Pick one concept from the assigned reading, that has not already been discussedduring this discussion week, that you found useful or interesting, and discuss it.
Competition is one of the concepts that i found interesting because I like competition. Mostly I like to see people compete in sports like football and activities of that nature and I'm sure other people do as well. Constructive competition can be fun also it just depends on what you are doing. Like on the small group level an educational games that people can play in class can also be fun. It can also help students remember what it is that they have been studying all semester. In high school in my english class our teacher use to divide use into groups and quiz us on topics that we had been learning that semester. And who ever won would get extra credit and some candy. I think teacher should do that in college course because class and lectures often get really boring. And often times students could use a little extra credit to bust their grades.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
chapter 12 question 2
Briefly outline an example of collaborative conflict resolution that you have engaged in. Contrast that with competitive conflict. Which was more satisfying to you? To the other party?
well conflict resolution is defined as a win-win group situation. I like the fact that this approach assumes that no one person is smarter then anyone else in the group. Recently I engaged in a conflict resolution trying to come up with a question for a group project that I have to do for another communications class. Everyone in the group were thinking of different questions except a few people. Then once we all each had are separate questions we had to combine everyones idea into one. Which really wasn't that difficult due to the fact that are questions were similar. This was a situation that turned out to be a win- win I just hope that the rest of the project turns out to be this easy. A competitive conflict I had recently at work we were trying to think of new activities for kids to do after the finish their homework and I suggested dodge ball and one of the other staff members said that it was too dangerous but in my class we play dodge ball all the time. Then she was like oh we should ban dodge ball but it didn't happen.
well conflict resolution is defined as a win-win group situation. I like the fact that this approach assumes that no one person is smarter then anyone else in the group. Recently I engaged in a conflict resolution trying to come up with a question for a group project that I have to do for another communications class. Everyone in the group were thinking of different questions except a few people. Then once we all each had are separate questions we had to combine everyones idea into one. Which really wasn't that difficult due to the fact that are questions were similar. This was a situation that turned out to be a win- win I just hope that the rest of the project turns out to be this easy. A competitive conflict I had recently at work we were trying to think of new activities for kids to do after the finish their homework and I suggested dodge ball and one of the other staff members said that it was too dangerous but in my class we play dodge ball all the time. Then she was like oh we should ban dodge ball but it didn't happen.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Chapter 11 question 1
Distinguish among a forum, panel, colloquium, and symposium as a mans for making a public presentation. Which one would you prefer? Why?
I prefer this forum presentation over the other three presentation formats because it allows the speaker to interact with the audience and answer peoples questions. I think that Interacting with the speaking is very important and helps the audience understand the topic being discussed more clearly. This way when a problem is presented there are several solutions being stated by different people that it could possible help solve the problem. I hate when people come and give presentations and the audience are not allowed to ask questions or give their input on the situation. Maybe the reason I prefer forum presentation over the other formats of group presentations is because this is how classes are ran at school. Therefore, I am just used to this type of educational setting. The only down side to this presentation style is that everyone might not receive and opportunity to speak due to the lack of time.
I prefer this forum presentation over the other three presentation formats because it allows the speaker to interact with the audience and answer peoples questions. I think that Interacting with the speaking is very important and helps the audience understand the topic being discussed more clearly. This way when a problem is presented there are several solutions being stated by different people that it could possible help solve the problem. I hate when people come and give presentations and the audience are not allowed to ask questions or give their input on the situation. Maybe the reason I prefer forum presentation over the other formats of group presentations is because this is how classes are ran at school. Therefore, I am just used to this type of educational setting. The only down side to this presentation style is that everyone might not receive and opportunity to speak due to the lack of time.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
chapter 10 question 3
Pick one concept from the assigned reading, that has not already been discussedduring this discussion week, that you found useful or interesting, and discuss it.
One of the concepts that I thought was interesting was perceptual barriers which is when someone can only see something from one perspective because of the situation they are in. I have perceptual barriers about things all the time. I always think I'm right when arguing with someone. I don't care what the other person is talking about are where they are coming from. Sometimes I just don't care about other peoples opinions or what they are going through and I just don't want to here none of that dumb stuff. Like earlier today my brother brought his girlfriend over an I had cooked chicken and she was like I don't eat meat and I was like I don't care what you eat I didn't invite you over to eat. I was like this girl can not be serious right now I mean I could understand if she wanted something to drink or what ever but I was not going to cook something specially for her.
One of the concepts that I thought was interesting was perceptual barriers which is when someone can only see something from one perspective because of the situation they are in. I have perceptual barriers about things all the time. I always think I'm right when arguing with someone. I don't care what the other person is talking about are where they are coming from. Sometimes I just don't care about other peoples opinions or what they are going through and I just don't want to here none of that dumb stuff. Like earlier today my brother brought his girlfriend over an I had cooked chicken and she was like I don't eat meat and I was like I don't care what you eat I didn't invite you over to eat. I was like this girl can not be serious right now I mean I could understand if she wanted something to drink or what ever but I was not going to cook something specially for her.
chapter 10 question 2
Name five cultural barriers to creativity. What do you think these would keep a group from being creative? Have you experienced any of these personally? Explain
Five cultural barriers to creativity are Race, Religion, Language, requirements of conformity, and expectations of politeness and following social rules. These things would keep a group from being creative because they literally might not understand each other due to language barriers. Also they might not feel comfortable talking about certain things because of their religion or race. This happens all the time when I'm place in groups and class to do group work sometimes I literally cant understand what the other person is saying or they don't understand what I am saying. Or when I go to the nail shop to get my nails done and I try to explain a design that I want on my nails sometimes it takes they lady who does my nails a while to figure out what I am saying. She even told me that the way I speak English is different from they way she learn how to speak English and I really don't understand what that means.
Five cultural barriers to creativity are Race, Religion, Language, requirements of conformity, and expectations of politeness and following social rules. These things would keep a group from being creative because they literally might not understand each other due to language barriers. Also they might not feel comfortable talking about certain things because of their religion or race. This happens all the time when I'm place in groups and class to do group work sometimes I literally cant understand what the other person is saying or they don't understand what I am saying. Or when I go to the nail shop to get my nails done and I try to explain a design that I want on my nails sometimes it takes they lady who does my nails a while to figure out what I am saying. She even told me that the way I speak English is different from they way she learn how to speak English and I really don't understand what that means.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Chapter 10 question 1
Provide an example of creativity from your own experience. How does it fit with the chapter's discussion of creativity?
I work part time as a after school recreational leader and I often have to get creative when it comes to helping kids with their math homework and their reading skills. Most people would think drawing out pictures to help someone with their math is very elementary. However, I think that visually seeing a math problem can really help someone understand how to solve a math problem. Recently I was teacher my class and I saw that A lot of kids were having problems adding fractions. Therefore, I showed them a way how the problem would look if they were to draw it out and how to go about solving the problem. This helped most of the kids that were struggling with adding fractions. I also showed them how to use the same concept to subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. I had showed the kids a new way of looking a fractions which made it easier for them to solve the math problems they had to do for their homework.
I work part time as a after school recreational leader and I often have to get creative when it comes to helping kids with their math homework and their reading skills. Most people would think drawing out pictures to help someone with their math is very elementary. However, I think that visually seeing a math problem can really help someone understand how to solve a math problem. Recently I was teacher my class and I saw that A lot of kids were having problems adding fractions. Therefore, I showed them a way how the problem would look if they were to draw it out and how to go about solving the problem. This helped most of the kids that were struggling with adding fractions. I also showed them how to use the same concept to subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. I had showed the kids a new way of looking a fractions which made it easier for them to solve the math problems they had to do for their homework.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
chapeter 15 question 3
Pick one concept from the assigned reading this week, not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.
One of the concepts that I found interesting is social networking through facebook. In the book it states that facebook can help a group develop positive interpersonal attitudes among its member's. This way people can gain social relationships as well as focus on the task they need to complete as a group. I personally dont have a facebook and I always wondered what were the positive and negative attributes of facebook and how can connecting on facebook for an assignment be a good thing. As well as if a person is so comfortable talking to someone online would that have some type of negative or positive affect on that person when that person is put in a situation when they have to interact with someone in person. I dont know if this is true or not but i do know that people feel more comfortable using CMC communication oppose to F2F.
One of the concepts that I found interesting is social networking through facebook. In the book it states that facebook can help a group develop positive interpersonal attitudes among its member's. This way people can gain social relationships as well as focus on the task they need to complete as a group. I personally dont have a facebook and I always wondered what were the positive and negative attributes of facebook and how can connecting on facebook for an assignment be a good thing. As well as if a person is so comfortable talking to someone online would that have some type of negative or positive affect on that person when that person is put in a situation when they have to interact with someone in person. I dont know if this is true or not but i do know that people feel more comfortable using CMC communication oppose to F2F.
chapter15 question 2
How do anonymity, group size, and proximity influence participation and communication in CMC groups?
This question can have several different meanings depending on the perspective you are taking on CMC communications. Anonymity can effect weather or not a groups participation is very active or not active at all. or if it is positive or negative people usually feel more comfortable being honest or cruel when no one knows who they are. Group size also can effect participation in a negative or positive way. I think that when a group is smaller people feel more comfortable participating in group conversations. However, when a group is larger everyone might not participate equally because they dont feel as comfortable and they might not feel that it is necessary to participate. Also the larger the group the more diverse the people in the group are going to be which could possibly make communication difficult between people. Proximity can be a problem if everyone is trying to talk at the same time or if everyone is in different countries you know things of that nature
This question can have several different meanings depending on the perspective you are taking on CMC communications. Anonymity can effect weather or not a groups participation is very active or not active at all. or if it is positive or negative people usually feel more comfortable being honest or cruel when no one knows who they are. Group size also can effect participation in a negative or positive way. I think that when a group is smaller people feel more comfortable participating in group conversations. However, when a group is larger everyone might not participate equally because they dont feel as comfortable and they might not feel that it is necessary to participate. Also the larger the group the more diverse the people in the group are going to be which could possibly make communication difficult between people. Proximity can be a problem if everyone is trying to talk at the same time or if everyone is in different countries you know things of that nature
Friday, April 15, 2011
chapter 15 question one
How does CMC differ from f2f communication?
First off I think that F2F communications is better than CMC communications. I think that it is better to have actually in person conversations when it comes to most situations. CMC communications can often times be interpreted in the wrong way. For example I had a friend who's signature for her text messages was "keep stressing" and when I text her and she texted me back I thought she was trying to be rude and was telling me to keep stressing. So I text her back telling her I'm not stressing and she was like no thats my signature. Those types of situations are the reason why I prefer some conversations to be F2F rather than CMC. Its like sometimes with CMC communications you might not know if someone is joking with you about something or if they are serious. I personally don't like to text certain thing because I dont want someone to take it the wrong way and putting lol at the end of statements isnt always enough to avoid potentially offending someone.
First off I think that F2F communications is better than CMC communications. I think that it is better to have actually in person conversations when it comes to most situations. CMC communications can often times be interpreted in the wrong way. For example I had a friend who's signature for her text messages was "keep stressing" and when I text her and she texted me back I thought she was trying to be rude and was telling me to keep stressing. So I text her back telling her I'm not stressing and she was like no thats my signature. Those types of situations are the reason why I prefer some conversations to be F2F rather than CMC. Its like sometimes with CMC communications you might not know if someone is joking with you about something or if they are serious. I personally don't like to text certain thing because I dont want someone to take it the wrong way and putting lol at the end of statements isnt always enough to avoid potentially offending someone.
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