00.+Discussion+Leader

Rather than me be the leader for each session, I want each of you to take a turn as discussion leader.

For the dates that you are assigned to be discussion leader, you are to come up with a minimum 10 visualizations that relate directly to the discussion topics for the evening. The visualizations will be sparking points for discussion during the hour. The visual can be something taken directly from the readings or it can be something that is an interesting extension of something assigned. I modeled what I'm looking for in the first Skype session.

In order to share with the class your visualization points for discussion use any tool that works for you. You can do screen dumps and paste them into PowerPoint and post the PowerPoint to Blackboard; you can do a wiki and post the URL or any other free Web tools. The requirement is that we must have the visualization before the Skype discussion starts.

Each of the Skype sessions are worth 25 points. For the participants your grade will be on how well you contribute to the discussion and for the leaders for that one week it will be how well you lead the discussion.

You can do this however you like. I found it easiest to note something of interest as I was re-reading the assignments, dump it into PowerPoint, and choose the most interesting possibilities. Any way you want to do it is fine -- it's not a big deal but it helps us to focus on points that we want to bring out.

12 Sept - Cleveland, Sharon 26 Sept - Coleman, Jennifer 10 Oct - Cullom, Kim 7 Nov - Dickson, Laura 28 Nov - Nugent, Andrea and Williams, Tamie. (You will each come up with 10 visualizations - we will alternate between the two of you and the leadership of the class session.)