Artifact: A Job Interview

Artifact: A job interview

Purpose

This assignment is designed for undergraduate/graduate students in social sciences/humanities to learn to express their ideas digitally based on a specific topic. A digital artifact is a digital expression of one’s ideas and understanding of a specific topic.

A job interview is the theme and is an assignment for the “Self and Society” sociology class. This assignment stimulates creativity and helps one to communicate through images, sounds and text and to develop computer skills. Text has been the dominant form of communication in academic writing, but in a digital world one needs to learn to express oneself digitally.

 What is needed and what needs to be done.

v A computer linked to the Internet and web browser.

v The artifact should be saved in a public domain, and the link should be publically accessed (without password and/or signing in) for a period of time equal to the length of the course.

v Feedback will be received from one’s peers and the instructor of the course, who will assign the final grade.

Tools available on line, free versions at the basic level.

v Jing: http://www.techsmith.com/jing-features.html

v Voicethread: http://voicethread.com

v Annimato: http://animoto.com

v Animaps: http://www.animaps.com

v AudioBoo http://audioboo.fm

v Vimeo: https://vimeo.com

v Youtube: http://youtube.com

v Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/

v Bubbl.us: http://bubbl.us/

v Scribd: http://www.scribd.com

New York Times article: “How to Get a Job at Google” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-at-google.html?ref=thomaslfriedman&_r=1

Instructions

Write in a Word document an approximately 800-word scenario describing a job you will apply for and the answers to the three questions below, which are the interviewer's questions. It is advisable to use a sociologist’s vocabulary. Imagine that a person from that business calls you for an interview.

Record yourself using Jing.com, your smartphone/camera, computer, or any other free software. Make sure that you can save your 1.5-2.5 minute video and can retrieve the link.

The artifact MUST bear your name on it. You may delete the artifact at the end of this class. 

Paste your text and the link to your video/artifact into the discussion board. Give a gripping title to your post.

If you do not want to videotape yourself, use animation to fulfill this assignment.

Please make sure that everything you use to build your artifact does not have copyright restrictions. Provide the sources of your images, sounds, videos, etc.

Give a gripping title to your post.

Answer the following questions: 

1.     Why should we hire you? (What sets you aside from other candidates?)

2.     Why do you want this job?

3.     Do you have any questions to ask? (This refers to the place you apply to work. Do not say "No.")

 Assessment Criteria:

1.     The artifact/writing piece demonstrates that the author understands the sociological concept being illustrated.

2.     The artifact answers the questions for this assignment.

3.     The choice of media is appropriate for the message. 

4.     The artifact stimulates a reaction in you, as its audience, e.g. emotion, thinking, action.