Discussion Board Guidelines

The goal is to achieve real-world applications of geographic concepts learned in class through weekly news analyses.

Discussion board instructions

1. Read the post from Mr. Barnes on the discussion board for the sub-topic currently being studied in class (ex. Environment 3).

2. Provide analysis of the post by applying geographic theories, tools or concepts that can be related to the article. The length should be 50-100 words only!  This post is due by the end of the day on Friday.

3. Comment on someone else's post.  Challenge their conviction by responding critically to what they've said.  This is due by the end of the day on Sunday.

Do:

• relate your post to what we're learning.
• keep discussions going by commenting multiple posts.
• insert links to related information.
• use statistics, geographic terminology, theories and concepts.
• include a country/example in your post.

Do not:

• summarise the article.
• create new topics (if you want to do that, join reddit).
• use inappropriate language.

Weekly Discussion Board Rubric

Criteria	Response to Article
3	The response or comment has been effectively applied to the original post.  A clear, thoughtful critical analysis has been made. There is no superfluous material or repetition. An additional response comment has been made meeting the same conditions.
2	The response has been mostly applied to the article, but there are possible omissions or inaccuracies.  The analysis is mostly critical but lacks depth or development.  Response tends to be more descriptive. A response comment is not made.
1	A response is not been made, or the response is vague or merely summarises the original post.  The post is mostly descriptive with little to no analysis.  The post is off topic without relating to what we're studying. No response comment is made.