Participation Report

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Level of Participation
I took all of the 10 POP surveys throughout the semester.
POP 1—2 messages
POP 2—4 messages
POP 3—3 messages
POP 4—4 messages
POP 5—3 messages
POP 6—2 messages
POP 7—2 messages
POP 8—2 messages
POP 9—4 messages
POP 10—0 messages because it was empty.
Bonus Topic 1—2 messages
Bonus Topic 2—4 messages
My messages were very spread out. Occasionally I would post two messages in one day, but usually my messages were spread out. I tried to look at the new messages in the discussions at least four days out of the week. I did not see a lot of the messages before the POP would close because many of the students would wait until the last minute to submit a thread. Since I am in the Eastern Time Zone I would be asleep by the time many people started submitting their threads. Many times I would be the first person to submit a thread on the POP. Some of the students may have had more messages than me, but I tried to put forth a greater effort in each message than other students.
Interaction
I did have several back-and-forth conversations with my fellow classmates. Many of the students would respond to some of my messages when I would reply to them, but often I would not get a reply. I tried to reply to most of the messages directed towards me. If they only were just agreeing with me, and did not have much to say I probably did not say anything in reply to that. I believe I challenged many of my fellow students into deeper thinking just like they did the same to me. I quickly picked up on who had the same political views as me in the class, and the students who had different views than me. When I would challenge a thread that someone posted that I did not agree with I tried to be respectful to them. I sometimes can soun...

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...different opinions about certain things. Many people had different political views than I do, but I did not mind their posts.
Conclusion
Without the discussions that we did in this course, I do not believe I would have gotten as much out of this class as what I have with them. The discussions and simulations have been my two favorite things about this class. It is probably because I love hands-on activities. I have always learned better when interacting with others. The things I have learned in the discussions will always help me in everyday life. For one, I think it has made me more respectful of other people's political views. They have also taught me many things that I had no previous knowledge of before this class. Many of the ideas that my fellow students mentioned I would have never have thought of and probably never would have if they had not mentioned them.

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