Technology and Communication Needs and Skills
Technology based communication tools are often effective for building professional and learning communities online. Effective tools can serve as a space for personal reflection and a place to organize and share thoughts and ideas. These tools can also function as a place to collect, exchange, and discuss resources. Experts and colleagues can collaborate and contribute to the content as well.
This week, you consider your experience, skills, and needs as they relate to effective communication tools for professional interactions.
300 words minium
To Prepare
Review the Walden Technology Proficiencies Document in the Resources. Think about the ways in which you use technology to facilitate communication and your professional interactions. What tools do you use on a regular basis? What tools would you like to be able to use? What tools do you think would serve your clients and colleagues best?
Post your responses to the following questions:
· What skills do you have in relation to communication technology? For example, do you have a blog, do you use Skype, do you maintain a presence on LinkedIn or Facebook (for purposes of professional communication, focus on LinkedIn), do you have a website, and so forth?
· What kinds of communication needs do you have related to your work setting?
· What kinds of communication needs do you have related to your professional growth and development?
· How do your skills and familiarity with tools enhance and inhibit your communications?
· What can you do to strengthen your technology-based communication skills?
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· Chapter 1, “Introduction: The Blind Men and the Elephant”
Note: This resource supports the development of Assignment 2.
MLA Outline
Thesis: Alzheimer is a disease that many people suffer at a certain age and although it is a serious disease many people do not give it the necessary importance.
I. Alzheimer's causes serious damage to people's brains. A. Causes memory loss. B. Causes the person to have personality changes. C. Includes disorientation of people.
II. In our daily life there are many series of things that we do not do or do wrong that lead to Alzheimer's although many do not see it that way.
A. This is due to high blood pressure. B. For having a bad diet. C. For leading a sedentary life without exercising.
III. Rebuttal A. Blood pressure is very common in older people and is a very serious health
problem that can lead to strokes, heart disease, eye problems, kidney failure. B. Eating bad food like hamburgers, pizza, french fries, ice cream. It can cause
damage to our health and that causes too many serious illnesses. C. Physical inactivity is a global epidemic, and not a minor one. Sedentary lifestyle
increases overweight and obesity and it can cause stress on a large scale.
IV. Conclusion A. Alzheimer's is a delicate disease that, due to the symptoms that appear slowly,
many people do not care about it. B. This disease is a product of leading an unhealthy life and not exercising the mind,
although many people do not worry about this, it is a primary factor to avoid suffering from it.
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