy messages kill a good discussion. Also, remember that you
must respond at least once to a message of a fellow student --
though you should plan to do that more than once. Again,
this is your area to discuss the material, use it! I will not
be a regular participant in the forum, but will observe it daily
and will occasionally jump in to the discussion. From past experience,
I have found that my participation in the online discussions seems
to really hamper the overall success of the discussion. At the
conclusion of this discussion, I will send out via email my comments
on the material discussed. If you have questions about the material
during the week, please do send them to me in an email message,
and I will send my response out to the entire class.
- Please
do not submit messages such as, "I agree" or "Good point". It
is fine to agree or to praise your classmates, but tell us why
you agree, or why you think it is a good point. One or two word
responses add nothing to the discussion and just make it more
difficult for us to find the submission which are substantive.
- When you wish to
respond to a message, click on the Respond
to this message link, found at the bottom right of
the box. Be sure that you have the exact message to wish you which
to respond open (that is, you are reading it) when you click on
the Respond to this message,
otherwise your message will not appear in the correct location.
- To return to the
of message index, click on the Return
to Index link, found at the top right of the box.
- When responding to
a message, please also enter the title of the message to which
you are responding into the field for Message
Title. For example, if you are responding to a message
titled Liberalism, then enter Liberalism in the field for the
Message Title. Unfortunately,
the Network54 software does not do this automatically, but they
assure me they are working on it.
- Once you have entered
the Message Title (remember
it is the same as the title as the message to which you are responding),
and your Message Text, click
on the Respond! button at
the bottom of the box.
- Please do remember
this rule: Never click on the Instructor
Posting link seen at the top right of the box when
the index listing of message titles is displayed. This is only
for me to post our initial questions for discussion. To ensure
the correct positioning of your message, you must always, click
only on the Respond to this message
link for the exact message to which you wish to respond.
January
13th
- The following students
have yet to send me an introductory email message:
Stacy Ricks and Bernice Royster
If you are one of these individuals, please immediately send me an
email message at ernest@ernestmorgan.com
January 12th
- Email Permission Statement:
As soon as possible please do send me an email message with the following
statement:
I __________
(Your Name), give Ernest Morgan, POL 120 Instructor, permission
to send any information regarding my grade(s) in POL 120 -- American
Government to me at ___________ (Your Email Address).
I
must receive this statement from you in order to send you any grade
information. The email address you provide should be
the one you are using as your primary address for the course. The
first grade report I plan to send out will be a statement regarding
your participation grade as of the conclusion of Discussion #3.
I plan to send this statement out via email sometime Saturday the
29th, so please do send your permission statement to me by that
time.
January
11th
- Please do remember to
consult the Course Notes found in the Lecture Notes section of the
course site. Just click on the link for the file under the specific
chapter you desire.
January 10th
- Please do note the Email
Archive. This is an archive of all class-wide emails that I will send
out. Please do be sure to check this archive every couple of days
to be sure you have all the latest class-wide email messages. To
access the archive, click on the Email Archive button at the top of
this page,
and then on the link for January Messages.
January 6th
- Please read
the Welcome
Message, Click Here; this message contains important information
concerning the course.
- Students should have an introductory
email message to me (ernest@ernestmorgan.com)
by Monday the 6th of January and must submit their introduction to
the discussion forum by midnight EST, the evening of Friday the 14th
of January.
- I will be available for Electronic
Office Hours from 9 to 10pm EST on Tuesdays. You can reach me either
via email (which I will return immediately) or better yet via AOL
Instant Messenger (IM), My IM name is Emorgan34. If you have recently
downloaded a copy of Netscape Communicator, you will find that the
AOL Instant Messenger software has been included. Just click on the
IM icon (a running yellow figure) and begin your registration process.
If you don't have the necessary software, go to http://www.aim.com/index.adp
and the instructions will walk you through the registration process.
If you use Microsoft's MSN messenger service, I will be available
through it as well; my MSN name is emorgan34@hotmail.com.
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