Discussion 1

Hello!

Welcome to CAEE-201! My name is Brad, and I will be grading your weekly discussions this term.  I would like to start by apologizing for my tardiness in grading the first set of discussions.  In the future, expect them to be graded by Thursday every week.  If you have any questions about the discussions, feel free to email me at bjd66@drexel.edu.  I am also more than willing to answer, to the best of my ability, any general questions you may have about what life is like for a CAEE student at Drexel.

As far as the discussion posts go, make sure to read the grading rubric over for future posts.  It is very easy to get a 15 every time, as many of you will.  Just make sure to read and comment on two separate articles related to the weekly topic, as well as comment on at least three of your classmates' posts.  Please post these as actual comments on the other students posts, so that they are more easily visible to the students you are providing the comments to.

I would like to encourage you to make it a point to learn something new every week in these discussions.  If you come across a term or topic you don't quite understand, dig a little deeper and try to figure out exactly what it means.  Increasing your knowledge base now can help a lot in your future endeavors.  Good luck, and have fun!

-Brad