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HOW TO POST A COMMENT

Here are the steps for posting a comment:

1. Click on the title of the Blog Post (for example, for the current post prompt "THE IRON WALL." You will use your cursor to click on the title.

2. Okay, now you are in the virtual room, and you should be able to look at other student comments. Peruse the comments, as you scroll down to the bottom of the comments (postings). You are welcome to address peer comments, as well as add your own personal views/position.

3. When you reach the bottom of the comments there exists a very small hyperlink labeled "Post a Comment."

4. After you click "Post a Comment," you will again see all of the comments from other students with a white background, on the left-side of your screen. CLICK

Jump to comment form

5. Post your comment in the space provided.

6. NOW you have choices: the blog defaults to "Google Account," If you have a Gmail or Google Account put in your user name and password. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT...put your cursor to "ANONYMOUS" and provide the funky WORD VERIFICATION (for security purposes), and then CLICK "Publish your Comment." Your comment will appear shortly.

**NOTE** if you CHOOSE ANONYMOUS make sure to clearly put your name at the beginning or ending of your post so that I can accurately record your Participation.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Bigot in the Brain (READ THE LINKED ARTICLE)

Implicit Prejudice and implicit bias runs deep in our brains, influencing everything from the person we hire, the people we feel most comfortable with (but don't know why), how we interpret others nonverbal communication, to how we interpret situations presented by people of varying ethnicities....
Read the article and then respond THOUGHTFUL, INSIGHTFUL suggestions of ways you think one could move towards quieting the "bigot in the brain."

Consider connecting this article with the Harvard research study that you conducted (or should conduct) located towards the bottom of the Blog Posts (beneath the Cultural Symposium Feedback)

Monday, May 19, 2008

Grapevine Letter for future student

Please write a post that will be read by future comm 12 students Fall 08. Please give them insightful comments that will help them be prepared for the workload, group activities, and content of the course. You do not have to put your name on this post.

Monday, May 21, 2007

Grapevine Letter (15 points)

Please write a brief letter for a future Comm 12 (Intercultural Communication) student. Offer a nugget of wisdom that you think will help them become successful students in this class. You can draw upon the in-class work, readings, similations; other cultures; your internal struggles with some of the content; the exams, symposiums or working in groups; the way the class is run; my approach or anything you yield as important for a student success. Be open, be honest, be real.
You do not have to sign your name for this exercise.

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