Blog Suggestions

My favorite blog post this semester was definitely the one where we played the "Believing Game" and explained or debunked a subculture of America. It was open-ended and allowed for everyone to have a different topic, all while being under the same main topic. I really enjoyed the freedom of that post and believe future 112's will as well.
The main topic doesn't even have to be America as a whole. The topic can be just American Subcultures all semester long. Questions per blog post could include:
"(The Believing Game one to start out with)"
"How do these subcultures affect national issues such as the economy?"
"How does these subcultures get along?"
"(Etc.)"
If everyone aligned themselves with a subculture early on, it would be really interesting to see how each question is answer by each student. Also, it may make it a little easier for the students to come up with a post if their topic of discussion is the same each week. This would also in turn create greater participation (because I know I took too long to think about a post and forgot to post completely for that week).
Overall, though, the "American Culture" topic was perfect, because whereas some topics could've been less open-ended, and it would not have been as fun. "American Culture" would probably work well again in the future.

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