COM 315 Technology Awareness Assessment Guidelines and Rubric
1. Select a day and record (create a log of) all of your communications involving technology. This includes telephone, text messaging, emails, online groups
(Facebook, etc.) and any other form of communication using technology. Listening to the radio or watching television does not count. Be as complete as you
can.
2. Select another day and refrain from all communication technology use. You can only communicate in person via non-technology means such as writing (limit
phone use to making and receiving calls). Try not to read texts that come in or log on to social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Try
to avoid online gaming or gaming on mobile devices and anything that requires an Internet connection (computer, mobile device) other than your school
classes. Listening to the radio or watching television does not count. Try to make it an entire day without using communication technology.
3. Describe, in one page, what you learned about yourself on the day where you monitored and logged all communication technology use.
a) Which communication technology do you use the most?
b) What is the primary reason you use it?
c) What are your thoughts on your frequency of communication technology?
4. Describe, in one page, what you learned about yourself on the day where you did not use communication technology.
a) What made this task difficult or easy?
b) How did not using communication technology affect your relationships that day? If you never used communication technology in your relationships,
what might they be like?
c) How did you feel during this daylong experience without communication technology? Calm, anxious, etc.?
d) Did you see any differences or did you have to change your behavior without using communication technology? Specifically, what was different—
frequency of communication, message content, etc.?
5. Based on this exercise, analyze and describe, in two pages, how communication technology impacts your relationships.
a) How does communication technology enhance your relationships? Use at least two specific examples.
b) How does communication technology hinder your relationships? Use at least two specific examples.
c) Will you change any of your communication technology usage in your relationships? Why or why not? If so, how?
Rubric
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Day Monitoring
Technology Use
Meets “Proficient” criteria
and expands on monitoring
and logging communication
technology day by
providing solid examples
Logically and concretely
discusses what was learned
about self on day where all
communication technology
use was monitored and
logged
An attempt to discuss what
was learned about self on
day where communication
technology use was
monitored and logged, but
it is not organized, or is
stated in vague, nonspecific terms
Does not discuss what was
learned about self on day
where all communication
technology use was
monitored and logged
30
Day Without Using
Communication
Technology
Meets “Proficient” criteria
and expands on monitoring
and logging communication
technology days by
providing solid examples
Logically and concretely
discusses what was learned
on day without using
communication technology
An attempt to discuss what
was learned about self on
day without using
communication technology,
but is not organized or is
stated in vague non-specific
terms
Does not discuss what was
learned on day without
using communication
technology
30
Impact of
Communication
Technology
Meets “Proficient” criteria,
provides concrete
examples for how
communication technology
enhances and hinders
relationships, and expands
on how technology usage
will change in this
relationship during the
course
Logically analyzes how
communication technology
use impacts relationships
both positively and
negatively and expands on
how technology usage will
change in this relationship
during the course
Discusses one or two of the
following: how
communication technology
impacts relationships,
provides examples,
expands on how
communication technology
will change in this
relationship during the
course
Does not analyze how
communication technology
use impacts relationships
and how behavior will
change
30
Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations,
grammar, spelling, syntax,
and organization and is
presented in a professional
and easy-to-read format
Submission has no major
errors related to citations,
grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization
Submission has major
errors related to citations,
grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization that
negatively impact
readability and articulation
of main ideas
Submission has critical
errors related to citations,
grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization that
prevent understanding of
ideas
10
Earned Total 100%
