Week 7 - Preview

Monday - Review of Chapters

Wednesday - Review of Exams, Chapters, Online Profile Blog

Friday - Mini Lecture/Group Activity

Note: Students are to bring their Career Project folder with them during the next three weeks.

W6 - Lorenzo will be holding class Friday

Students,

Thank you for following the blog and keeping informed. I will be instructing the Business Communication course Friday 9/25/09.

Please read your journal notes from Wednesday to secure you are ready for class discussion. Also bring your journals - we may be doing a self evaluation on them (I know - to much fun - right?!).

The best to you,

Ms. Lorenzo

W6 - Review of Project and Next Step

Student Self Evaluation - Career Project

Purpose of individual exercise:

1. Relates to chapter 5 of the first section of text
2. Student recognizes the lack of depth of academic rigor given to project
3. Professor interprets that the grade received was based on a curve. And that the first introductory 5 weeks is over, and in the next 5 weeks students will now be graded on standards of performance.
4. Students review if they understand how to attach/measure an assignment.
5. Student/Faculty move forward with understanding of what is expected.

Notes:

• It is assumed that students who did not meet the assignment deadline will bring their work to class (as indicated earlier).
• Standard documentation practices must be adhered to; double space, headings, stapling
• Within the three week assignment period, only two students requested assistance.
• Category from syllabus - Assignments: Homework and Assignments 200 total possible points - This assignment is worth 75 points.
• Those that did not meet deadline will not have earned any points for this area of the continue course project whick builds to developing a resume and sumbiting it online.

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In your journal ( Day 15 - 9/23/09) Review and grade the returned project packet by:

1. Putting a yes or no beside each line item in the directive indicating if said item is in the packet. Identify where in the packet it is.
2. Identify how many hours you put into this project. Please do not count library hours is you did not use it as a resource. Think - did I follow the directive - did I put the required time and effort into this academic project?

• Library - estimated time 2 hours = 2 visits
• Data Collection - minimum 2 hours per week = three week assignment
• Drafts of narrative, career goals, time line, six key terms
• Draft of 4 minute presentation (power point)
• Final copy of documents - proofreading, editing, term usage, content design
• Final organization of data and narrative of findings
• Final print of PowerPoint and practicing of verbal presentation
• Presentation to the class

Actual Assignment Directive

Directive
1. Read this post in its entirety.
2. Put activity log in your calendar – Design a project time line (as displayed in class - refer to Day 5 notes).
3. Begin a folder for your findings – data will be used for other course assignments (note - your first week is data collection - but it is recommended that you take notes of your findings along the way).
4. Final Project A: Prepare a brief outline of your data findings
5. Final Project B: Prepare a narrative of your findings and career goal statement***To be placed within areas A&B of project: Collect six current key terms of your industry and job description*** Material will be provided within MS Word document
6. Final Project C: 4 minute verbal presentation of findings (will occur within two class periods)*** Students will provide (classroom) verbal reports throughout the three week project*** Power Points advised (one slide) - no music or special features unless your industry traditionally relates to employee base in visual form of communication method.

Required Activity

1. Classroom Assignment Introduction –
Day 4 – Monday 8/24/09 – Search Salary.com2.
Written Assignment Directive posted on line –
Day 5 Wednesday – 8/26/093. Library Research/Online Classroom posting –
Day 6 Friday 8/28/094.

HOMEWORK – Weekend between second and third course week.
5. Review – small group of findings to date –
Day 7 Monday 8/31/096. Library Research/Online Classroom posting –
Day 9 – Friday 9/04/097. Assignment Due date – Week Four, Day 10 Wednesday 9/09/09

W6 - Preview

Monday: Blog Mini Lecture and Video, Review of chapters 5 & 6.

Wednesday: Discussion topics from chapters 5&6. Exam review and project review.

Friday: Small Group activity related to chapters 5&6 and/or Career Project Research Dive.

Check In Topics

Online Requests
View CSUCBI blog and become a fan.
View my Twitter - see if you have missed any tweets.
Please be patient as I work out the glitch in posting comments on course blog.

Course Journal Directive (repeat)
Inside cover - put your full name and all course online information.
Put day and date at the top of every entry.
Write course lecture under the 'housekeeping' area.
Write in pen.
Write neatly.
Only course topic in Journal.
Put homework notes and group activity notes in journal.

Class Behavior
First let me say I'm very happy with our behaviour and relationship.
Do not visit other sites when Professor is directing the course.
Do not come in after 11:05 - you will not be allowed to enter.
Do bring documented support when asking for an excused absence.
Do participate in group activities.
READ - READ - READ your chapters.

Week Six; Intrapersonal Communication - Mini Lecture and Video

Intrapersonal Communication

Directive 1: View Video
(Video) http://bit.ly/4tE9kk

*Video source:http://www.darrenmonroe.com/wordpress/?p=3675

Note: Video and Lecture relate to chapter 6 in the first section of the text.

Directive 2: Read Mini Lecture

Intrapersonal communication is the act of having an internal dialogue with yourself; or in other words, self-talk! Some examples of this include: "Asking yourself what you want for dinner tonight"; or "Asking yourself if you should have or shouldn't have done something?"

Sometimes, you may even talk out loud to yourself! I'm sure you've found yourself asking a question in your head and then habitually answering the question out loud, as if someone else was standing right there. Go ahead and admit it.. you're not crazy by any means!
You are constantly having a conversation with yourself whether you're aware of it or not.
However, if you're not aware of how you're communicating with yourself, chances are, the conversation is negative, critical, and just plain ugly!

However, you have complete control over how your going to communicate to yourself; yet, the irony of this is, it often feels like someone else has control over your self-talk.

It's easy to believe that you cannot stop the negative words and thoughts. However, if you want to understand why you're feeling bad, open your eyes to the negative conversation you're having with yourself and you'll find the answer you are looking for!

Change your thoughts, change your words, and change the conversation you're having with yourself. Don't allow yourself to be downgraded, criticized, and judged by you. If you are doing this to yourself, imagine how you're allowing others to treat you.

"Compliments? What Me? I wouldn't dare allow such a thing. I don't want to look like someone who is conceded." There is nothing wrong with complimenting yourself, talking kindly to yourself, ignoring the negative thoughts, and humbly appreciating your uniqueness. There is nothing conceited about that at all; as a matter of fact, it's very inspiring!

Don't put it off any longer. Start ignoring your negative intrapersonal communication skills and begin focusing on your positive self-talk. So go ahead and talk to yourself, answer yourself, and definitely talk out loud, but whatever you do, avoid all negative self-talk as much as possible

Source: http://www.relationship-with-self.com/intrapersonalcommunication.html

W5 Preview

Monday - Journal/Blog/Twitter review

Wednesday- Exam

Friday - Exam

Notice:

1. Career project packets will be returned week 6
2. First five week grading to system will occur this weekend.
3. Students who missed the Career Packet deadline will be given directives in week 6 as to how/when to turn in packet.
4. Journals will be reviewed during Weds/Friday of this week.

W5 - First Grade Posting - Classroom Quiz

SELF DIRECTED - STUDY GUIDE


Note: Classroom quiz is to be completed to earn a passing grade for the first grade posting of the semester (9/19/09)

Directive:

• Students must comment to this post after reviewing content. Grade will not be earned without this step being completed. Comment post must read, 'I have reviewed this post prior to taking the classroom quiz."
  
• Professor reserves the right to hold the quiz either Weds or Friday (or both days) of the 5th week. If an excused absence is not agreed to prior to Monday of the fifth week, the student will receive a falling quiz grade.
  
• Bring sheets of lined paper to class for exam answers.
  
• This is a closed text/blog/google search/journal quiz.
  
• Students should have reviewed all of the learning tools identified in week 4 classroom.
  
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  Sample types of questions:

1. What is non verbal communication?
2. What is informal business communication?
3. What is formal business communication?
4. What is the course objective?
5. What is culture? What is the difference between the terms, co-culture and sub-culture?
6. Describe the business term diversity and its application.
7. What national business association was showcased during week one ice breaker? What is the associations purpose?
8. What service does salary.com provide?
9. What key message of the article "Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship" : posted to my twitter account?
10. What is the difference in strategy between business communication and academic communication?
11. List five different online communication services that are used in business. How are they applied?
12. Describe a model of two person communication with feedback.
13. Describe the benefits and method of knowing your audience(s).
14. Describe the proof -reading terms - planning/writing/revising.
15. Provide directive of how to design presentation slides.
16. What planning should be performed before writing or speaking?
17. What is the key message in the blog Mini Lecture, "The Old Way of Job Searching is Broken" ?
18. Provide two questions with their answer covering a course topic from any of the class learning tools: blog, class notes, text, homework, online research, twitter, directly related to the course topic that I have not asked.

Note: Detailed questions requested. Sampling does not mean that all these questions will be on the quiz or that the question(s) will be 100% written as it is on this post.

Week Five Preview as it relates to quiz:

1. Monday - Classroom study lab. Instructor reviews journals
2. Wednesday - Quiz???? Instructor reviews journals
3. Friday - Quiz???? Instructor reviews journals

Note: Quiz will be performed during normal classroom period, 11:05 -11:45 am. Quiz is submitted on the instructors desk at the end of the course - no leaving prior to the 11:45 am.