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SAMPLE ACTIVITY

Sharpening Our Own Focus
This is Week 6 of a 12 week course. Seems like an excellent time to review the learning thus far. You all have done an excellent job during the first half of the course. Let's celebrate! Here's the task:

	Go to the Discussion Board and sort (bottom left) dialogues "by Student." Start with week 1 postings and review yours in each content-based discussion. Can you see evidence of your own growth and change? What about evidence of "building blocks" you've contributed that support the growth of all?

	Which posting have you (yes YOU!) made so far that most focuses or deepens the dialogue for the community? Keep in mind the rubric set out at the start of MOOM:
	Great posts will build on the ideas of another one or two participants and dig deeper into assignment questions or issues. Excellent posts will ... integrate multiple views and /or show value as a seed for reflection by other participants' responses in its thread. Excellent contributions can also be marked by the creation of language or useful metaphors that push the dialogue deeper.
	When you've made your choice, post a comment to the Week 6: Mid-Stream Survey of the Landscape in MOOM.
	Make your Message Subject "(Your Name):Title of Chosen Posting." Start your post by pasting in your original chosen posting; and then comment on the learning brought forward by your contribution.

The result of your comments will draw for everyone the lay of the landscape thus far here in MOOM. It will be our context for taking the next big dive and moving more deeply into the meaning of MOOM-style moderating.

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