Digtal Communcation

COM 315 Technology Awareness Assessment Guidelines and Rubric

1. Select a day and record (create a log of) all of your communications involving technology. This includes telephone, text messaging, emails, online groups (Facebook, etc.) and any other form of communication using technology. Listening to the radio or watching television does not count. Be as complete as you can.

2. Select another day and refrain from all communication technology use. You can only communicate in person via non-technology means such as writing (limit phone use to making and receiving calls). Try not to read texts that come in or log on to social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Try to avoid online gaming or gaming on mobile devices and anything that requires an Internet connection (computer, mobile device) other than your school classes. Listening to the radio or watching television does not count. Try to make it an entire day without using communication technology.

3. Describe, in one page, what you learned about yourself on the day where you monitored and logged all communication technology use. a) Which communication technology do you use the most? b) What is the primary reason you use it? c) What are your thoughts on your frequency of communication technology?

4. Describe, in one page, what you learned about yourself on the day where you did not use communication technology. a) What made this task difficult or easy? b) How did not using communication technology affect your relationships that day? If you never used communication technology in your relationships,

what might they be like? c) How did you feel during this daylong experience without communication technology? Calm, anxious, etc.? d) Did you see any differences or did you have to change your behavior without using communication technology? Specifically, what was different—

frequency of communication, message content, etc.?

5. Based on this exercise, analyze and describe, in two pages, how communication technology impacts your relationships. a) How does communication technology enhance your relationships? Use at least two specific examples. b) How does communication technology hinder your relationships? Use at least two specific examples. c) Will you change any of your communication technology usage in your relationships? Why or why not? If so, how?

Rubric Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value Day Monitoring Technology Use

Meets “Proficient” criteria and expands on monitoring and logging communication technology day by providing solid examples

Logically and concretely discusses what was learned about self on day where all communication technology use was monitored and logged

An attempt to discuss what was learned about self on day where communication technology use was monitored and logged, but it is not organized, or is stated in vague, non- specific terms

Does not discuss what was learned about self on day where all communication technology use was monitored and logged

30

Day Without Using Communication

Technology

Meets “Proficient” criteria and expands on monitoring and logging communication technology days by providing solid examples

Logically and concretely discusses what was learned on day without using communication technology

An attempt to discuss what was learned about self on day without using communication technology, but is not organized or is stated in vague non-specific terms

Does not discuss what was learned on day without using communication technology

30

Impact of Communication

Technology

Meets “Proficient” criteria, provides concrete examples for how communication technology enhances and hinders relationships, and expands on how technology usage will change in this relationship during the course

Logically analyzes how communication technology use impacts relationships both positively and negatively and expands on how technology usage will change in this relationship during the course

Discusses one or two of the following: how communication technology impacts relationships, provides examples, expands on how communication technology will change in this relationship during the course

Does not analyze how communication technology use impacts relationships and how behavior will change

30

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Earned Total 100%

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