Keishawna

39 entries 3/15/10

1/19/2011 This article discussed the memories about Dr. Martin Luther King during segregation, and things he tried to make happen before his death. King wanted the best for every human being. He campaigned many different things! With an economic Bill of Rights, King hoped to divert monies away from the war and start funding equal opportunity programs for the poor working class.

Awesome summary of the article! Thanks (anne)

1/22/2011 Chapter 1. I started reading a short story called The invisible man! The invisible man came out of the middle of nowhere one winter nignt in February.Standing outside wrapped up with his face almost fully covered. He didnt say a word, he just followed Mrs. Hall. she took him into a warm place and started a fire to keep him warm. He didnt spoke unless spoken to. Mrs.Hall said the little town doesnt get many guests so when thry do its somethin g strange.

1/23/2011 I read Chapter one in the connect college reading book.I talks about reading being the most important skill you can develop to help one succeed in college. Within the first chapter were 2 different stories that I read. 1/24/2011 I read a thing about communication. It defined communication as the process of acting on information. Communications is not unique to humans. Communication is about making sense, sharing sense, and creating messages.

1/25/2011 Chapter 2 of the Invisible man talks more about the man that came during the winter. mainly discribes his appears and who he might be. the way he talks and gives off a crazy look. Mrs. Hall continued to be nice to the stranger by cooking him dinner and putting him infront the fire to keep him warm.Mrs. Hall started to realize he wasnt a normal stranger,but he was stranger then the rest. 1/26/2011 I read about the message transfer. Communication is a way of transferring meaning rom sender to reciever. First, its the source, which is the originator of a thought or an emotion. Reciever, which is the person who decodes the signal and attempts to make sense of what the surce encoded. Message, which is the written, spoken, and unspoken elements of communication to which we assign the meaning.Channel, which is when a message is communicated from sender to reciever via some pathway. Noise, which is intereference. 1/27/2011 I read another chapter about the characteristics of communication. They stated that communication is inescapable, irreversible, and its complicated. 1/28/2011 I read a short story from my oral communication book. It talked about communication and the Diversity in everyday life.People use the ebonic language without even realizing the words they say! 1/29/2011 I read about the five principles of communication. the first one was to be aware of your communication with yourself and others. the second one was effectively use and interpret verbal messages. The third is effectively use and interpret nonverbal messages. The fourth one was Liestening and responding thoughtfully to other, and the last one was Appropriately adapt messages to others.

1/30/2011 I read about interpersonal communication. its a special form of human communication that occurs when we interact simultaneously with another person and attempt to mutually influence each other. 1/31/2011 Today I read about impersonal communication and it occured when we treat people as objects, or when we respod to their roles rather than to who they are as unique people.

2/1/2011 I read a short story from my reading book about trend fashion. Fashion is starting to come back the way it did in the 70's.

2/1/2011 I aslo read another short story about a man that was in the war. During the war the man was injured and his leg was amputated. for the rest of his life he walked aroud with a canine to guide him. 2/2/2011 Presentational communication occurs when a speaker addresses a gathering of people to inform, persuade, or entertain. I also read about mass Communication and how it occurs when a mediated messsages is sent to many people at the same time.

2/3/2011 I read about communication and the enhancement of self-esteem. I learned that self-esteem can limited his or her ability to develop and maintain satisfying relationships, to experince career successes and advancement,to create a generally happy and contented life. 2/4/2011 I read about developing relationships. The perception process and their different stages. Perception is the arousal of any of our senses. The first stage is attention and Selection. The second stage is organization, and the third stage is interpretation and interpretation is attaching the meaning that we observe. 2/5/2011 I read a small story from the reading connect about small savings mean big bucks. It basically talked about saving money and the things you can do to save money, like buying cheapteer things instead of the most imprtant things. 2/6/2011 I read a story in my book about the Civil Rights Movement. It discussed Rosa Parks and the situation when she didnt want to get up from the seat. The entire African Americans boycotted the bus line. During the boycott Martin Luther King went to jail, and his house was bombed. 2/7/2011 Today I read chapter three of the text book. It discussed context clues and learning techniques to comprehen the passages we read. Throughout chapter 3 there were 2 short stories I also read. 2/8/2011 In the chapter today i read about self concept! Self-concept is about who we really are. If someone was to ask who are you? how would you answer that. Self-image is the view of ourselves in a partiuclar situation. 2/9/2011 I read about supporting details and main ideas. fact, opinion, and fact 2/10/2011 I read about cell phones and Pedestrian behavior. when many people are out in the city moving around its hard to focus on what your doing. Many people are bumbing into eachother because they aren't watching out where they're walking. 2/11/2011 The nature of language, and how people create Denotative and connotative meanings for words. how people convey concrete and abstract meanings through words. I learned that meanings are culture bound and context- bounds. 2/12/2011 I read about nonverbal communication. It's a primary tool for conveying our feelings and attitudes and for detecting the emotional stats of others. I learned that the most significant source of emotional information is the face. 2/13/2011 I read about suffix, prefix, and roots, and the benefit of learning word parts. 2/14/2011 I read Fire in the Hole. It was about a hellish landscape constitutes about all the remains of the one-thriving town in Pennsylvania. 4o years ago a vast honeycomb of coal mines at the edge of town caught fire, and a underground inferno has been spreading ever since.

2/15/2011 I read about the Reading Strategy for process writing. It help to keep the order of events clear as you read 2/16/2011 i read about an implied main idea. Its the stated main idea that the author tells readers directly what the point is. 2/17/2011 I read about the different types of speeches. Informal speeches, invitational speech, persuasive speeches, and speaking on special occasions. 2/18/2011 Body, movement and posture. Kinesics is a general term for human movements, gestures, and posture. Only ones face can produce wealth of information. 2/19/20.11 Codes of nonverbal communication. human nonverbal is so diverse and vast, the need arises for classifications. 2/20/2011 I read about affect displays. Nonverbal cues that communicate emotion. your face tends to express which kind of emotion you are feeling, while your body reveals the intensity or how much of the emotion you are feeling. 2/21/2011 Traffic congestions in the usa 100 biggest metro increased by 11 percent last year and should have only got worse as the economy improves and more people get behind the wheel to get to work

2/22/201 read ashort imformative story about whole computers and their devices work. The function each device produces. it also went in detail to tell me how everything is made and stored. it was very interesting because a computer does more than you think it would. 2/23/2011 In the oral communication class i read about communication competence. when communicating the message should be undestood as the communicator intended it to be understood. the message should achieve the communicator's intended effect. 2/24/2011 I read a story in class today and it discuseed atoms and how they fling beams of metal into the barriar at close to the spped of light.

2/25/2011I read about a aggressive publicist of the scientific revolution and one of its greatest contributors.

2/26/2011 Organizations use a variety of public relations tools to convey messages and to creaate images. they used many things like cards, signs, brochures and more. sponsorship was also another message. They informed us about many different events that happened.

2/27/2011 I read about infants and how they begin to form attachment. John Bowlby was a british psychoanalyst. he noticed the infants marks after the war. He informed us about observing the dire efffects on these infants, and the separation of parents.

2/28/2011 Today I read an article on diabetes and the causes,symptoms, and treatment. Diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease marked by high level of sugar in the blood. There are two types of diabetes: Type I and Type 2. I learned many interesting facts I didnt know about diabetes, and the facts helped me to understand more aboit the background.

3/1/2011 I read an artilce offline that talked about the school disaster in London. About 300 reunion attendees gathered in New London for a biennial event that began 40 years after a gas explosion killed more than 296 students, teachers and staff on March 18, 1937, and made the town known to the world.

3/2/2011 This article discussed the schools wanting to lower cash on hand. the agency will disseminate information on these proposed rule amendments and provide stakeholders the opportunity to comment on the agency's proposal," said Texas Commissioner of Education Robert Scott, in a letter on the TEA website to school administrators. "These initial actions, which will affect the FIRST (Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas) ratings issued in 2012, will be taken to support districts and charter schools as they take proactive steps to address their financial needs for the upcoming years."

3/3/2011 This article discussed Harlingen familt questions school's respones to sex abuse outcry. A father speaks on his son coming home saying he was sexually abused on a trip one day. The reports reveal the suspect then told the principal he would confess to the crime, if he and his family would not be deported. 3/9/2011 A South Texas high school basketball player died after collapsing during a timeout at a tournament in Austin. Roma High School junior Robert Garza, 16, was playing in the AAU tournament on Saturday with the Hoopsters, a South Texas club team, when he collapsed without any warning. 3/10/2011 12-year-old Joshua school district student faces a charge of assault on a public servant after being accused of slipping a chemical into a teacher's drink.The boy admitted to investigators that he put a substance in a teacher's beverage, but his reasons are unclear. Authorities believe that the substance is sodium carbonate, often used in detergents, and that it came from a science kit. Ingestion can cause stomach upset and nausea, Gilbert said.

3/12/2011 More than 200 Austin school district employees at risk of being laid off at the end of the school year have found other jobs within the district or have announced they will retire or resign. . 3/13/2011 Presentational communication occurs when a speaker addresses a gathering of people to inform, persuade, or entertain. I also read about mass Communication and how it occurs when a mediated messsages is sent to many people at the same time.

3/14/2011 I read about the five principles of communication. the first one was to be aware of your communication with yourself and others. the second one was effectively use and interpret verbal messages. The third is effectively use and interpret nonverbal messages. The fourth one was Liestening and responding thoughtfully to other, and the last one was Appropriately adapt messages to others. 3/15/2011 I read a story about an increasing number of lakes and rivers in the northern united states invaded are being by a species no larger than a fingernail. The zebra mussel probably steamed abroad a transatlantic ship sometime in the mid-1980’s from the Caspian Sea into U.S waterways. 3/17/2011

I continued the article. Its growth was explosive, partly because the species was preyed upon by very few native predators in their new environment. The zebras found a plentiful food supply. They eat huge amounts of phytoplankton, which tiny free-floating sea organisms that dwell in the water. 3/18/2011 Continued….. Scientists are concerned when the mussels may compete aggressively with other species that depend on the same food supply. The species concerned industry, public utilities, and boat owners. They cluster in huge colonies, being anchored themselves to any hard surface.

3/20/2011 Fishery specialists are currently casting about and baiting their hooks to gun down control methods that will cause the lowest amount of damage to water supplies and other aquatic species. They have two alternatives exploring are interrupting the species reproductive cycle and finding a bacterium harmful only to zebra mussels. 3/20/2011 I read about effectively use and interpret nonverbal messages. Its using appropriate nonverbal messages to establish and maintain a positive group climate. Communicating your sensitivity to other group members through nonverbal behavior. Use eye contact and other nonverbal cues to regulate the flow of interaction in group and team meetings. 3/21/2011 I read about listening and responding thoughtfully to others. Your supposed to listen to other group members to determine whether your group is accomplishing the appropriate group functions. Listen and respond to others to provide appropriate leadership. Listen and provide appropriate contributions to group meetings and problems- solving discussions. 3/22/2011 I read about appropriately adapting messages to others. Its good you adapt your comments to ensure that your group spends an appropriate amount of time on the six functions of effective groups. Also adapt your messages to help the group identify, define, and analyze the problem; create solutions; select the best solution; take action. 3/23/2011 The situational approach to leadership views leadership as an interactive process in which factors as culture, time limitations, group member personalities, and the work the group needs to determine a particular style of leadership. Democratic leadership style is preferred by most groups, the leaders need to be more assertive. 3/24/2011 The transformational approach to leadership. It influences the group or organization by transferring the group giving it new vision, energizing or realigning the group culture, or giving a new structure. 3/25/2011 I read about communication and the enhancement of self-esteem. I learned that self-esteem can limited his or her ability to develop and maintain satisfying relationships, to experince career successes and advancement,to create a generally happy and contented life. 3/26/2011 3/27/2011 3/28/2011 3/29/2011 3/30/2011 3/31/2011 4/1/2011 4/2/2011 4/3/2011 4/4/2011 4/5/2011 4/6/2011 4/7/2011 4/8/2011 4/9/2011 4/10/2011 4/11/2011 4/12/2011