Week 1 Discussion

W1 Discussion "Introduction to Service

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Learning"

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Introduction to Service

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Learning

In your first post, take a moment to introduce yourself and tell the class about your personal and

educational goals (there is no minimu

m word requirement in this forum). In addition, make comments

and/or ask questions that build on the posts already in the forum. In these discussions, it is okay to say

you don’t know something, to present ideas that aren’t fully developed yet, or to try s

omething that you

are not certain will work. That is what discussions should be, and that is what we will be doing

throughout this class.

The following topic(s) will demonstrate what the discussion is about, but feel free to branch off or

expand on the top

ics. In addition to this discussion, you will be asked to craft a 150 word reflection on

what you have learned through this conversation and post it to the Reflection Journal. The more active

you are in this part of the discussion, the more you will have t

o draw from in your reflection, so get

involved, be active, help out your classmates when they need it, and, most of all, enjoy the

conversation.

Discussion Topic B

Discuss how Service

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Learning and Civic Engagement are demonstrated in your community by identifying

a person(s) or an organization with which you have had personal experience.

Discussion Topic C

Review the

“Preview of Your Final Project” criteria sheet, and share an organization that you would like

to spend the class researching and writing about. You may want to have a couple in mind so you keep

your options open, but you will want to make your decision by

the week two assignment.

Please respond to the initial question by day 5 and be sure to post two

additional times to peers and/or instructor by day 7.

If you use any source

outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid

gra

mmar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.

W1 Discussion "Introduction to Service-Learning"

 Introduction to Service-Learning

In your first post, take a moment to introduce yourself and tell the class about your personal and

educational goals (there is no minimum word requirement in this forum). In addition, make comments

and/or ask questions that build on the posts already in the forum. In these discussions, it is okay to say

you don’t know something, to present ideas that aren’t fully developed yet, or to try something that you

are not certain will work. That is what discussions should be, and that is what we will be doing

throughout this class.

The following topic(s) will demonstrate what the discussion is about, but feel free to branch off or

expand on the topics. In addition to this discussion, you will be asked to craft a 150 word reflection on

what you have learned through this conversation and post it to the Reflection Journal. The more active

you are in this part of the discussion, the more you will have to draw from in your reflection, so get

involved, be active, help out your classmates when they need it, and, most of all, enjoy the

conversation.

Discussion Topic B

Discuss how Service-Learning and Civic Engagement are demonstrated in your community by identifying

a person(s) or an organization with which you have had personal experience.

Discussion Topic C

Review the “Preview of Your Final Project” criteria sheet, and share an organization that you would like

to spend the class researching and writing about. You may want to have a couple in mind so you keep

your options open, but you will want to make your decision by the week two assignment.

Please respond to the initial question by day 5 and be sure to post two

additional times to peers and/or instructor by day 7. If you use any source

outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid

grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.