April 28, 2014
Welcome to the world of academic, student-led discussion forums! Before you get started, please review the following:
1. All policies covered in MISD's Acceptable Use Policy apply. That pretty much means that your behavior here should mirror or improve upon your behavior at school. Post nothing inappropriate or non-academically related or you will be banned from all MISD computers, to start with....just don't go there.
2. To enter a forum, click on the name of that forum. It's a link. To reply to a topic, select 'reply' and post away! To start a new topic, click 'start new topic!' You may not start new forums or categories - only I, your herd leader, may do so.
3. I will check all forum activity for grading on Fridays. Make sure that you have been active (responding to topics, creating topics, answering each others' questions and making useful comments etc...) by the time your class meets that day.
4. Please read "How to Write an A+ Academic Post" prior to getting started with your group. If you are writing in text-speak or deliberately ignoring ye Olde English Rules for example, that will factor negatively into your points and may cause your post to be deleted.
5. Please use the 'quote' button when replying to or commenting upon another group member's post. It makes conversations much easier to follow.
6. Textual evidence is a really, really good thing. It strengthens your argument by epic proportions. No lie.
7. You MUST REPLY directly to this post with a short paraphrased summary of 3-5 of your rules/tips in the style covered in the article linked on #4. Sign with your first name, last initial, reading class period, and group name. Worth 100 points and due by WEDNESDAY!!!!
