Tuesday, February 7 - Week 3 TRADITIONAL CALENDAR

Kudos to Abeoseh! She reposted work this week!

Way to catch up, Jaireem!  Thank you for embracing your leadership journey!

 

Yesterday I sent grade reports to parents and today I will be sending one to schools today.  For missing work, I will be using zeros as placeholders -- once you turn in the missing Week 1 or Week 2 work, I will replace the zero with your earned grade.  Due to the many late starts for students, I will not count Week 1 or 2 work as late.

Yesterday I announced leaving 3 weeks open at a time...today I announce an updated policy!  In my meeting yesterday, we voted to leave weeks from the first half of the course open through the midpoint of the semester.  So when a week begins, it will remain open until March 26.

Remember to read and follow the grading policies.  Click here to review Course Documents.

Logging in for the first time?  Be sure to read the Daily Announcements from the last 2 weeks so you know what to do to get started.

If avoid issues when posting your word cloud, try one of the tips below:

• Embed your word cloud.  Find the share option and grab the iframe code.  Be sure to change your text box from Rich Content to HTML Editor before posting the iframe code.  Learn more about using the HTML Editor at https://guides.instructure.com/m/4212/l/65823-how-do-i-use-the-html-view-in-the-rich-content-editor
• Attach your word cloud.  Some sites require you to save your cloud to your computer.  Once you do so, just attach it to your post. Canvas will support the following type of attachments:  jpeg, gif, bmp, tiff, and png.
• Take a picture or a screenshot.  Read this article to learn how to take a screenshot on any device:  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2475902,00.asp (Links to an external site.).

You can use the above tips for any of the web 2.0 tools this semester -- padlet, animoto, etc.

Lots of reposts came in yesterday -- so glad you are embracing the concept of practice makes permanent!  Here are a few tips to maintain your work ethic:

• Quality work means you answer the question, you offer a thorough explanation, and you give an example that shows your understanding.  Showing your understanding includes using the text, weekly vocabulary (found at the beginning of each module), and your experience in your posts.
• Be sure you refer to the text in your posts.  Although some of the questions can be answered without reading the texts (not reading means not growing), your job as a student is to read the text and to understand it.  Your answers should be complete and should show that you clearly understand what you are reading.  State your answer and then explain it with examples from the reading as well as your life.  See the attachment for a quick overview of how to read and use text.  If you need more detail and explanation, review the resource below for tips on how to read and clearly understand text: 
  http://ctl.byu.edu/tip/five-keys-helping-students-read-difficult-texts (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
• Embrace the feedback -- it is just as important to your leadership journey as the activities.  Use the information to help you improve.  Take the time to explore the resources shared as well.  Learning does not stop when the activity is turned in and graded.

• When in doubt, read.  Read the weekly lessons, read the articles, and read the syllabus -- our course has been designed with students in mind and includes what past students have said they needed for success.  When reading does not answer your questions, contact me.

Ready, set, lead!  

This week you have explored your current leadership style.  Now that you know your style(s), you need to explore how your style affects your future.  Ultimately all of you will be in the workforce.  Why do you need to be a leader in the workforce?  How will your experience in this leadership course help you respond to the demands of the workplace?

Working with others is a necessary skill in today's workplace.  No matter the job, you will have to work with someone at some point. However, working with others is defined differently today than it was in the past:

"...CEO Christie Pedra...suggested...that the concept of teamwork today is very different than it was twenty years ago. “Technology has allowed for virtual teams,” she explained. “The way some engineering projects in our company are set up is that you are part of a virtual team. We have teams working on major infrastructure projects that are all over the U.S. On other projects, you’re working with people all around the world on solving a software problem. They don’t work in the same room, they don’t come to the same office, but every week they’re on a variety of conference calls; they’re doing web casts; they’re doing net meetings.”  Mike Summers, who is Vice President for Global Talent Management at Dell Computers, said that his greatest concern was young people’s lack of leadership skills. “Kids just out of school have an amazing lack of preparedness in general leadership skills and collaborative skills,” he explained, “They lack the ability to influence versus direct and command.”
                                       - from Tony Wagner, http://www.hosa.org/emag/articles/advisors_corner_oct08_pg2_5.pdf (Links to an external site.)

How will you prepare for the workplace of tomorrow?  

Before posting any of your assignments, ask yourself the following questions:

a. Did I follow all instructions?
b. Did I completely answer the questions?
c. Do I clearly reflect that I understand and am thinking about the topic?  Did I use any weekly vocab?
d. Do I clearly reflect that I am applying the topic to my life--asking questions, giving examples, etc.?

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