Module 2 Day 4 - Thursday, February 8

Module 2 continues and is due on Friday.  Now that you have 1 week under your belts, I am open upcoming modules early. Let me know if you have any questions!
Logging in for the first time?  If you are just logging in, please read the announcements from last week (starting with the Welcome) and your course messages from me about how to get started.  The video posted in the Welcome Announcement is really helpful!  I will not count any work from Module 1 as late.
Important Dates:

• Module 2 Leadership Defined Due February 9
• Progress Report February 15
• Module 3 Time Management Due February 16
• Module 4 Leading with Integrity Due February 23
• Progress Report March 1
• Module 5 Leading through Relationships Due March 2

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Today you will participate in your second of many discussion boards this semester.  Discussion boards are usually a favorite of students because they learn how other students see the content and how it applies to their lives. Replies to classmates should show your understanding of what your classmate said and then offer affirmation and/or advice related to the week's content and your life experience. Back up your ideas in your replies the same way you would back up your ideas in your assignments -- state evidence and explain it.  Devon Haynie said it best in his article for US News:

Students should also keep in mind that discussion boards are meant to be conversations, where each post builds on the previous comment.  "Good response posts are response posts that do not only agree or disagree," says Ebner. "When you read another student's post, you have the ability to expand the conversation." To do that, students can reference material or, when appropriate, relate it to their own life experience, he says. 

- "5 Ways to Ace Discussion Board Assignments in an Online Class" by Devon Haynie posted at USNews http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/2015/04/03/5-ways-to-ace-discussion-board-assignments-in-an-online-class 

Go back and read the comments you posted in the Module 1 Discussion Forum -- were they quality? did they encourage dialogue? Get to know your classmates.  For Module 2's discussion board, use what you have learned from announcements and feedback to write quality replies. Use the "Got Quality Replies?" smore to help you with your replies as well found at https://www.smore.com/gqv59.  I agree with Haynie and believe discussion forums should be a place to open dialogue.  If your replies do not meet course requirements, I encourage you to repost replies to your classmates (send me a message via Inbox to let me you when you repost a reply - Canvas does not notify me of new replies once a grade has been entered). Practice makes PERMANENT!

Today's Assignment:

• Module 2 Lesson 2 Assignment 

Module 2 Lesson 2 Practice Activity - Earth Colony Discussion Board

For Lesson 1 Practice, you completed a template to help you decide who should go to Earth's colony on Mars.  Today's assignment is to post your decision to the class discussion board and then to reply to at least 3 classmates.  Your replies are very important because they should affirm your classmates' ideas as well as connect those ideas to the leadership traits from Lesson 2 notes.  Be sure to read the directions as well as the rubric carefully.  Each reply must show common ground, cooperation, and compromise.  Tip: For discussions, click the settings wheel in top right corner to see rubric. 

Headings created by Melissa Dettman using Canva 2017