Here's an idea: We have 7 weeks of blogs left (there will be no official post for Spring Break week). We have 20 students. We could set up a new system in which 3 students each week are "in charge" of blog topics. Each week, the three students in charge would each propose a topic for the rest of the class to respond to (and you could decide to respond to 1, 2, or all 3 of the topics). This would get everyone talking about the same topics, plus take pressure off you to come up with something each week. Instead, you'd only be under pressure for one week. I think this would be more enjoyable for you, too, than if I gave you a set topic each week (teacher = boring).

Think it over and we will discuss it in class tomorrow.

--Ellen Bayer