First Nations Studies and Human Service Practice Assignment

Select an Aboriginal community and provide a comprehensive overview of the community as if you were preparing to work within that community. The community could be in an urban setting such as a Friendship Centre. You can also look at resources that provide services to several communities. Sometimes, communities are too small to have their own services so several communities band together to combine services. Be creative and access various sources of information to complete this assignment, including websites, books, and direct contact. The assignment is in two parts.

Activity Type: Essay assignments, Creating a media piece, Real world research

Practive Grammar Exercises

In a single paragraph, summarize your own writing abilities and the level of standards for writing that you control in English. Spend no more than 15 minutes writing this and no more than 15 more minutes editing your work.

Activity Type: Reflective journals

Journal Activity

Keeping a journal encourages you to be a reflective learner. Keep journal for the duration of the course.

Activity Type: Reflective journals

Reflecting on Elements of Design

Find ten documents in print or online that you can study regarding their design and their use of visual aids. These documents should be from a field you are focusing on for this course. You will use these samples as you complete the next part of this unit. The ten documents you choose should reflect variation in document design and visual aids, if you can find it. In a posting, discuss your findings with your peers

Activity Type: Online Discussion, Reflective journals, Research activities

Professional Selling Activity

A good salesperson will have a robust understanding of the product that he or she is selling. Many salespeople stop at the point of understanding the technical details of the product. Excellent salespeople take their understanding further, and gain knowledge of the product on a much broader range of dimensions. For this activity you will develop a more intimate understanding of the importance of knowing your product through the process of developing a comprehensive product overview.

Activity Type: Reflective journals, Case study analysis

Create a Personal Technology Statement

Create a personal technology statement by aiming to think of a saying that might best represent and summarize the values and beliefs that you have about the digital world in your personal and/or professional life and using the questions provided.

Activity Type: Reflective journals

Space News

Blog post.

The purpose of this assignment is to steer you to resources that convey the latest astronomical discoveries.

Activity Type: Writing a blog post

Citizen Science Project

You will become a citizen scientist in this assignment, and participate in one of several projects relating to deep space or solar phenomena. In doing so, you will assist professional astronomers gain a deeper understanding of those phenomena.

Activity Type: Essay assignments, Case study analysis, Real world research

Video Analysis: Henry Jenkins on Participatory Culture

Review the video of an interview with Henry Jenkins on participatory culture and the role of the web in facilitating different forms of participation and engagement. Then answer the engagement questions.

Activity Type: Video resources, Reflective journals

Field Research Project

This project is designed to guide you through the process of conducting ecological research. The main goals of the project are to:
 Develop and revise a working hypothesis through detailed field observations
 Design and implement a field experiment to collect data and test that hypothesis
 Place your experiment into a larger theoretical context by evaluating your findings in light of existing peer-reviewed literature
 Preparing a scientific report
The project will span the length of the course.

Activity Type: Essay assignments, Research activities, Case study analysis, Real world research

Discovering Online Communities: Challenges and Opportunities

Review Jenkin's discussion in his book, "Spreadable media: creating value and meaning in a networked culture" on pages 28-29. Explore the web and provide two examples of online communities that correspond to a range of different interest categories then answer the following engagement questions.

Activity Type: Assigned readings, Reflective journals

Reading Comprehension: Maize

This assignment is all about maize. Maize originated in the Americas and was widely grown by the peoples of both North and South America. Read and reflect on three articles, utilizing a series of prompts.

Activity Type: Essay assignments