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Class discussions will take place in two main places: the class blog, and YouTube.

Text Discussion Board Directions

1. Posts are due by class time on the day noted in the calendar.
2. You are expected to reply to all questions posed to you.
3. You are expected to reply to at least two of your classmates posts, unless otherwise specified.
4. Posts should be more substantial than "I agree."
5. If a post does not add substance to the conversation, it is not counted towards your grade, nor are you counted off.
6. Participation will be graded by the percentage break down below.
7. Late posts will not count towards your grade, but if a conversation is interesting, you are encouraged to continue that conversation

YouTube Discussion Board

Initial Post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B7e1_ErWfI

Topic: Given everything that you've learned in this class, discuss what you think your future classroom may look like 5 years from now. You might contrast this to the classroom you are used to, or current classrooms.

You are strongly encouraged to complete this discussion board as early as possible in order to give time to solve any problems with the upload to YouTube.  Uploaded videos may have their audio timing adjusted, created a very bad dub feel for the video.  You are expected to fix this, and will be counted off if the final version contains this issue.  The instructor is available to you for help in fixing this issue, should it occur.

Grading:  20 points

• 10 points - content
• 5 points - video quality
• 5 points - sound quality

5 extra credit points for responding to a classmates video - Limit 2

Rules:

• Minimum length - 1 minute
• Don't have to appear yourself
• Privacy - You don't have to say your name, but if you don't identify yourself, you must let me know which video is yours.
• Due final class period - No Exceptions

How To:

1. Your video should be a "Response" to the Initial Post.
2. You can publish your movie however you want.
   Hint: iMovie can publish directly to YouTube
3. Once it's in your account, navigate to the video you want to respond to (Probably the Initial Post)
4. Under "Video Responses" click on "Post a Video Response"
5. On the New Page, click on "Choose A Video"
6. Pick your Response from the Drop Down
7. Click on "Respond with this video"
8. Congratulations, you're done!

You might consider viewing some of your classmates replies and at least commenting on their video.  You can also view responses from previous semesters and other classes by viewing all the responses to the video.