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Proposal Medium Project

What could an assignment on a blog look like? Especially if it has a certain format, like a proposal or annotated bibliography? I think it would look alright... no? Let's try the Proposal Medium Project in this entry. + To: Important People From: Me Re: Proposal Medium Project Date: June 7, 2021 My college redesign idea is all about the usage of blogs in the composition classroom. BACKGROUND My Master's research WAY back in the early 2000s revolved around The Bison Blog, a community-based blog for NDSU students. I posted intriguing and goofy prompts and generally kept the blog thriving for over a year. Then, my research began: coding that blog for complexity of writing as well as errors. The errors were few and far between; the complexity evident. I did use blogs in an abstract sense when I landed my job at NDSCS in 2005, but the practice truly fell by the way side... now, I'm bringing them back to add even more student control and choice to my classes! WHY Shouldn't st...