Discussing personal experience often means investigating opinions and  ideas different from your own. Remember to remain thoughtful and  respectful toward your peers and instructor in your discussion post and  replies.

Create one initial post and follow up with at least two response posts.

For your initial post, address the following:

Identify your chosen topic and what you know about it thus far.

Identify how personal experience or interests shaped your choice of this topic over the other two topics.

Develop a few questions that you think can guide your understanding of the topic.

Explain why you feel these are meaningful questions for you to explore on this topic.

Identify keywords associated with this topic.

1. For your response posts, address the following:
2. Select two peers who chose the same topic you did.
3. Discuss your mutual interest and potential next steps to continue  investigating the topic and seeking out answers to their unanswered  questions.
4. Respond to and discuss the questions they shared in their initial  post. If possible, offer additional questions that may be useful for the  peer’s approach to and interest in the subject.
5. What suggestions can you make regarding your peer’s selection of keywords?

If you happen to choose a topic that no other classmates have chosen,  you may choose to respond to any two peers. Review their chosen topic  and the questions they posed, and share what you wonder about with  regard to their chosen topic.

Be sure to credit any sources you use to support your answer, including articles posted in the course.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric.