1. If you did not send me an email in the fall, please send an email to me at my gmail address: mccarthyroom3011@gmail.com. Make sure that the email is sent from the email address that you use for GoogleDocs. I'll be using your email for two purposes: to assemble a contact list for Mock Congress, and to invite you to the Mock Congress wiki.
2. If you'd like to check out the beginnings of the class wiki, here are the links for periods 5 and 7:
3. Republicans and Democrats will need to select their leaders. You will be representing the same party as the Member of Congress from the 3rd quarter project. Start thinking about who you'd like to lead your party. I'll also be looking for a volunteer to be the Clerk of the Congress. This volunteer must be a Republican.
4. We'll be having a class briefing about Mock Congress during our next class. This year we will be using GoogleDocs to track legislation, mark-up, and the Bill Log. We're going to use wikispaces.com to track the actual participation and the nature of participation of all the members of the Congress (this will be self-reported and make up the majority of your project grade). I'm also wondering whether we should use twitter during class itself to record communication. What are your ideas about what to include? If we use twitter, what should our hashtags be? What questions do you have right now about the project that I should address on Friday?
See you next class!
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