Notebook

Here are the instructions for completing this week’s exercise:

Speak to two people in two different ways – 1) via phone or video chat and 2) through email, messenger, or phone texting. You will ask them the same set of questions and discuss the same topic – their birthday or vacation plans. You will ask them the following questions:

1. What are you doing for your birthday or next vacation?

2. What did you do last year?

3. What do you want as a gift or what do you want to do while on vacation?

After your interaction, answer the following questions in the Week 1 Step 1 section below

Week 1 step 1: Channels of Communication

Step 1 - Describe the findings. (100 to 150 words) – Only this part is due at the end of week 1

a) How much time did each exchange take (roughly)? (1 to 2 sentences)

b) How well were the questions answered via phone or video chat? (1 to 2 sentences)

c) How well were the questions answered via email, messenger, or phone texting? (1 to 2 sentences)

d) How close did you feel to the person in the phone or video chat exchange? (1 to 2 sentences)

e) How close did you feel to the person in email, messenger, or phone texting exchange? (1 to 2

sentences)

f) Which interaction was most satisfying and why? (1 to 2 sentences)