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Directions: Post your ideas for using small group activities to engage students here. Use the following template: //(Note potential application of or modification of activity when using specific technologies.)//
 * Group participant names:**Ron, Thomas, Jing, Xiaoying, Joyce
 * Learning goal/s for activity:** //Students will create, a Concept Map or Graphic Organizer in class for the purposes of analysis and critiquing online.//
 * Description of the the activity:** Hybrid assignment: In class students will be put into groups of 4-5 and will create a Graphic Organizer (GO) or Concept Map (CM) relating to their discipline. The GO or CM will include at least 5 but no more than 8 aspects or connectors. This CM or GO will be created on a word doc and attached on SacCT. Then, these same groups will be placed in chat section/room given a CM or GO from another group. They are to then explain the what are the aspects or direction of CM or GO so it is understandable to all. Additionally, the group is to critique the map or organizer providing this information to the originator of the map/organizer to change appropriately. This is critique and explanation will be graded but course instructor.


 * Group participant names:** Minjeong Kang, Neelam Chandra, Roberto Pomo, Doug Dertinger, Jeff Paradis
 * Learning goal/s for activity:** In a GE level film course that simultaneously explores aspects of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and politics through Hollywood cinema, students will be able to understand how theses facets are interrelated.
 * Description of the the activity:** Students will watch Gone with the Wind. They will be have the opportunity in their group to choose a short scene from the movie that illustrates one particular aspect (gender, race...) explored by the course. Student will be required to present arguements supporting their choice of scene . Students will then present a deconstruction of the scene (can be written, acted out, or multimedia) that will attempt to modernize the chosen aspect of the scene.

Learning goal/s for activity:** //To// create, analyze and apply graphic organizers to a specific group research project in an online course.
 * Group participant names: Milica Markovic, Lisa Joregensen, Seunghee Wie, EunMi Cho, Yan Xiong, Nathaniel Blair, Ilhan Tuzcu.
 * Description of the the activity:**

Logistics: 1. Use SacCT to have asynchronous discussions, under discussion board. 2. Use iMeet to have synchronous discussions, where students meet online at previously mutually agreed time. 3. Use Wiki Blog to help the group see the progress. 4. Assignment will be posted on SacCT.

Assignment: Research, develop and apply graphic organizers to your group project report. Please include a 2-page report on graphics organizers. In addition, include development process for your graphic organizer and apply several graphic organizers to your group project.

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1. What: Students will show understanding of concepts learned in class by developing graphic organizers in several different ways. 2. Why: Students are provided with synchronous and asynchronous ways to meet and collaborate in an online class. 3. How: Mastery is developed through applying learned material to a specific research topic.

Learning goal/s for activity:** //Analyze, deconstruct, compose, and recreate a historical trial.//
 * Group participant names: Dongmei Zhou, Candace Gregory-Abbott, Ravin Pan, Jill Kelly, Cindy Sturtz, Lan Liu, Yang Sun
 * Description of the the activity:** Students are assigned to roles in a historical trial, asked to research their roles (characters), recreate their character's participation in the trial, and ultimately each student produces a written report.

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