I liked this assignment. I found it very interesting. The discussion was informative and lively. I enjoyed it. But it doesn't fit in this course. If I had an Easy button, I would switch this assignment to another course. As this is not an option... make it fit this course. Students should read one of the court cases and present it through one of the tech options we have learned. I think it is important to give students options on how they present. The information could be shared through the blogs. So if I chose to do a screencast or VoiceStream or Prezi, I would post it to my blog. Although this would require students to spend quite a bit of time reviewing each other's work outside of class, this IS a graduate course (for most of us) and it is expected that we spend a considerable amount of time outside of class working on it. Comments would be a way to check who read each post. This would create a considerable amount of grading time, though.
Though I offer an alternate, I actually like how we did it. I like that we heard each others comments and could respond to them all together. One of the drawbacks of on-line work is the loss of authentic real-time discussion.
