1. While reading the chapter, list all of the ideas that seem important to under
1. While reading the chapter, list all of the ideas that seem important to understand the reading, provide a page number corresponding with the idea(s), and briefly define/explain why it is important. A minimum number of key ideas is five, but it’s important to recognize there are far more than 5 important ideas per chapter. NOTE THEY SHOULD NOT ALL BE FROM THE SAME SECTION/PAGE/AREA OF THE CHAPTER.
2. Below are four types of questions. Based on the text, you must write at least three questions from three of the four categories listed below (a through d) for each chapter. Feel free to create more, but you must do one from each of the four categories.
a) Question of clarification: Is there something in the reading that didn‘t quite make sense? If so, you might ask a question of clarification, seeking to understand what the author is saying.
b) Question of application: Do you see a way that the material might be apply to a practical situation? Examples might include improving long-distance communication between family members or using Twitter to effectively build social ties. A question of application probes how the material might be applied practically.
c) Question of connection: Do you see a connection between this week‘s readings and last week‘s? A question of connection ties readings together across the course.
d) Question of challenge: Do you think the reading is just way off base? Does something you read in this course, or another communication course, or a real-life experience contradict it? A question of challenge respectfully challenges the text‘s claims.