One of the things I wanted to do with the Blue Cord main site is to provide an area for my students to interact.  To this end, I have installed a new component that allows for discussion forums.  It can be found, easily enough, under the Forum link on the main menu.  But because I went to all the trouble to install this new package, I figured I would go ahead and start some forums that can be used by anyone who wants to discuss the Bible.  I doubt this will be used much by the scholars who read this blog, but I hope it will be of use to others.

When you go to the Forum page, you will notice there are no forums for my students.  The reason for this is that I have made those groups private, so my students can have open discussions with each other without having the entire world listen in on the conversation.

I hope to integrate these discussions into my teaching this coming semester.  Instead of reflection papers or similar devices, I am going to try this on-line approach to class discussion, with a part of their grade being determined by their participation.  If any of the other teachers who read this blog have tried this, I would love to get your input on this.  What worked?  What didn’t?  How would you improve the experience for the students?

Please note that you need to be registered at Blue Cord’s main page (free!) to post to the forums, but anyone may read them.

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