Check to see if your hardware and software are working properly. If you can see this, it should be. Try to talk with another student, try to talk with the instructor. If you can, you may move on by answering this:
This is the simulation you will be participating in.
What is the Senate debate on immigration.
100
This is who you are if your role is to listen to expert testimony, debate issues and proposed amendments, and vote on nominees.
What is a Senator.
100
This is when the President of the Senate calls to order, and sees who is actually in the Senate floor.
What is a Roll-call vote.
100
A meeting where expert witnesses are asked a series of questions to frame a Senators thinking of an issue.
What is a Sub-committe hearing.
100
This is what happens after the meetings, debates, amendments and nominee hearings.
What is to vote.
200
This is where we figure out what roles there are to play in this simulation:
These are the people in which you will be simulating.
What are Senators, Committee/Subcommittee members, Party Representatives, Nominees, Expert Witnesses
200
This is your role if you give testimony before a hearing on an issue, and Senators ask you questions to base their vote on the information.
What is an expert witness.
200
This is when each Party designates speakers to present each parties case to frame the debates and meetings.
What is Yielding the Floor.
200
A forum in which Senators ask a person questions about their experience and understanding of an issue, and who also gives a speech on their qualifications.
What is a nominee hearing.
200
Once voting is complete, this is what students must do in order to finish the simulation.
What is present experiences to instructor.
300
This is what you would do if you run into any problems during the simulation.
What is contact another student (Senator) or the instructor for guidance, questions, or comments.
300
This is your role if you facilitate hearings with Senators, remind them of their party affiliation and ideology, bring up constituent issues and relay information back to the Majority and Minority Leaders.
Who are Party Representatives.
300
This is where you are told where to go whether it be a sub-committe hearing, a nominee hearing, or proposing amendments.
What is Designation.
300
After Senators hear from expert testimony, they do this about the specific issue.
What is debate.
300
This is what students do once they have finished presenting evidence to the instructor, who has given feedback.
What is choose an authentic assessment as a final product to create.
400
This is what you would do if there was a language barrier in the simulation.
What is turn on the translator.
400
This is your role if you give a speech and answer questions based on a vacancy in a Cabinet or Governmental office. Senators will ask you questions and vote on your conformation.
What is a Nominee.
400
This is where the simulation pauses, and the instructor checks for understanding by using quick assessments such as think-pair-share or fist-to-five.
What are a summative assessments.
400
After Senators debate an issue, they do this which may change or frame the bill that is being crafted.
What is propose amendments.
400
This is what students do to provide insight to the simulation and allow the instructor to add, subtract, augment or redo any parts of the simulation.
What is provide feedback.
500
This is what you would do if a graphic organizer was needed, or pacing of the simulation needed to be changed.
What is contact the instructor, and using what you learned in the tutorial acquire the predetermined graphic organizer for this simulation.
500
This is your role if you listen to expert witnesses, debate with Senators from the other party, propose amendments to a bill and talk with Party Representatives.
What is a Sub-committe Member.
500
This is where Senators from all parties begin to meet up with their prospective members and begin to plot out next steps in the debate process.
What is to Caucus.
500
Senators from both parties do this while they are getting expert testimony, hearing from nominees, debating, or proposing amendments.
What is conducting research for an assessment.
500
This is what happens when students have finished the simulation, provided evidence, received feedback, chosen an assessment and completed it.