COMM 470 Agenda - Week 14

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COMM 470 Agenda - Week 14

• Housekeeping
• LC2 Returned in Your Folders Today
• LC3 Put in Folders Today
• UMD Course Evals - ONLINE
• Final Exam Friday, May 19, 1030 1230, in
  Our OLD Room - Tydings 2109
• Activities
• RAT 6
• Dr. Finns Teammate Evaluations
• Dr. Finns Course Component Evaluation
• Rules for Social Networking Sites (My Space,
  Face Book, Friendster, MSN Spaces)
• Lecture, Week 14 ITE

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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

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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 / ideas /
  lessons of the semester?
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• Deliverable List the teams top 5

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Things Id Like You to Remember

• About 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 Dont Seem to Fit
• Show Respect With Positive Listening Habits
• Show Respect by Dropping Negative Listening
  Habits
• Dont Make It All About You

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In-Class Team Exercise 14b

• Discuss
• 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 didnt do the exercise this
  week, it stunk, you disagree, etc.
• Speaking frankly gets you the full points.
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