A journal for students to keep. Ask student to keep a journal with news clipping relevant to economics. Now think of this notebook as a blog! This is similar to having a discussion board in an online class. However this is something the student can take away with them. If you catch their interest, they may continue with this blog even after they have left your class. A discussion board in a course management software such as blackboard or WebCT seems like homework, and the student can not share with friends who are not enrolled in the class. A Blog on sites such as this (blogspot) allow the student to be creative and personalize their postings.
The only problem that would have to be worked out is how to grade all these blogs.
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