Week Thirteen

I have been out of town for much of this past week, speaking at a conference on program assessment.  I just learned from a student that the week thirteen link did not activate...so much for automation.

Consider this past week a well deserved rest and a chance to work on drafts of your final portfolio and the reflective cover letter for it.  Of course, my trust in automation will not result in my speeding up the syllabus.  If anything, I will be slowing it down to give you a chance to synthesize what you've learned this semester in a solid draft of your reflective essay. For this last, you'll be updating your mid-term reflective essay with material form the learning reflections since mid-term.  Essentially, this means you'll be updating the mid-term learning reflection with what you learned about the Enlightenment, the foundational documents of the new United States, and the literature you've read from the founders.

Tomorrow, when I'm back in the office once again.  I'll be updating the link for Week Fourteen in person, but it will only have you reading an actual account or two of the first Thanksgiving--both short--and working on a draft of the portfolio's reflective cover essay.  It is my aim to give you as real a break as possible before the final two and a half week push to finish off the semester.

Steve