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I will attach the post on what needs to be written and teachers’ instructions for discussion
You must submit your own post before Canvas will allow you to see anyone else’s posts. The deadline for this part of the assignment is always the deadline that you see attached to a given discussion post.
Your posts should be thoughtful, reflective, and substantive.
For full credit, a post should demonstrate that, without a doubt, you have carefully completed the reading — but also that you have then thought about what the author had to say and have at least begun to develop your own opinion about what they had to say.
The more detailed your post, the better.
One important thing to avoid: do not simply summarize the reading. Of course, some degree of summary (i.e., the part of the text that you want to focus on in your post) will be necessary before you can provide a commentary on the reading, but don’t simply engage in a protracted summary of the reading.
You should aim to ask multiple questions about the reading. (Things like: “The author said X, but I’m not sure what they meant by that”, or “The author said Y, but I’m not sure why they think that, because Z…”)
In addition to asking questions about the reading, you are encouraged to develop a response to what the author had to say — especially if you disagree with the author of the reading.
Once you’ve submitted your post, respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts. The deadline for this is 24 hours after the deadline for your own, original posts.
Here, the idea is to engage with whatever was said by the classmate of your choice.
I would strongly encourage you to respond to someone you disagree with; this makes it much, much easier to produce a reply of substance.
For full credit, it is important that you go beyond merely saying something that is a long-winded way of saying “good point; I agree with you” or “I don’t agree.”
Instead, the idea is to engage collaboratively at length, attempting to advance your mutual understanding of the material (or to explain why you see things differently, for example).
In some instances, you may be able to help your classmate understand something that you caught, but they missed (if, for instance, they posed a question about the reading that you think you know the answer to).
Other times, the objective will be to explain, via philosophical argumentation, your reasons for agreeing or disagreeing with one another.
Either way: it is vital that you engage with your classmates in a calm, respectful manner (no “talking down” to anyone with a harsh tone, insults, etc.); it is possible for us to disagree wildly with one another and still be perfectly calm/friendly as we debate.
After you have completed your initial post and then replied to at least one classmate, you are encouraged to review your other classmates’ discussion posts as well and respond to anyone else whose post consists of material that you have something to say about!