Chief's
Inspection
List

This will be provided for you each week to make sure you don't forget anything.  ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, February 4 AT 5:00 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED:

• Make sure you completed all the assignments in the chief's inspection list for last week. 
• Word-process your paragraph on asynchronous CMC, save it in rich text format (with an .rtf extension - you know what that is now ;-), and email it to the fire chief as an attachment.
• Read Chapters 18, 35, 37 and 38 in your text.
• Consider the questions about synchronous CMC and post a thoughtful reflection of your ideas, concerns, comparisons, and considerations to the threaded discussion.
• Read the tutorial on Defining and Refining a Topic (in either presentation format or PDF format [128 KB]).
• Write a paragraph that describes your research topic. Include the following information in your paragraph:
  • A brief title (8 to 10 words) for your research topic
  • Why the topic is of particular interest to you
  • The educational problem that your research topic addresses
  • The potential audience for the research (i.e., people who would most likely benefit from having empirical research on the topic)
• Post your paragraph about your research topic on the threaded discussion
• Email me with the following information:
  • Your operating system Your connection speed (28.8 modem, 56K, ISDN, Cable, DSL, etc.)
  • Whether or not you have a microphone
  • Whether or not you have a camera for capturing and sending video
  • Which DTVC tool mentioned in the 3-alarm drill intrigues you most and that you want to try or participate in a demo.

The skills/knowledge you are using this week include:

• Saving a document in rich text format
• Sending attachments via email
• Asynchronous CMC tools
• Synchronous CMC tools

Next week we will continue our Computer-mediated Communications topic.  Watch demos and get ready to participate. Consider getting a microphone and quickcam.

• Check the FAQ Page to see if your question has already been answered.
• Email Chief Curda.
• Email EMT Kelly.
• Email the firehouse crew and see if another firefighter knows the answer.

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