We use the following discussion guidelines from the Alberta Ministry of Education Local Conversation Kit:
- Everyone has wisdom.
- We need everyone’s wisdom for the wisest result.
- There are no wrong answers.
- The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
- Everyone will hear others and be heard.
Participation in a dialogue is done by commenting to blog posts.
There are several options to identifying your comment. We suggest using the name/URL option as follows so comments from participants with similar backgrounds can be linked together if that becomes desirable.
- In the name blank assign yourself a participant # (which is the next number in the in the "P" series, for example if the last comment was made by p25 your # would be p26.
- In your comment to this post identify yourself by indicating your affiliation and stage in life e.g. mother of children in grades 1,3; grade five teacher; grandparent etc.
- Group comments should be identified by a group # in the "G" series (g1, g2, g3,,,) and in the participants in the group should be listed, for example, g5 my have p26,27,28,29,30.
- It optional to put other helpful information in either your group or personal comments.
Please comment below to identify yourself and your group, if you are commenting as a group.
Comments are moderated so they will not appear immediately.
