October 9

Presenting: Wednesday, October 9, brought to you by Lisa Malins and Edmond Yi.

Explanation of homework assignment: today (writing this on Friday actually), I asked Dr. Preston what he meant by the second homework assignment (for reference, here's the copypasta: "Find at least three other learning communities that are studying Hamlet [in an AP class, a college/university course, or independently]. Introduce yourself and use the principles of "The Art of Hosting Good Conversations Online" to do exactly that! Report the experience[s] on your blog."). He said that the idea was to find other active communities that are studying Hamlet RIGHT NOW, just like us, in order to "expand our learning network," as he put it. More is better, right? Why study with 80 students when you can study with 800?

And, from Edmond: When talking about finding groups, Dr. Preston really emphasized finding groups that were at or above our level in terms of thought/analysis (the purpose being to effectively learn something new from their work instead of rehashing what we already know or can find out easily).

For further clarification, you can check out some posts by students who've already done the assignment (when I talked to him, Dr. Preston showed me Lesther's post as an example). Hope this helps!