Thursday, November 17, 2011

Nov 17 Class review of interview 2

Today, students will complete the evaluation and posting of results for interview 2. Interview 3 is due next week, even though we will not meet due to Thanksgiving. A week later, review of interview three is due by the time we'll meet. Start formulating the topic of your final paper or interview so that I can record those topics today when I will meet with all students face-to-face.
Nov 24 Interview 3 due posted
Dec 1 noon, review of all interviews completed and results posted
Dec 15 Final paper due posted at noon on your blog.
If you have completed your review of the second interview, and posted the results, please spend time to brainstorm your final paper topic, and start an outline on it. If you choose to do a fourth interview, work on a rationale for choosing that topic, and formulate expected outcomes of the fourth interview. What do you expect to be similar and what do you hope to be different in the fourth interview, when compared to the past three? Provide the rationale on your blog and on the sheet I gave you in class.
Note: Several people did not write the piece on Global Communication for today. Be sure both the outline as well as the essay fleshing out the outline are present on your blog by today.
Also, some students did not evaluate interviews one and two. Be sure to do so and post results by today!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Meeting date 11-10: review interview 2

on your own. All second interviews must be posted by noon Thursday next week. I cannot open the classroom at 5PM since I am at State negotiations in St. Paul as the SCSU negotiator. So there is no meeting in MC 207 but there is individual work by you needed:
1. Post your own 2nd interview, be sure to cite your sources correctly
2. Read and rate the second interview by all class peers.
3. Fill out a new spreadsheet form with results.
4. Post the spreadsheet and the names of the top three scorers.

For Nov 17 you also need to use the outline from today and write and post the essay on "What is global communication and how has it promoted the globalization witnessed in the past ten years?"
Be sure to follow the outline closely and pay attention that each step logically follows the previous. (350-500 words)

Outline needed for topic on globalization - to do after the interview evaluations are completed.

Use this topic:

"What is global communication and how has it promoted the globalization witnessed in the past ten years?"

1. a-brainstorm ideas, b-list them, c-prioritize ... make the outline
2. Components: Introduction with thematic statement, body text, conclusion
3. The blueprint for the paper: What will the body text contain?
4. Conclusion, connecting to the thematic statement.

Create a new post with your outline of the above topic today in class. As homework for next week, write a post with the topic  "What is global communication and how has it promoted the globalization witnessed in the past ten years?" using your outline from today. 350-500 words, please.


Outline Example 1 2

Nov 3, interview competition 1

Please read all posted interviews. If one is missing, fill out a form with the name and zeros. You will receive evaluation forms today and you are expected to fill out one set of parameters for each class mate.
The parameters are here for reference:
en191s18f10 Name:________________________________________________________
How is the preparation documented?    0..1..2..3
How good are the personal considerations regarding the interview process? 0..1..2
How comprehensive and informative is the country report?  0..1..2..3..4
How does the interview read? Interesting, good questions/answers?  0..1..2..3..4..5
How well is the complete interview presented on the blog? Clarity, errors, visual appearance all count. 0..1..2..3..4..5..6
total:______________________________________________________________

Score card - fill in the results of all students and make a spreadsheet in your google account. Post (share) the document and link a new Post on your blog to the spreadsheet.Then create a new post and show your top three ranked interviews, student names, and link to the interviews.