You can earn points towards your participation grade by
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(1)  Asking questions, pointing out errors, making insightful comments in 
class.  You can even try asking questions, etc. via 
<a href ="http://twitter.com/biocalc">http://twitter.com/biocalc</a>
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For contributions in class, you need to e-mail a short description of 
the contribution to BOTH Dr. Darcy and your TA 
in the same week the contribution is made.  Your e-mails should be 
cumulative so that at the end of the semester we have one e-mail 
containing all your class contributions.  In other words reply to the last 
one that you sent.  
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(2)  Contribute to our class wiki:  
<a href ="
http://wiki.uiowa.edu/display/biocalc/Home">http://wiki.uiowa.edu/display/biocalc/Home</a>

and NOT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Biocalc  
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(3)  Actively contribute in discussion section.

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Why earn participation points?
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(1)  You learn more by participating.<P>
(2)  In case you need a letter of recommendation and you haven't had 
enough small lecture courses yet.  Letters from professors count more than 
letters from TAs.  If you need a letter from me, I can use your 
participation e-mail to describe how active you were in class in addition 
to including comments from your TA.  Being active in a large lecture class 
looks good in a letter of recommendation.