Exploring Communication at Runestone

Before blogging, please do the following:

• Figure out how to join the Discord channel at Runestone Academy. Then join it. Spend 15 minutes exploring the various channels.
• Find the Google groups at Runestone Academy. I don’t recommend joining these, but read several of the most recent posts in each of the Google groups.
• Identify what other ways Runestone Academy has to communicate virtually.

Blog Prompt

In your next blog entry, address each of the following bullets (1 or more paragraph each):

• After hearing from Dr. Brad Miller, what are your first impressions about Runestone as an open-source project? Please explain.
• Discuss the Discord channels Runestone offers. How active do they seem?
• Discuss the Google Groups, what they each do and how active they seem.
• Discuss the other forms of communication at Runestone. Why do you think they are offered?
• What excites you about contributing to Runestone (if anything)? Explain.
• What worries you about contributing to Runestone (if anything)? Explain.

In order to receive credit for each blog entry, you must do both of the following:

• Post your entry to your blog.
• Additionally, copy and paste the text of your entry to Moodle. (This should only take a couple of minutes.)

The best blog entries will be honest, thoughtful, and critically reflective. Here are some blog examples of the differences between reporting, reflection, and critical reflection.

Please note that blog prompts are due by 8 am on their due dates –do not wait until the last minute!