Post on 01-Jan-2016
COMM 470 Agenda - Week 14Housekeeping:• LC2 – Returned in Your Folders Today• LC3 – Put in Folders Today• UMD Course Evals - ONLINE
• Final Exam – Friday, May 19, 10:30 – 12:30, in Our OLD Room - Tydings 2109
Activities:• RAT 6• Dr. Finn’s “Teammate Evaluations”
• Dr. Finn’s Course Component Evaluation
• Rules for “Social Networking” Sites (My Space, Face Book, Friendster, MSN Spaces)
• Lecture, Week 14 ITE
Procedures for RATs
Clear Your Desktop of Everything Except:• A # 2 Pencil (Absolutely NO Ink today!)
• A Scantron Bubble Sheet
• Your Copy of the RAT Questions
• A Blank Sheet of Paper (You MUST Shield Your Answers)
• You must write your name on the RAT Question Sheet
• NOTE - Erasure Marks or Smudges May COST YOU POINTS
Refer to the Sheets in Your Folder for Other Procedures
In-Class Team Exercise # 14a
Individually – write down (and hand in)• What were, for you personally, the 5 most
important concepts / ideas / lessons learned this semester?
Discuss as a Team:• What were the 5 most important concepts /
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Deliverable – List the team’s top 5
Things I’d Like You to RememberAbout Speaking - • The World is Created in Language• The Words You Use are Important –
• Words Spoken to Others• Words Spoken to Yourself
• Speak into the Listening of Others• Avoid Weak Speaking• Speak Authentically• Have the Courage to Make Commitments, Make Requests, and
Acknowledge Others
About Listening - • Listen Generously
• Consider Our Common Humanity (Empathy)• Consider Individual Differences (Types and Temperaments)• Occasionally Reexamine the Parts of Your Type/Temp that Don’t Seem to Fit
• Show Respect With Positive Listening Habits• Show Respect by Dropping Negative Listening Habits• Don’t Make It All About You
In-Class Team Exercise # 14bDiscuss:• How did you do with Complaining & Gossip
this week?• Share 2 examples• Was it Easy? Difficult?
Deliverable – Every individual should write a brief statement on the ITE form describing what they got out of their examination of complaining (if anything).
Note: I just want the truth, even if that mean writing that you didn’t do the exercise this week, it stunk, you disagree, etc.
Speaking frankly gets you the full points.
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