Yes, this is the site.

Use it, not just as a resource, but also as way to communicate with myself and your peers. Be sure to read all the tabs above to get familiar with the syllabus, the schedule, how to find me, and for some of you, to introduce you to the Bill of Rights.

To use this page as a communication channel I'm asking you to create a blog using blogger.com. I will add to your blog to this page's blogroll. Create your blog by signing in to blogger.com using your Google or Dmail credentials and follow the prompts to set up your page. Please use your name for the name of your blog. Once you have your URL established, please email that to me at comm1270@gmail.com. When I've received your blog URL I'll add it to the class site. Your blog will be a place to post your assignments, your thoughts on issues, and your evidence of both cogent and fallacious reasoning you've identified within mediated communication.

One last thing to prepare for next week - please read The Danger of Critical Thinking, along with Chapters One and Six from the text, Logic & Contemporary Rhetoric.

Why Argumentation and Critical Thinking? Frankly, because the United States is on a course of idiocy due to the mediation of public discourse. Democracy depends on the exchange of smart, vetted, original ideas along with civil discourse that allows all views. It's my opinion that as a nation we've lost touch with this critical ability, on every level, and as a result we are at risk.

I'll be talking much more about that during the taping of TalkingPoint, the pilot episode of which will be produced Wednesday, the 17th at 4:00p in Studio A of the Jennings Building. You are invited to attend the taping and can read more about the show and its intent on TalkingPoint's Facebook page.