January 22
Who Are you?
Let's talk about who you are. We will let you tell us in class, so give it some thought...
Website Introduction
You will have 45 minutes to create a webpage that, with a single landing page, tells the world exactly WHO you are.
Identify yourself with:
To log into your webpage, follow these simple steps:
Identify yourself with:
- Text
- Image
- Graphic organization that is reflective of who you are
To log into your webpage, follow these simple steps:
- Go to: https://students.weebly.com/
- Username is your UNCW email without "@uncw.edu"
- Password is your Student ID
January 24
Social Media and the Brain
Quality Indicators for Website Design
Indicator 1: Target and Purpose
- The home page draws the user into the site in a compelling way and readily orients users to the content of the site
- The audience is well-defined and there is a very strong understanding of who the site was created for. All elements of the site are engaging and appropriate for the target audience.
- The site has a clear purpose and the purpose is carried out throughout the site.
- Content is fresh, original, insightful and reflective of the purpose of the site.
- The site has been fully edited to be free of errors in grammar, usage and mechanics. The writing style is deeply engaging and he tone of language used is appropriate for the target audience.
- All sources of non-original information are credited in standard formats or presented as links. All permissions are secured and organized for future reference.
- The website has an exceptionally attractive and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important elements. White space, graphic elements, and alignment are used effectively to organize the material.
- Page layouts are creative and effectively extend and relate to the ideas and content.
- When templates are used their is clear understanding of the purpose of template choices and those choices are consistent throughout the website. Choices enhance user experience and reinforce the purpose of the site.
- All graphic elements are appropriate for the audience.
- Website clearly demonstrates design principles: with consistent alignment, proximity, repetition, and contrast. Graphics elements reinforce the purpose of the site, are thoughtfully cropped, are of high quality and enhance reader interest or understanding.
- Graphic elements are used in imaginative and effective ways. Creative design causes backgrounds and other formatting elements to work exceptionally well together.
- Color is appropriately used to produce an atmosphere that expresses the character of the Web site.
- The fonts are consistent, easy to read, and point size varies appropriately for headings and text. Use of font styles is consistent and improves readability.
- Functionality intrigues target audience and enhances purpose of the website. Simple and powerful navigation structures make navigation feel intuitive. All functionality, works properly. Creative use of interactivity enhances purpose of the site.
- There are no blind links.
- Information on site is presented clearly, consistently, and logically.
Life values inventory
"Your values are the lenses through which you view yourself and your world. As values develop, they are crystalized and prioritized to form a values system. In essence, they form your own “personal truth” from which self-esteem, fulfillment, and resilience develop." (http://www.lifevaluesinventory.org/) Today's activity asks you to fill out the Life Values Assessment. The process takes about 40 minutes. This is NOT information that you have to share. It is for your own edification and to help you ensure that your career aspirations and the choices you make are aligned with your personal truth. You will use this information as a touchstone while we move through the process of developing an online identity that leads to a personally and professionally fulfilled life.
16 Personalities inventory
The 16 Personalities survey will help you identify the degree to which you exhibit certain traits. These traits illustrate the way you likely interact with their surroundings, how you process information, how you perceive circumstances and cope with emotion, how you approach work, and how confident you likely are in your abilities and decisions.
Personal Strengths Inventory
The Personal Strengths Inventory identifies the strengths and personal convictions that help individuals demonstrate resilience when faced with obstacles. This survey is based on the concept of character strengths and virtues developed by Martin Seligman.
homework
Part 1:
Complete your Life Values Inventory and 16Personalities inventory. After reviewing the results provided, assess the following:
Part 2:
Keep moving forward:
Part 3:
Your website is ongoing: Have you made progress on your website?
Complete your Life Values Inventory and 16Personalities inventory. After reviewing the results provided, assess the following:
- Are your values aligned with the professional choices you have made so far?
- Does the day to day work of your current professional trajectory align with your values?
- Do you agree with your personality inventory results?
- Is there a personality archetype that you would prefer?
Part 2:
Keep moving forward:
- Have you been making progress on the GooseChase activities?
- Have you been keeping up with the reading?
- Have you started your individual and group books yet?
Part 3:
Your website is ongoing: Have you made progress on your website?
January 29
Self-history
Memory Timeline
Create a timeline of major events in your life to analyze the “who, what, when, where, and how” of these events. A minimum of 7 events are required. |
Observational Research
Identify a behavior you have always exhibited that you would like to understand better. Develop a plan to collect time series data to help you better understand the occurrence of the behavior. |
Professional Interview
Conduct interviews to collect data from adults in your professional settings. People you might interview: Professors, coaches, internship advisers, employers |
Archival Research
Learn something new about yourself by analyzing historical data that have been accumulated over your lifetime. Examples: family records, Facebook feed, memorabilia from K-12 education |
Focus Group Interview
Conduct interviews to collect data from peers in your social and professional settings. People you might interview: Classmates, team members, friends |
Photovoice
Using a pre-determined and pre-approved concept-based question, learn something new about yourself and your cultural setting through photography and narration. |
Personal Interview
Conduct interviews to collect data from people in your family. People you might interview: Parents, cousins, aunts/uncles, grandparents |
Primary Sources
Learn something new about yourself by analyzing direct or first hand evidence. Examples of evidence: Works of art or writing, legal documents, statistical data, audio/video recordings, journal entries |
Survey Research
Develop a survey to collect data from multiple groups of people in multiple settings (professional, social, family). Example survey sample: Friends, classmates, teammates, professors, advisors |
Instructions: This is a Tic-Tac-Toe board. To make your selections for your research methods, you must select three items in a row. You must provide a research proposal prior to starting your research. A document is provided for your proposal:
self_history_proposal.docx | |
File Size: | 76 kb |
File Type: | docx |
January 31
As a learning community, it is important for us to share with each other and to provide constructive criticism for the work that we produce. Today, you will share your website with a classmate (the person sitting across from you).
As a learning community participant, you can get ideas for the development of your website from the example provided by your classmate. But in the same way you are a consumer, you need to also be a contributor. So, provide constructive feedback on the website to help your partner improve his or her work.
As a learning community participant, you can get ideas for the development of your website from the example provided by your classmate. But in the same way you are a consumer, you need to also be a contributor. So, provide constructive feedback on the website to help your partner improve his or her work.
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