Active Living

him what it was about, and he discussed the details of the event (active listening). As we walk to class, I mentioned my progress on a research project I have for my major. He mentioned that as a chemistry major, he did not have to do senior research, as I do, just a presentation. I asked him what his presentation was about, and he replies “organometallics”. I asked him what it is about the compounds he finds interesting (active listening), and he describes the unusual chemistry associated with…

“Listening has been characterized as a set of activities that involves an individual‘s capacity to apprehend, recognize, discriminate, or even ignore certain information. It has also been considered to contain complex and active processes that are involved in linguistic knowledge, personal expectation, cognitive processing skills, and world knowledge. Listening involves interaction and negotiation with a speaker and requires prior experience of a listener to best understand…

told that you cannot listen to respond, you must be an active listener. Active listening can be defined as the act of mindfully hearing and attempting to comprehend the meaning of words spoken by another in a conversation or speech. In simple terms, an active listener is one that listens to understand. As a Resident Assistant (RA), Office of Information Technology employee, and leader, my goal for my junior year is to become a more developed active listener. In both of my employments on campus,…

1. List and briefly explain Ed Brodow’s Six Rules for Effective Listening from the video we watched. The Ed Brodow six rules for effective listening are: Develop the desire to listen. This rule encourages people to be interest in what others are saying to enhance the quality of interactions they have. Let the other person do most of the talking. This ensures the person listening internalizes the subject being talked about. Ask lots of open ended questions. Open ended questions elicit more…

Active Listening, Additional Support, and Effective Communication Active listening is imperative to be successful in any line of work, though it is specifically important in education because educators need to understand the parent’s viewpoints and feelings. Active listening can be defined as “the skill required to simply “feed back” the deeper felt message (not words) of the sender in the words of the receiver” (p. 151). Active listening involves going past listening to the sender in order to…

techniques are active viewing and active listening (Study Guides, n.d.) Active viewing. When exposed visual information, the active learner analyzes the content intently, and all of the aspects are considered. How is the information organized? What colors are used? Who wrote it and when? What knowledge can be deducted from the visualizations without actually reading the words (Study Guides, n.d.)? All of these questions are asked by an active learner to achieve active viewing. Active…

different locations, they want their network to function as though it is in the same building and location. To facilitate this, server editions based off Windows Server 2012 will be implemented. Domain Name Systems (DNS), Domain Controllers (DC), Active Directory (AD), file sharing, and print sharing are all requested additions to this unified network solution. In addition to the network requirements, a brief overview of labor and scheduling will be discussed in the Overview section so…

When people speak, it is crucial for others or the audience to grasp what is important about the speaker through first impressions. This allows people to evaluate the speaker and help connect with them so that they can associate with the story being told. Body language, demeanor, and mannerisms allow people to read the speaker’s emotions so that they can get an accurate impression about him. This impression is affirmed by confidence portrayed while a person engages his audience. In literature,…

formatted to reach a higher understanding through: shared inquiry, critical thinking, and written and oral communication. From these three categories I was able to find my strengths and weaknesses, specifically from the goals of participating in active listening and getting others involved in discussions in a polite manner, by asking interpretive and evaluative questions about the readings and discovering the underlying thought and ideas, and by allowing groups shared ideas and topics discussed…

Between 2000 and 2013, an estimated 160 active shooter incidents occurred within the United States resulting in 1043 casualties, 483 of which died (DHS, 2015). No pattern or commonality exists in the selection of victims; which supports that these types of situations evolve rapidly and are very dynamic. This essay will provide a training scenario for an active shooter response. There will be a discussion of the organizational goal, adjusted procedures, and their strengths and weaknesses within…