Interpersonal Communications Assignment

designation 1 Task 1 Developing ICT skills Discussion forum post and evaluation I submitted the following two posts to the BESC1011 discussion forum for Activity 2 (N. B. I score edited the post for typographical errors). Post 1. Activity 2 decision ACAPs online re computer addresss Monday, 24 September 2012, 0356 PM Well, Ive but had a pleasant afternoon finding my way around the maze thats called Myacap. Wow. Ive found Ive ended up with a myriad of browser pages open, and got lost thinking I was finding things. I did find it, Im sure I found itNow where was it Anyway, Ill get there, Im sure, and so will you. The Grail? Not yet, but Im sure its in there somewhere. Incidentally, folks, if youre having trouble finding the link to the Counselling and Therapy in picture show resource, and you only get a 404 error, theres a broken link on the localize. Your browser will be trying to point tohttp//elibrary. acap. edu. au/http%3A%2F%2Fctiv. alexanderstreet. com and the link is broken . Instead, just try removing everything after edu. au -so you havehttp//elibrary. acap. edu. u and youll get to the elibrary homepage where the link to the videos works. Good Luck Post 2. Activity 3. 4 Managing Stress Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 0500 PM Ive played sport in the past as a stress management tool I was planning and then running a study community festival, and they were long days it was a full-on, and if I wasnt working on it I was thinking about it. Baseball season started right in the essence of the planning and I nearly didnt play, but I did and found the focus on the game a real relief Nothing else mattered for those three hours boot out me and the ball.My sleep patterns returned and though tired from the games, I was thoroughly relaxed. But I like this one. You may have comprehend of Gangnam style dancing like youre horseback riding a horse well sort of Its come out of South Korea and its big around the world right now. Anyway heres a bunch of Uni students who make up a flashmob in between classes. I reckon it did their stress levels no end of good http//www. youtube. com/watch? NR=1v=OAXiUmh-KBgfeature=fvwp Hey Lynda, peradventure we could do this for one of our video teletutorialsTask 2 poll plan covering three weeks including strategies The study guide for Activity Three of BESC1011 referred me to RMIT. (2007). Learning stylesVisual, auditive and Kinaesthetic Learning Preferences. Retrieved from https//www. dlsweb. rmit. edu. au/lsu/content/1_StudySkills/study_tuts/learning%20styles/vak. html I at a lower placetook the VAK test. The results showed I am a visual learner with a kinaesthetic inclination. This concurs with my receive understanding of my learning style. I have developed a study plan incorporating this style, and provide a three week example below.Three of the learning strategies I have incorporated in this plan and my study efforts are to create a wall planner highlighting critical assignment dates and besides n on-academic activities that big businessman either clash or be a much needed relief. to use mind maps. to take frequent breaks. I have found it needful for me to tackle each session in bites. I have allocated specific time to open up the weeks session, do the reading, then at a later time go through the session material. In thinking or planning out, I just love Mind Maps they categorize wonderfully. I can get heavily focussed, so taking breaks stops me working till I drop.The five stress management strategies I have determined to remember to practice are to create a comfort qualified pattern of studying that fits into my life. to set a regular schedule for study. to break tasks apart(predicate) so they dont daunt by being too big. resolve to do it now, when now is now. To not procrastinate. to make sure I have down-time when other activities come before studying. If I can regularise my study I think I will be better able to both keep up a consistent level of work, and als o not allow it to overcome me. I think these strategies will do that for me. Study Timetable 15-21 Oct pic Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 8-9am On set On target On site On site On site hebdomadally Market serenity time Shopping pic pic pic 9-10am On site On site On site On site On site 10-11am On site On site On site On site On site 11am-12pm On site On site On site On site On site 12-1pm Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch pic 1-2pm BESC Reading SOSC reading COUN reading pic pic pic Catchup pic 7-8pm BESC online action SOSC online activity COUN online activity pic Prepare dinner party pic COUN Reading Assignment Assignment Assignment 8-9am On site On site On site On site On site hebdomadary Market pic Shopping Relaxation time pic pic pic pic pic pic pic 9-10am On site On site On site On site On site 10-11am On site On site On site On site On site 11am-12pm On site On site On site On site On site 12-1pm Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch pic 1-2pm BESC reading SOSC reading COUN reading pic pic Catchup 7-8pm BESC Assignment SOSC Essay AssignmentCOUN Assignment Catch-up Prepare dinner pic SOSC Reading 8-9am On site On site On site On site On site Weekly Market Relaxation time Shopping pic pic pic 9-10am On site On site On site On site On site 10-11am On site On site On site On site On site 11am-12pm On site On site On site On site On site 12-1pm Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch pic 1-2pm BESC reading SOSC reading COUN reading pic pic pic pic Catchup -8pm COUN online activity Assignment BESC online activity Assignment SOSC Teletutorial Relaxation time Prepare dinner pic COUN Essay 8-9pm BESC Chat pic Task 3 Academic resources Literature search and evaluation of quality I chose to attempt the task focussing on the question The importance of acade mic referencing I undertook a brainstorming session with the following results Academic referencing Gives academic credibility of presented/published work. Is a severalize part of the overall process of building a knowledge base in the field of study. Better enables justification of assertions/ hypotheses. Is realisation of others work. Shows the way through the knowledge-base to others. Demonstrates competence in the field of study. Engenders confidence in your works credibility Means ones chain of cogitate to the resultant postulations are verifiable or challengeable. The three key words or phrases I selected to use to undertake literature search are balk (confirmation of theoretical base) Recognition (acknowledgement) Knowledge-building (evolution of theoretical thinking) Keyword search 1. For my first search I used ACAPs e-journal search engine focussing on The Psychinfo database and after some(prenominal) unsatisfactory attempts, tried the Boolean phrase ( acade mic verification) AND referencing. Results offered ten conditions, one of particular but contrarian relevance. In the journal article, Westwood, T. 2005) writes Ive not yet heard a real and convincing argument about why referencing is necessary and it cant be right that we do it like a reflex, a compulsion, Academics dynamics 171 because weve had it drummed into us from way back when we were taught to march our way through essays and exams can it? Left, right, left, right, left, right left. . . And, References shouldnt be used to unloose a position were taking in the sense of victimisation them as a precedent (the characters cant justify the author) only to in the main accompany our position in that we (as authors) are leading the way and not hiding behind anything or anyone that weve written into our text. Summary Westwood appears to be quite a disestablishmentarian, which of itself provides a relevant perspective on the subject matter. However, because of the position the a uthor takes and asserts by his actions or inactions the journal article is consciously not compose. It would be reusable to an essay on the topic in providing an academically valid and contrarian position, but most probably would not be regarded as fully reliable under close academic scrutiny. Reference Westwood, T. (2005). Academics dynamics re-writing referencing, Psychodynamic Practice 11(2), 165-176. Keyword search 2. I then utilised Google scholar for the key word, Recognition. I again used a Boolean phrase, recognition AND (academic referencing).This search received over 40,000 possible webpage hits, but the first page of the search results provided a link to a peer reviewed article by Gray, Thompson, Clerehan and Sheard (2008), addressing the topic of referencing the internet for academic integrity. It proffers a contemporary analysis of the challenges surrounding formal academic referencing in regard to internet based entropy and opinion sources such as blogs, facebook , wikis and audio and video podcasting. Summary I feel this webpage would be a highly reclaimable and relevant reference source for an academic essay on the chosen topic. Reference Gray, K. , Thompson, C. , Clerehan, R. , Sheard, J. (2008) Web 2. 0 authorship Issues of referencing and citation for academic integrity. The Internet and Higher reading,11(2), 112-118. doi. org/10. 1016/j. iheduc. 2008. 03. 01 Keyword search 3. For the third key word search I used www. google. com. au with the search-phrase (academic knowledge building) AND references This provided two potentially useful sites. http//en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Knowledge_building Summary This website site fulfilled good purpose in that it contained numerous references of relevant academic works on the topic. However, despite its authorship obviously being of academic origin, it was offered anonymously and without chronology. While the site could be referenced and the quotes used, the source is not transparent, making it du bious for direct academic purposes. And http//www. csu. edu. u/division/studserv/my-studies/learning/guides/referencing Again the material on this web page provided useful cultivation and even a highly relevant and appropriately referenced quotation (see below), but its usefulness for the purposes of academic quotation was curtailed by its anonymity and absence seizure of chronology. The author writes The academic world is all about knowledge building and the primary reason for citation, therefore, is that it encourages and supports the collective construction of academic knowledge (Walker Taylor, 2006, pp. 29-30). The paragraph continued, Referencing also forms an essential part in avoiding any tendency towards plagiarism. While the quotation in this paragraph from Walker and Taylor (2006) is highly pertinent to the literature search, it itself would have to be searched to establish its credibility, and as the second sentence could not be attributed, it is therefore of limited us e in an academic essay, however true. Summary This webpage provided relevant information for further literature search but itself is not a useful referencing tool for academic purposes as it is undated and anonymous, and perhaps without objectivity. Task 4 Referencing using the APA style Reference List Campbell, T. , Campbell, D. , (1997) Faculty/student mentor program effects on academic performance and retention. Research in Higher Education 38(6), 727-742. Hounsell, D. , Entwistle, N. , (2005) Enhancing teaching-learning environments in undergraduate courses. Final report to the Economic and Social Research Council on TLRP Project LI39251009. Retrieved from