1. PRESENTED BY: MS. CURTIS READING INSTRUCTOR

3.  Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place to another.  How do you communicate?

4.  Spoken or Verbal Communication: face-to-face, telephone, radio or television and other media.Verbal Communication  Non-Verbal Communication: body language, gestures, how we dress or act - even our scent. Non-Verbal Communication  Written Communication: letters, e-mails, books, magazines, the Internet or via other media. Written Communication  Visualizations: graphs, charts, maps, logos and other visualizations can communicate messages.

5.  In person: 1. Do the one-two step. 1. Make an appointment. 2. State your case. 2. Treat the professor with respect. Be polite, but also respect time boundaries. 3. Plan your time and place for best results. a.It’s important not to confront faculty in the classroom around other students; this removes your chance at privacy. b.It’s important not to confronting faculty right before class when they are mentally preparing for class; this prevents the faculty from focusing on you. You are more likely to be seen as an interruption than to be helped.

6. 1. Give faculty time to respond: request office hour time, or time after class for a few minutes, especially if the faculty is part time. Part time faculty are not paid for office hours; full time faculty are supposed to keep office hours. a.If the faculty is part time, ask when you may meet with them. b.If the faculty is full time, ask about their office hours.

7. 2. Express some interest in course content in meeting. Show what you have already learned, and be prepared to ask very specific questions about what you do not understand. General questions won’t help you as much as specific ones

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9.  Communicating via email: 1. If the issue needs to be talked about face to face, ask in your email to do this. 2. Remember that the faculty member isn’t available 24/7. Expect that there may be some delay (24 hours or longer in some instances) before you receive a response. 3. Be careful about overusing email with faculty, especially for questions that could be asked in class, or where information is available in the syllabus or easily accessed elsewhere.

10.  Don’t use colors, smiley faces, or fancy backgrounds on email; they take up too much space in the reader’s mailbox.  Think about the reader.  Always include a topic in your subject line, and  Always sign your name at the end of each message. It’s a kindness to include your section number and student ID with your name.

11.  Avoid Texting lang. (shrt cts. And slng.)

12.  Be respectful and don’t use all capitals (shouting on- line).  Avoid ‘YOU’ statements.  Review, reread, and rewrite before pressing ‘send.’  Write to faculty first, solo, before you bring a lot of other people into the issue.  Be careful about forwarding long email trains, they can confuse the reader.

13.  Remember that emails are not confidential. You cannot prevent a recipient from sending it all over.  Don’t add your professor to your friend’s list at the end of the class.  Choose your email name carefully. Your job may depend on it.

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