analyze and describe, in two pages, how communication technology impacts your relationships.

COM 315 Technology Awareness Assessment Guidelines and Rubric

1. Select a day and record (create a log of) all of your communications involving technology. This includes telephone, text messaging, emails, online groups (Facebook, etc.) and any other form of communication using technology. Listening to the radio or watching television does not count. Be as complete as you can.

2. Select another day and refrain from all communication technology use. You can only communicate in person via non-technology means such as writing (limit phone use to making and receiving calls). Try not to read texts that come in or log on to social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Try to avoid online gaming or gaming on mobile devices and anything that requires an Internet connection (computer, mobile device) other than your school classes. Listening to the radio or watching television does not count. Try to make it an entire day without using communication technology.

3. Describe, in one page, what you learned about yourself on the day where you monitored and logged all communication technology use. a) Which communication technology do you use the most? b) What is the primary reason you use it? c) What are your thoughts on your frequency of communication technology?

4. Describe, in one page, what you learned about yourself on the day where you did not use communication technology. a) What made this task difficult or easy? b) How did not using communication technology affect your relationships that day? If you never used communication technology in your relationships,

what might they be like? c) How did you feel during this daylong experience without communication technology? Calm, anxious, etc.? d) Did you see any differences or did you have to change your behavior without using communication technology? Specifically, what was different—

frequency of communication, message content, etc.?

5. Based on this exercise, analyze and describe, in two pages, how communication technology impacts your relationships. a) How does communication technology enhance your relationships? Use at least two specific examples. b) How does communication technology hinder your relationships? Use at least two specific examples. c) Will you change any of your communication technology usage in your relationships? Why or why not? If so, how?