Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments

Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments

Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

The goal of this Discussion Board (DB) is for you to take a trend that is part of the New Media Consortium (NMC), review it, and add some additional thought to it (e.g., an image). Innovation and future thinking is a deliberate exercise, and by reviewing this site, you can establish a mindset.

Focus on the following questions:

• Discuss 1 technology and 1 key trend from the Horizon Report by EDUCAUSE.
• Add an image to your blog post to illustrate the technology or trend. Avoid using content that has a copyright.
• If you link to an image on an image site, link the caption back to the site.
• Analyze at least 2 forces that impact the trend and the technology.
• Include a reference for the Horizon Report for Higher Education.

Responses to Other Students:

Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 200-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

• How would you justify a different perspective from your classmate’s on the topic?
• How, additionally, would you defend your classmate’s position?
• What critique do you offer your classmate in regard to clarity and thoroughness of their post?
• Please address all prompts. When offering counterargument or justification, consider practice, theory, and examples from your own experience, reading, or current events in presenting your position.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your textbook, all course resources, and any external research and resources you have gathered.

Discussion Board Rubric

Expectation	Points Possible	Points Earned	Comments
Application of Learning Material Content: Initial post demonstrates understanding of Learning Material content.	25
Application of Course Knowledge: Initial post contributes unique perspectives or insights gleaned from text/learning resources, or specified by assignment.	25
DB Responses: Responds substantively to two posts. Responses encourage interaction in the Discussion Board and classroom community.	10
Academic Writing: Initial post presents information logically and is clearly relevant to discussion topic. Posts contain accurate grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation with few or no errors. All resources should be cited in current APA format.	15
Total Points	75
Total Points Earned

References

EDUCAUSE. (2017). 2017 Horizon report. https://library.educause.edu/resources/2021/2/horizon-reports

Assignment Details

Due Date: January 23

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Primary Response is due by Thursday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Saturday (11:59:59pm Central).

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Think tank methods are methods that are deliberate and foster innovation. This is a challenging concept, but you should be able to come up with a few approaches.

Complete the following:

• Research the concept of think tank methods.
• Highlight 2–3 of them, and discuss some key points about each.

Responses to Other Students:

Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 200-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

• How would you justify a different perspective from your classmate’s on the topic?
• How, additionally, would you defend your classmate’s position?
• What critique do you offer your classmate in regard to clarity and thoroughness of their post?
• Please address all prompts. When offering counterargument or justification, consider practice, theory, and examples from your own experience, reading, or current events in presenting your position.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your textbook, all course resources, and any external research and resources you have gathered.

Discussion Board Rubric

Expectation	Points Possible	Points Earned	Comments
Application of Learning Material Content: Initial post demonstrates understanding of Learning Material content.	25
Application of Course Knowledge: Initial post contributes unique perspectives or insights gleaned from text/learning resources, or specified by assignment.	25
DB Responses: Responds substantively to two posts. Responses encourage interaction in the Discussion Board and classroom community.	10
Academic Writing: Initial post presents information logically and is clearly relevant to discussion topic. Posts contain accurate grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation with few or no errors. All resources should be cited in current APA format.	15
Total Points	75
Total Points Earned

Total Points Possible: 75

Requirements: 500-700 words per discussion thread post

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