Discussion: Building Discussion and Group Activities

Part 1: Individual Work

Briefly note the assignments and written activities that currently work well in your face-to-face classroom.

Choose one of these activities to discuss with your colleagues.

Part 2: Compare and Share

Create and share a plan for adding a discussion or group activity to the existing assignment. Use Bloom's Taxonomy and the Discussion Brainstorming resources for reference. Also consider how sharing the results, findings, or summary of an assignment might benefit the entire class.

Bloom's Taxonomy (.rtf)

Discussion Brainstorming Sheet (.rtf)

Post your plan for your colleagues.

Part 3: Respond

Respond to at least two other participants with observations or constructive comments about their activity plans.

Part 4: Final Comment

After participating in the discussion, select a posting by another participant that moved you, triggered an idea, or caused you to think about building group and discussion activities in a different way. Answer the following prompt in a final post to this discussion:

I appreciated ___________'s comment on ___________ because it made me...