Last class session today

and so we will also do the class evaluation today since we will not meet in person on the day of finals Dec. 15. I am on university assignment in St. Paul as campus negotiator that day and the next two. If you need to speak with me, please send an email and we will arrange for a time in my office. Besides my four classes, I am quite busy with Faculty Association work, and rarely "just sit in my office"; do contact me by email or phone, if needed.
Today, we will hear about the final projects class members have decided about. In a week, at noon on Dec. 15, these are due on your blog.

Dec 1 second to last class session

Please be sure to have your third interview, the review of interviews by peers, and your final paper topic posted. Today, I will meet with each student to discuss progress and possible problems with the final paper. You may use the time in class to work on the final paper. By the end of the day, at least the topic and an outline of your topic needs to be posted, as well as a tentative bibliography.
After you have met with me today, you are free to continue in class or work elsewhere in the library to complete your bibliography. Again, it needs to be posted by today 8:20PM.

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!

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.

Being in the library, we might as well use it

We need to discuss the meeting calendar: next week, 10-27, I need to be in St. Paul during class time while you guys will use the day for interviewing and the posting of interviews, as well as reviewing all other interviews from classmates.

today: After a brief class discussion...

1. Organize into in groups of 4: women and men, culturally diverse; here.
1.1 Each member creates a post "Library Research Assistance" for their own part of the task and all other group elements prepared today.
1.2 Group members look at their web-site and divide the tasks for presentation. Develop one presentation per group and make sure to copy that entire presentation to every group member's blog later.
1.3 By the end of today, we want to have facilitated research of any topics enabling you to better research about countries and cultures of your interviewees, including reporting of the process and interview content. Remember to cite your sources!
1.4 Besides using the on-line info, you have to find at least two books in the library that relate directly to your topic. Check the book out and show it during your presentation. Explain why you brought it to class. Be sure to write the bibliographical information from those two books into your blog post. "Today, we also introduced the books ... because ..."
Format: pick either MLA, APA, Chicago.

2, Be prepared to present your topic in class today, beginning at 19:30.

Objective: Select examples from the web-resources found and relate how they can be used and what they can deliver. In case of "Citation Styles" you may want to pick two and introduce them explaining their purpose, and where they are required and expected.

2. Open to the Research Assistance in the Library menu

Group 1 prepares for presentation "Research Basics"

Group 2 prepares for presentation "Subject Guides"

Group 3 prepares for presentation "Course Guides"

Group 4 prepares for presentation "RefWorks" (must create a new id to use)

Group 5 prepares for presentation "Citation Styles"

Group 6 prepares for presentation "Reference Sources"

Each member of the group needs to study and prepare one aspect of the topic. Assign who will do what. Post the information on each others blogs: each member will link to each post from other group members that pertain to this task. That means that we could access any member's blog and find there all group elements in the new student post "Library Research Assistance- group #____; topic: ___" .
Start: 17:30
Finish 19:30, then review presentation by all groups

PS You may wonder why we would include "Course Guides" here. The list of courses taught may link to our topic, though, as in the example of CMST 212, where the syllabus offers access to topics and resources not only in interpersonal communication, but also intercultural communication. A topic that might interest you... so check all other courses and see what might connect to Global Communications. I would not suggest looking in Electrical Engineering or Biology. But Mass Communications, Speech, Sociology, Foreign Languages, English, and many others, may contain useful information.