The three blog assignments are:
- Blog #1: Give us a brief overview of the landscape of your design challenge. Tell us how it works and why it works the way it does.
- Blog #2: Relate your issue area to a specific area of Texas government from the course (Legislature, Executive, OR Bureaucracy – pick no more than ONE) and tell us why your design challenge hasn’t been addressed in the Texas system as of today. Be sure to discuss why the particular part of the Texas system you choose to examine gets in the way of resolving your design challenge.
- Blog #3: Looking at other states, give us an ideal outcome or goal for your design challenge using real world examples. Be sure to tell us why the ideal system works better than what we have in Texas.
How the blogs will be assessed:
- Introduction (10 points) – give me a thesis for what you’re going to talk about – Elevate
- Connect back to the Group Concept Map (10 points) – the group concept map is designed to get you to dissect issues using the template. How does your argument relate back to that? – Elevate
- Use a Graphic that enhances your argument (10 points) – you must explain how this graphic ties into your argument in the main body of the text to get these points – Elevate
- Example 1 (10 points) – a citation from a source or the textbook – Inquiry
- Tie-in Example 1 (10 points) – incorporate the citation into your argument – Elevate
- Example 2 (10 points) – a citation from a source or the textbook – Inquiry
- Tie-in Example 2 (10 points) – incorporate the citation into your argument – Elevate
- Example 3 (10 points) – a citation from a source or the textbook – Inquiry
- Tie-in Example 3 (10 points) – incorporate the citation into your argument – Elevate
- Summary (10 points) – wrap up your argument and how your citations support your thesis – Elevate
Inquiry Points – 30
Elevate Points – 70
Total Points = 100
RESULTS:
Blog 2 Tallies
