COMM 470 Agenda - Week 14 Housekeeping: LC2 – Returned in Your Folders Today LC3 – Put in Folders Today UMD Course Evals - ONLINE Final Exam – Friday, May 19, 10:30 – 12:30, in Our OLD Room - Tydings 2109 Activities: RAT 6 Dr. Finn’s “Teammate Evaluations” Dr. Finn’s Course Component Evaluation Rules for “Social Networking” Sites (My Space, Face Book, Friendster, MSN Spaces) Lecture, Week 14 ITE

Procedures for RATs Clear Your Desktop of Everything Except: A # 2 Pencil (Absolutely NO Ink today!) A Scantron Bubble Sheet Your Copy of the RAT Questions A Blank Sheet of Paper (You MUST Shield Your Answers) You must write your name on the RAT Question Sheet NOTE - Erasure Marks or Smudges May COST YOU POINTS Refer to the Sheets in Your Folder for Other Procedures

In-Class Team Exercise # 14a Individually – write down (and hand in) What were, for you personally, the 5 most important concepts / ideas / lessons learned this semester? Discuss as a Team: What were the 5 most important concepts / ideas / lessons of the semester? Deliverable – List the team’s top 5

Things I’d Like You to Remember About Speaking - The World is Created in Language The Words You Use are Important – Words Spoken to Others Words Spoken to Yourself Speak into the Listening of Others Avoid Weak Speaking Speak Authentically Have the Courage to Make Commitments, Make Requests, and Acknowledge Others About Listening - Listen Generously Consider Our Common Humanity (Empathy) Consider Individual Differences (Types and Temperaments) Occasionally Reexamine the Parts of Your Type/Temp that Don’t Seem to Fit Show Respect With Positive Listening Habits Show Respect by Dropping Negative Listening Habits Don’t Make It All About You

In-Class Team Exercise # 14b Discuss: How did you do with Complaining & Gossip this week? Share 2 examples Was it Easy? Difficult? Deliverable – Every individual should write a brief statement on the ITE form describing what they got out of their examination of complaining (if anything). Note: I just want the truth, even if that mean writing that you didn’t do the exercise this week, it stunk, you disagree, etc. Speaking frankly gets you the full points