Wood, Communication In Our Lives 6e

University of Rhode IslandMarch 30, 2011

Your Cengage Team

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Review strengths of Wood

Changes in the new edition of Wood

Suggested customization and enrichment modules for the

new edition of Wood

CourseMate software

Suggested customization to CourseMate

Wrap-up

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Agenda

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The URI Decision Site: Your source for Comm 100!

Recapping what we heard about Wood at URI

•Students generally like the Wood text.

•The reading level is appropriate for most students.

•The book is clear and well-organized; even inexperienced TAs and adjuncts can successfully teach the book without extensive additional work/preparation.

•Wood offers clear, thorough presentation of the major research in communication. Research is kept up-to-date.

•Social diversity is integrated throughout.

•The book is well-tested across the country; there are no unpleasant surprises!

•The technology solution has worked very well—

• Post-tests make a big improvement in student performance on exams.

“Technology has clearly helped the class, helped the students, and has helped the program achieve a consistency it has never had before.” --Adam

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Updates to the new 6th edition of Wood

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Streamlined all chapters by deleting dated material and tightening up prose

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New research and updated information throughout

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Throughout the book

An increased emphasis on active learning, with questions in the margins, prompts students to connect material to their lives.

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Throughout the book

Beyond the Classroom

"Beyond the Classroom" appears at the end of chapters in Parts I and II. This feature offers suggestions for taking the material in the chapter beyond the classroom in three ways:

•Workplace

•Ethics

•Engagement

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Chapter 13 updates, continued

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Throughout the book

Research in Our Lives

"Research in Our Lives" appears in selected chapters. Each Research in Our Lives feature highlights communication research that is particularly relevant to issues and contexts of students' lives. The purpose of this feature is to show students that communication research really does make a difference in the "real world.”

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Other Research In Our Lives contents

Chpt 3: Half and Half

Article by Stephanie Young in which she considers how identity is expressed and negotiated in relationships between immirgrant and their seconde-generation interracial daughters.

Chpt 5: “I” versus “We” in IMs

Does it matter whether partners in a relationship use “I” or “we” more often in IMs?

Chpt 9: Grieve with me; let me grieve alone

We all experience losses in our lives, but the loss of a child is especially devastating to the individual parents and often to marriages. How do parents experience grief and how do they communicate about it with each other?

Chpt 15: What counts as evidence?

We insist that people support their claims with evidence. But what counts as evidence? There are cultural differences in what is perceived as effective evidence.

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Throughout the book

Social and Cultural Diversity

Coverage of social and cultural diversity is woven into each chapter not only to reflect our contemporary society but also to help students appreciate social diversity and its profound implications for how we communicate with others.

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Significantly updated Chpt 13: Media and Media Literacy

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Chapter 13 updates, continued

Chapter 13 updates, continued

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Chapter 13 updates, continued

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Chapter 13 updates, continued

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Chapter 13 updates, continued

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Customizing the new 6th edition of Wood

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New introductory module on CourseMate: how to register, how to use it, what the benefits to URI students are

New module on Non-Verbal Communication

New module on Mediated Communication

New module on Mass Media

New module on Conflict

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Suggested custom additions to the new edition of Wood

New Module: Non-Verbal Communication

From Knapp, Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction

Chapter 12: Using Nonverbal Behavior in Daily Interaction•Communicating intimacy

• Quasi-courtship behavior

• Liking behavior, or Immediacy

• Being close in close relationships

• Mutual Influence

• Communicating Dominance and Status

• Managing the Interaction

•Greeting Behavior

•Turn-Taking Behavior

•Leave-Taking Behavior

• Communicating our Identity

•Personal Identity

•Social Identity

• Deceiving Others

• A Perspective for Communicators

• Summary

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New Module: Social Media

Mediated CommunicationDavid C. DeAndrea & Stephanie Tom Tong, both of Michigan State

Mediated Versus Face-To-Face Communication

Constructing Mediated Messages

Receiving and Reacting to Mediated Messages

Interpersonal Relationships and Mediated Communication

Making the Grade/Summary

Thorough coverage of social networking programs (e.g., Facebook)

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New Module: Mass Media

Straubhaar, Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology, 7th Edition

1. The Changing Media.

2. Media and Society.

3. Books and Magazines.

4. Newspapers.

5. Recorded Music.

6. Radio.

7. Film and Home Video.

8. Television.

9. The Internet.

10. Public Relations.

11. Advertising.

12. The Third Screen: From Bell's Phone to iPhone.

13. Video Games.

14. Media Uses and Effects.

15. Media Policy and Law.

16. Media Ethics.

17. Global Communications Media.

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New Module: Mass Media (Alternative)

Biagi, Media/Impact

We included the Biagi text in your binder.

You can select chapter(s) from either Biagi or from Straubhaar.

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New Module: Conflict

West/Turner, Understanding Interpersonal Communications

Chapter 9

•Defining Conflict

•Types of Conflict

•Myths about Conflict and Communication

• Communication Assessment Test

•Factors Influencing Interpersonal Conflict

• Gender and Sex

• Ethics

•Communication Patterns in Conflict

•The Dark Side of Interpersonal Conflict

•The Bright Side of Interpersonal Conflict

•Explaining Conflict

•The Relationship of Conflict to Power

•Choices for Conflict Management

•Summary

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CourseMate Softwarehttp://coursemate.cengage.com/CPReader/View/9781111764593/default.aspx#fd633e60-8dd4-4691-b3fa-0f37f59661cf

Research on Coursemate

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Customizing CourseMate: Add Video Case Studies

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Add a new video tab: URI Video Activity

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Customizing CourseMate: Adding videos to the CLebook

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We can add videos (for example, Adam’s lectures) directly into the CLebook and/or we can add them as a tab on the CourseMate nav bar:

Summary

Q:  Can we have improved highlighting/note-taking in the ebook?

* Yes! 

Q:  Can we send messages/attachments to all instructors and/or all students across the course?

* It can be done through Sakai…though it isn’t easy!

 

Q:  Can we update the videos? Speeches?  Can we add You Tube links?    Can we have questions on videos for the students to answer?

* Yes!

Q:   Can we post new links to course somewhere during the semester?

* We believe this can be done through Sakai. We can update CourseMate each semester for you.

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Meeting URI’s needs

Q:  What can we do to make the book more closely meet our needs?

* The 6th edition has been updated!

* Include Enrichment Modules.

Q: What can we do to improve the analytics?

* Use CourseMate; link out to it from Sakai.

Q: What can we do to beef up the post-test system?

* We can add questions to the existing quizzes

* We can add content to the custom textbook to communicate the goals of the post-tests more clearly to students.

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Meeting URI’s needs

Q: Can we fix the problem with the videos playing in Sakai without sound?

Yes! 

Q:  Can we add case studies (to the book? The digital component?)

Yes! But in the interests of time, we would suggest putting them in the digital component, especially if you are writing your own!

Q: Are the questions randomized?

Yes!

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Meeting URI’s needs

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Reminder: It’s all in the URI decision site!

Continued partnership with URI

URI editorial review of PowerPoints & Test Bank

Option for URI to write additional Case Studies

End-of-Semester Department Dinner

Technology Implementation with Sakai (working with Charlene)

Faculty Training

Student FCIS (First Class In-Service)

Instructor Desk Copy Materials

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Cengage + URI in the future:

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Thank you! We look forward to our continued partnership!