Book Club- Week 8

Due Date: July 23, 2020 at 10:00 am

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/95655112773

Purpose:  Students will learn professional growth and development skills necessary to execute their craft through writing, reflection and discussion.

Knowledge: While APIE and other RT concepts are essential skills, learning to be a professional is also important. To help you do that, as a class, we will read Atomic Habits by James Clear (2018) and hold weekly book club meetings to discuss how to make 1% improvements one-day-at-a-time, we can develop productive, professional skills that will last a lifetime.

Task: 

  1. Read Chapters 19, 20 & Conclusion.
  2. Write a blog post in narrative (paragraph) format replying to the following questions:
    1. Consider all the concepts shared in this book about building better work habits and breaking down bad ones, share at least 2 concepts that will “stick with you” and that you may use going forward in continuing to develop professional skills. Explain your response.

Criteria for Success: 

Learning Outcome: Completed Blog Post

The student completed a reflective writing blog post according to the assignment description to include replying to all questions in a narrative (paragraph) format.

Learning Outcome: Attendance & Participation

The student was on time to the book club meeting, attended the entire session, and participated actively and independently in the discussion/activities presented.

Reference:

Clear, James. (2018). Atomic Habits: An easy & proven way to build good habits and break bad ones. New York, NY: Penguin Random House LLC.