You can write your post by going to the plus sign at the top of the site > type a title* and type the body of your post > choose the category “Discussion Board #” with the corresponding number for the Conversation on the right > publish.
*Please use the title format “[FirstName] [LastName] Conv __” (insert corresponding conversation number)
If you want to add a photo or video or other media, click on the “Add Media” button above the text box. You can then upload the file. Click on “Insert into Post” on the bottom right of the screen.
Before you publish your post, you will have to select a category. Please select ONE category. Do not make your post sticky– see below
Submit your comment on the post of a classmate by selecting the title of the post > scroll down to where you leave a reply > type the comment > post comment.
To submit your conversation response, click “Leave a comment” below the week’s post.
To post your replies to classmates, click on “Reply” below their post.
An enormous post is your original response to my prompt. It must be at least 200 words, and is worth 75 points. It’s recommended that you submit your primary post a few days prior to the due date to allow classmates to respond.
A reply to classmate is your response to a classmate’s post. Your reply must be at least 50 words/ demonstrate engagement with a classmate, and is worth 25 points.
All posts should reflect some reasoned thought on your part. Think of them as mini-essays that help you make a clear, focused point.
Your posts should contain some degree of formality: spell-checked, organized, etc. However, they will also be a part of a discussion, so they fall somewhere in between formal essays and an email to a friend.
All posts should be courteous.
Feel free to post as many replies to classmates as you like. After you complete the 1 required reply to classmates (at least 50 words), your other posts can be as short, or as long, as you want.
You will receive full credit (100 points) for each post (1 enormous post and 1 reply to classmate) if you fulfill all of the above requirements. I will deduct points if your posts are: too short, show little thought, are excessively sloppy in terms of grammar, spelling and mechanics, engage in personal attacks or other breaches of common etiquette.
No late replies to classmates will be accepted. If you submit your enormous post after the due date, the highest score you can receive is a 70.
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Critical thinking is being able to use logic and reasoning to make rational decisions and judgments. In the first video the speaker Gary Meegan quoted Dr Richard Paul’s definition of critical thinking he stated that critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking to improve it. When I first saw the quote I didn’t understand what he meant. It seemed too wordy. I still don’t understand what he means. Maybe it’s because he used words like analyzing and evaluating and I was too focused on those words specifically, but I could understand some of them. The speaker believes critical thinking is important because critical thinking can help us better understand how others think and how you and I think. I agree with Gary on the importance of critical thinking because critical thinking allows us to make smart decisions in complicated situations by Taking it apart, breaking it down, and seeing it from a different viewpoint we can come up with a better solution. In the second video, Dr Jesse Richardson is a well-informed man he just talks a lot and I kept getting lost in what he said but what stuck out to me the most was when he said that the most important thing critical thinking teaches us is that it’s good to be wrong that the idea we hold isn’t us and that we don’t need to defend them to the death that we can change those ideas. I completely agree with this statement if you were to tell this to somebody they would most likely be upset but it’s not bad to admit that you are wrong it’s not like it’s the end of the world for most people it might be that’s why they defend their argument so much but that doesn’t mean you are wrong entirely like it’s okay to change your mind once you’ve heard the other side I do it all the time I’ll admit when I’m wrong because I’m not perfect I have my flaws we all have some sort of flaws