Get Your Badge!

It’s time to pull together all of the communication skills you have practiced in this module. You will create a short video or video-like product of working with someone as a Digital Ambassador. The video should be accompanied by a short follow-up email to the person you worked with in your video showing clear organization and good professional writing.

Directions:

1. Find someone to have a conversation with about a technology topic you are comfortable explaining. You will record it. It can be a specific skill related to software or hardware or a more general form of digital literacy or citizenship.
2. Be sure you get permission to record the conversation.
3. Your conversation should follow the flow of a purposeful conversation. It should have:
   1. A clear goal;
   2. Time for practice and questions; and
   3. A closing with clear next steps.
4. You should demonstrate strong communication skills, such as:
   1. Using voice components to your advantage;
   2. Using positive language;
   3. Active listening; and
   4. Supportive body language and facial expressions.
5. At the end of your video, explain how this video demonstrates strong communication skills. You may also reflect on what you have learned about communication in this module. If you prefer, you can write your reflection instead of recording it. Be sure to submit both if you write it.
6. Edit your video to be no longer than 6 minutes.
7. Submit the video or a URL to the video.
8. In addition, create and upload an organized email to the person you had the conversation with thanking them and listing action steps. Your email should include:
   1. A clear, concise subject line;
   2. A greeting or salutation;
   3. Short, succinct sentences with correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation;
   4. A closing with your name; and
   5. A signature appropriate for being a Digital Ambassador.

A video is preferred for your conversation, but there are ways to create video-like products, like a narrated PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation. You can also use a series of images rather than video.

Option for the teacher/coordinator: Students could conduct the conversations in person with the teacher/coordinator observing. Following the conversation, the teacher can ask about different strategies used during the conversation and how they modeled a purposeful conversation.

Questions by the teacher should encourage the student to reflect on their communication skills and how they might have grown and those that are still working on, if any. Students should still submit a sample email.