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=Marshalltown Community College: Business & Technology Division= Members: Dave Aust, Kevin Cartier, Brenda Heitmeyer, George Johnson, Ted Lewis, Kristen Murphy, Brenda Woodward

Business & Technology Division - CLO #4 Good Citizenship Plan Draft:
Brenda Woodward's Thoughts and Ideas for adding citizenship/civility objectives to class requirements:
 * Use a blog and require students to journal weekly reflecting on P.M. Forni's Rules of Civility
 * Use discussion boards to focus on the following ethical topics related to technology
 * Computer Abuse and Cyberbullying
 * Electronic Communication and Free Speech
 * E-commerce and Privacy
 * Intellectual Property and Software Piracy
 * Social Justice and Whistle Blowing with Web 2.0 and Wikileaks
 * Discuss importance of respecting everyone's time in relation to class due dates and work responsibilities
 * Service projects

Kristen Murphy's Thoughts and Ideas for adding citizenship/civility objectives to class requirements:
 * I like Brenda's idea of using the Angel discussion boards. Non-threatening way to discuss issues and participation is documented. Students could be asked to post a message on a certain topic, read everyone else's posts, and then respond (in a meaningful way) to two others' posts. As the instructor I could comment as well to move people forward. Potential topics for my class (am thinking for Business Comm.):
 * Is there a difference between everyday ethics and workplace etiquette? Explain.
 * Why are professionalism, business etiquette, or soft skills so important in the workplace?
 * Is face-to-face or telephone communication always preferable to one-way channels such as e-mail and fax? Why or why not?
 * In what ways can conflict be a positive force in meetings and how should it be addressed?
 * Alternatively, the above questions could be addressed through personal essays or in-class discussions.
 * The course curriculum already covers professionalism at work (business etiquette, ethics, teamwork, and meetings), so this shouldn't be too much of a stretch. A pre-test and post-test assessment could be developed, which would show students (and myself) how their thinking has perhaps changed over the semester.
 * Another idea -- have students look up their profession's code of ethics online and write a reflection on any differences between their personal beliefs and their profession's requirements, and how they plan to deal with that.

Ted's Thoughts and Ideas:
 * I am generally not a fan of discussion boards, but I can see how it might work well for dialogue on citizenship/civility. I also like personal essays, in-class discussion, and journaling.
 * I have not read Forni's book, but I am very impressed with Hal Urban's //Lessons from the Classroom//. I would pick select topics as reading and writing assignments. Potential topics are listed below.
 * Manners and the Golden Rule
 * Creating a caring community
 * Potecting the atmosphere from toxic words
 * Nourishing the atmosphere with affirming words
 * Setting high standards and expectations
 * Developing goals and a personal mission
 * I don't know what instructors require for The College Experience, but if I had to teach the class I would use Urban's book as the course textbook. The book is entertaining and easy to apply right away.
 * I still want to use service projects in classes. Ideally, the projects would relate to accounting.

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