Progress Journal
Media & Music — Spring 2004

Purpose: This is the fourth stage of your semester project.  It is designed to help you focus as you move into the Òfinal stretchÓ of the semester project.

Date Due:  Posted online by 11:59pm on 1 April.  No fooling.

Product: An online journal entry of at least 500 words (equivalent to two typed double-spaced pages; it can be longer if necessary).  The subject line of your message should read "Progress Journal -- Your Name."  Your style can be informal, but the writing should be clear and easy to understand.  I recommend that you type it on your word processor and then paste it into a new message.

Your Progress Journal should document the progress you've made on the project since the midterm, and it should explain what you plan to do from here on out.  To that end, you should answer the following questions:

What did you learn by doing the midterm?

What progress have you made since the midterm?

How are you incorporating and making use of the suggestions you have received?

Are there any changes you plan to make in the project?

Where could you use further help or suggestions?

What is most exciting to you about the project right now?

What is the biggest obstacle to making the project the best that it can be?  How do you plan to deal with that obstacle?

Evaluation: Journals are graded on the following scale: 100 (outstanding); 90 (fulfills requirements of the assignment); 50-75 (does follow assignment or other major problem); 25 (wrote something, not clear on its relationship to the course).   Journals must be posted online in the class discussion forum in order to count toward your final grade.