Now that you have completed your first essay or video, pick another two competencies and you can look the sample assignment(s)…do it again! 3 essays or videos (submitted on Bb then later posted to Digication). Papers/Topics will include evidence of

general_education_competencies x
 

Now that you have completed your first essay or video, pick another two competencies and you can look the sample assignment(s)…do it again!  

3 essays or videos (submitted on Bb then later posted to Digication). 

Papers/Topics will include evidence of when students have done the work for each competency  (include samples -evidence of learning) (total of 30 pts)

a.For each essay/video students must demonstrate average proficiency in critical analysis, structuring a topic, and grammar and punctuation, as well as APA/MLA formatting style.

New Information:

You will need to complete 3 essays or videos that describe how you have shown your level of proficiency in two competencies through one or more learning activities completed throughout your general education classes.  Each essay will be awarded a max of 10 points when completed (each competency will be worth 5 points). Videos will be awarded FOUR extra points.

Choose two competencies at a time to evaluate in an essay or video. Essays should be 4 to 6 pages long and videos should be between 3 & 4 minutes long and include proper citations.  See the folder on Digital Storytelling in Course Materials for tutorials on how to make videos.

You can either use one learning activity for both competencies or choose a different activity for each of the competencies.  

In the essays or videos, describe a learning activity that you have done (provide the example with your assignment) and how you successfully showed proficiency in each section (bullet) of the competency.  For example,  you have an activity from an english course and want to use it for the Written Communication Competency.  So, you need to explain how parts or the whole of the activity include the aspects of the competency:

1* Choose and narrow a subject.

2* Identify a purpose and formulate an appropriate thesis statement.

3* Organize ideas effectively and develop them within a logical paragraph structure.

4* Support points clearly with adequate and specific evidence.

5* Demonstrate command of accepted English sentence structure and grammar.

6* Revise and edit according to standard English practice, including attention to punctuation and appropriate vocabulary. 

7* Acknowledge all sources by documenting research according to a recognized manual.

You can either use screen shots or quote parts of the activity to explain how this evidence you are providing meets the assignment requirements & competency.  So- if you cited sources at the end then you can state that for #7 you documented your research according to APA/MLA etc…then provide a screen shot of the page.   Try your best to provide evidence for 100% of the competency components.  

Let me know if you have a hard time doing this assignment.  Email me at vcolemanprisco@mercy.edu.

Once you have submitted and I have graded the essay/video to satisfaction, then you can upload it to your digicationportfolio (we will set up the accounts next week).

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6 General Education Competencies

Critical Thinking

Students will acquire the ability to analyze and interpret a subject insightfully and in depth.

Students need to demonstrate the following skills:

• Place subject matter in context.

• Discover its patterns and relationships

• Identify its positive and negative elements.

• Indicate its significance.

• Provide evidence for positions taken by using relevant data accurately.

• Support these positions with arguments that are clear, precise, logical and carefully qualified.

• Show an understanding of opposing positions, identifying their assumptions, reasoning and conclusion.

· Recognize strengths and weaknesses in opposing positions.

Critical Reading

Students will gain the ability to read and understand primary and secondary sources.

Students need to demonstrate the following skills:

• Understand core vocabulary.

• Recognize and distinguish main ideas from supporting ideas in various printed

materials.

• Outline and summarize the content of printed material.

• Distinguish facts, interpretations, and opinions in printed material.

• Analyze and evaluate the value and validity of printed material.

• Draw conclusions and make inferences based on content of printed material.

Information Literacy

Information literacy involves the ability to identify, retrieve, evaluate, organize, cite properly and use a wide range of resources including print, graphic and electronic for independent learning and practical problem solving. Students need to demonstrate the following skills:

• Recognize and articulate the need for information.

• Access information from appropriate sources.

• Critically analyze and evaluate information and its sources.

• Organize, synthesize and integrate information.

• Apply information to the development of a specific purpose using effective and creative decision-making.

• Generate and effectively communicate information and knowledge.

• Develop skills in using information technologies.

• Understand and respect the ethical, legal and sociopolitical aspects of information and information technology.

• Develop an appreciation for the role of information literacy in fostering lifelong learning

Written Communication

Students will gain the ability to communicate clearly and effectively through written communication. Students need to demonstrate the following skills:

1* Choose and narrow a subject.

2* Identify a purpose and formulate an appropriate thesis statement.

3* Organize ideas effectively and develop them within a logical paragraph structure.

4* Support points clearly with adequate and specific evidence.

5* Demonstrate command of accepted English sentence structure and grammar.

6* Revise and edit according to standard English practice, including attention to punctuation and appropriate vocabulary.

7* Acknowledge all sources by documenting research according to a recognized manual.

Oral Communication

Students will gain the ability to comprehend and to communicate orally in American English with precision and clarity. Students will demonstrate the following skills:

1* Appreciate the nature of the listening audience and anticipate its needs and requirements.

2* Express information orally (without reading from a written text) in natural, energetic and vocally varied phrases.

3* Incorporate the responses of listeners into the oral communication process.

4* Hear, interpret, and evaluate information and accurately respond to instructions.

5* Speak in phrases that conform to the conventions of accurate English pronunciation, articulation (diction), grammar and syntax.

6* Employ appropriate non-verbal face and body movements, posture, dress, and visual aids to reinforce the oral/verbal message.

7* Select and narrow a subject plus clarify a purpose/objective.

8* Structure information into purposeful, recognizable units (opening, body, closing) and support ideas using appropriate data and referenced documentation

Quantitative Reasoning

Students will gain ability to use established methods of computation and contemporary technology to analyze issues and answer questions germane to their environment. The quantitative reasoning competencies students need to acquire in college include the ability to:

1* Apply quantification as a problem-solving strategy to real world situations.

2* Perform arithmetic computations necessary to solve common mathematical problems.

3* Critically evaluate information presented in tabular and graphic form.

4* Demonstrate computer literacy through the use of software applications.

5* Recognize the reasonableness of numeric answers.

6* Employ quantification and quantitative techniques both in generalization from data, or observed facts, and in deriving predictions from generalizations.

7* Understand sampling and recognize its role in statistical claims.

6 General Education Competencies

Critical Thinking

Students will acquire the ability to analyze and interpret a subject
insightfully and in depth. Students need to demonstrate the following skills:

• Place subject matter in context.

• Discover its
patterns and relationships

• Identify its positive and negative elements.

• Indicate its significance.

• Provide evidence for positions taken by using relevant data accurately.

• Support these positions with arguments that are clear, precise, logical and
c
arefully qualified.

• Show an understanding of opposing positions, identifying their
assumptions, reasoning and conclusion.

·

Recognize strengths and weaknesses in opposing positions.

Critical Reading

Students will gain the ability to read and understand p
rimary and secondary
sources.

Students need to demonstrate the following skills:

• Understand core vocabulary.

• Recognize and distinguish main ideas from supporting ideas in various
printed

materials.

• Outline and summarize the content of printed materia
l.

• Distinguish facts, interpretations, and opinions in printed material.

• Analyze and evaluate the value and validity of printed material.

• Draw conclusions and make inferences based on content of printed
material.

Information Literacy

Information lit
eracy involves the ability to identify, retrieve, evaluate,
organize, cite properly and use a wide range of resources including print,
graphic and electronic for independent learning and practical problem
solving. Students need to demonstrate the following

skills:

• Recognize and articulate the need for information.

• Access information from appropriate sources.