Write Your Discussion Post
Please post something to the discussion board related to the content we are looking at this week about perception and attention. For each post, be succinct (use no more than 75 words) and professional. Feel free to explore the features of Yellowdig, such as your ability to embed videos and pictures, create polls, use hashtags, love or like a post, and so on.
Here are some ideas for your post to get you started:
- Find and share a website or video about perception or attention. Provide a brief explanation of the topic you selected as well as a brief description of the resource you shared. Feel free to use a hashtag, such as the topic of your post.
- Share a link to a scholarly article on perception and attention published within the last five years. Using proper citations and references, include a brief summary of the article and how it applies to your life or to your coursework. Feel free to use a hashtag, such as the topic of the article.
- Describe a time you or someone you know struggled to learn. Using the concepts from the readings, discuss what went wrong. Share a source on the impediment. Feel free to use a hashtag, such as the topic of your post.
- Describe an example of a learning impairment moment from a TV show or movie. If you can find a clip of it, attach the video. Using the concepts from the course content, discuss the problem that was illustrated in your example. Feel free to use a hashtag, such as the topic of your post.
Response Guidelines
As you respond to your classmates, share your experiences and anecdotal feedback regarding their posts. How have your personal experiences resonated with their ideas? What can you add to their ideas, building upon the connections you have made to the material so far?
- Your Writing: Each post should be courteous, succinct, professional, well written and organized, using proper writing mechanics, grammar, and punctuation.
- Your Post: Please post something to the discussion board related to the content covered this week. Do not create your post as a reply to the pinned post. Instead, use Yellowdig’s Create option to create a new post. Label your post with a hashtag.
- Responding to Peers: As you respond to your classmates, share your experiences and anecdotal feedback regarding their posts. How have your personal experiences resonated with their ideas? What can you add to their ideas, building upon the connections you have made to the material so far? Consider exploring the features of Yellowdig such as your ability to embed videos and pictures, create polls and videos, use hashtags, love or like a post, and so on.