When my adviser first told me about the COPLAC digital courses, I was excited because it sounded like an interesting learning opportunity. I had taken online courses through Mansfield, but never experienced a virtual classroom like this one. Originally, she suggested that Claire and I sign up for the science-related course, but it didn’t fit… Continue reading Looking Back on the Semester (Reflection Post)

All of the feedback we received on our website was very helpful! We learned how to organize our links better and set up a new photo gallery. Over Thanksgiving break, Claire had finished her edits, so I decided to complete my part of the editing tonight. I reworked the links for the interview page, giving… Continue reading Time to Celebrate

Everyone has made amazing progress on their websites! It’s so great to see all the work that has been put into this course. It took me a while to click through the sites, but here are some things I noticed! Desegregation in Fredericksburg (Kailee and Alyssa): The first thing I noticed was your introduction page.… Continue reading So Much Progress!

For this milestone, we planned to complete: – Write Resolution Page- Jess – Write Benefits of Fracking Page- Claire – Website will be almost complete, with a few minor changes needed- both The resolutions page is completed, but I am making some final edits! It will be posted by Thursday. Claire finished and posted the… Continue reading Milestone 3

The interview with my forensics professor went very well! He gave us a lot of information and supported a positive outlook on fracking. He spoke to us about conflict resolution and how the company is currently working towards the prevention of environmental harm. He also gave us the phone number for the public relations worker… Continue reading Interviews and More!

Things are definitely looking up this week. Despite the very hectic weekend, Claire and I have accomplished a lot! Today we had our interview with our roommate’s Dad. It was short and sweet, his answers to the point, yet very informative. The interview gave us a different perspective on fracking and I think it will… Continue reading Looking Up

For milestone 2, we expected to have our interviews finished and the environmental impact page typed up. The page is written, but we are making final edits before publishing it on our website. As for interviews, they are not completed yet. This is just because of scheduling conflicts with the people we are interviewing. We… Continue reading Milestone 2

As I look at my agenda to plan out the rest of my week, I realize how quickly this semester has flown by. I also realized how much time we have left to complete our websites and I will admit, I am a little overwhelmed. With an abundance of projects and presentations due in the… Continue reading Time Sure Flies

Claire and I worked on our milestone together, but here is what we have accomplished so far! For our first milestone, Claire and I planned on setting up the website, creating page tabs and organizing the website, gathering our information and writing the pages we assigned ourselves, contacting students for permission to publish their research,… Continue reading Milestone 1 and A Photo Adventure

This past week, Claire and I have accomplished a good amount of research! We began working on our site and I played around on WordPress to change the design and layout. After deciding on the design, I made individual pages for each subcategory that we want to focus on. I’m hoping that this will keep… Continue reading Slow and Steady