Summer 2009: Track A
For the summer 2009 Track A section, you have three options:
OPTION #1:
If you’re working on a co-op, internship, or job over the summer, you identify a communication issue, problem, question, or observation at your site, keep a log on it, and at the end of your time there, write a 4-6 pp. report analyzing the issue, problem, question, or observation. You can send the report as an attachment or drop it off in person. In the past, we’ve had issues such as,
- Use of digital video training modules on the job
- Engineering fieldwork issue: conflict, transmission of information, methods, etc.
- Gender in the workplace: one of our favorites: do men & women communicate differently?
- Gossip
- Almost any ethnographic/observation context
Due: Thursday, 6/25
OPTION #2:
If you’re traveling or spending the summer at home, you can generate a communication-based question, research it, and write a 4-6 pp. report. In the past, while folks have traveled over the summer, we’ve had reports on:
- Railroad engineers’ communication practices in Finland
- Observations of cybercafe use in Eastern Europe
- Text-messaging as village-communication devices in Ghana
So you can see that it’s pretty wide open. The key to this is to find something that interests you — an issue, problem, question, or observation — and we’ll find a way to turn it into a report.
Due: Thursday, 6/25
OPTION #3:
Develop a creative and professional project using a podcast, blog, vlog, or wiki — or another emerging technology — that showcases your work, especially designed to align well with your Enterprise Team and your professional goals.
Due: Thursday, 6/25