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Digital Presence and Networking: Blog Posts (four entries) and Side Quests (two options)
We will use this platform to
- visualize our learning tasks
- communicate with each other
- demonstrate digital presence
- apply netiquette and networking skills
- revisit concepts from this course and others
Core Competencies
- Culture and Professionalism
- Communication
- Collaboration
Triple Bottom Line (TBL)
- Social
- Environmental
- Financial
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Group Project
- view the information about SDGs
- visit the project guidelines of our course site
- think of which aspects of the TBL you wish to focus
- align the TBL with the SDGs
- identify group members for your project
- post your project ideas in the course Discussion Forum
Digital Presence
- communicate respectfully and professionally in an online environment
- create a blogging site to post course-related assigned tasks
- experiment with different types of technology
Blog Posts
Note: Two Options (depending on the Grade Level you wish to obtain)
Blog post #4: Individual final reflection (approximately 250 words) is required for Level A, B, C Grading options. Block posts #1, #2, #3 are required for Level A Grading only. I suggest you use the guiding questions under **Blog Entries to help you complete this task.
- use proper language and tone
- focus on the purpose, audience, context, and tone (PACT)
- align each blog page with the course requirements and guidelines
- edit your posts for grammar, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, and structure
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You will use your Project Blog to write about the process of completing your group project:
- what the topic is
- how you identified it
- why your group made this decision
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Blogging
Option 1: required to obtain Level A Grading Option
Note: post your choice for Option 1 or Option 2 in the Discussion Forum in your Group Forum
You will use a separate post for each blog entry (add a new post by clicking on the upper left).
You and your group members will choose Option 1 or Option 2 for this assignment. The complete assignment (not including the individual reflection) is due before Week 10. Each group member will individually post a final reflection (blog post #4) to be marked 'Complete/Incomplete' on the four blog entries (Option 1 - two entries per group member (post #4 is required and one more of your choice. Option 2 - only the reflection is required (post #4).
Give a title to each post as Blog Post #1, #2, #3, #4 followed by the topic (see titles under **Blog Entries below).
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In order to maintain Student Agency (you have a choice and a voice), you and your team members have two choices for this four-post blog assignment.
OPTION 1: Level A
- Each member of your group will choose a platform and create a blog
- Only one of the first three blog posts will be your responsibility
- Each blog post consists of one part and #3 has two parts
- Blog post #4 is required by all group members
- All entries must be properly edited for mechanics (spelling, punctuation, capitalization) and structure (parts of speech, connectors, topic sentence)
Note: you may share your posts for feedback in the Discussion Forum before you publish them in your blog (ensure you meet the deadline for the feedback).
Blog Post suggestion:
- #1= only one member: Summary of Proposal and Company Research
- #2= only one member: Response to Proposal Feedback
- #3= only one member: Progress Update (summary)
- #3= only one member: Progress Update (process)
- #4= requirement for all: Project Reflection - final draft properly edited
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OPTION 2:
- Each member of your group will choose a platform and create a blog
- Only Blog #4: Final Reflection is required
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**Blog Entries
#1: Summary of proposal and company research
Describe
- your group
- your decision-making process
- your areas of interest
- your choice of project format (deliverable*)
- your vision of your project proposal (content)
*Presentation formats: live or pre-recorded (video / PowerPoint slides with audio)
#2: Response to proposal feedback
Reflect on
- your instructor's feedback on your proposal
- your response to the feedback
- your next steps
- your revisions and updates based on the feedback received
#3: Progress update
Part 1: Summarize your research
- where and how you did your research
- ideas, companies, search criteria (even if not being considered)
- challenges faced
- helpful resources
- How is the project going?
- Are you/your team members behind or ahead of the schedule you created?
- How is the report going?
- How has your group divided the tasks?
- How have you/your team delegated the report and presentation work?
#4: Project reflection
Reflect on
- process (group dynamics) and product (final report and presentation)
- timeline and original plan before / during / after
- goals and assumptions
- possible challenges you/your team faced and how you overcame them
- lessons learned through the research
- what my team members and I already knew
- what else we want/need to know as we move forward
