Blog Posts

The aim of the blog posts is to get you to critically think through a series of scaffolded questions that will help you address and analyze the advent of smart urbanism can play a roll in the growth of the city of Portland, Maine. You will be able to draw on classic and cutting-edge readings about cities, namely New York City to give us a focused comparative case, and work on smart cities. In each of the blog posts you will draw upon the readings for the course in order to reflect on a question or series of questions.

Each post is due the night before class so that if a blog post is due on 9/15 on the syllabus, you need to  turn it in by 5 p.m. the previous day, i.e. 9/14. Be sure to include proper citations with footnotes “[1}” at the end of sentences and Chicago citation format below the text. All blog posts must be three to four paragraphs long. Do not use contractions. It is essential that you categorize your post so that Prof. Gieseking can find it for reading/commenting/grading. You can find the proper category (the name of the assignment) under Categories to the right of the editable text box window.

Comments

Once your research group is set, you will comment on all of your working group’s posts in brief replies. The aim of these comments is to carry on the conversation beyond the classroom about your topic, while also allowing you to grow a bigger and stronger knowledge base while working as a team. While you will have individual research interests within your topic–say, public wifi on India Street or a bus times app in the infrastructure group–your arguments will be stronger and more refined for the collective churning over of ideas.

Comments can be as long as you like but need only be 2-3 sentences per comment. There is no requirement to cite the readings in your comments but it is highly encouraged.

If you need help with the technical aspects of posting to the website, see the posts under Tech Tips.