No AI Use Assignment Example

Assignment Title: My Travel Journal  

An important part of traveling is reflecting on your experiences. To facilitate your reflection and deepen your travel experience, you will be required to keep a Travel Journal during our trip to Rome.  The following information will help ensure your success on this assignment. I will provide a few templates to guide you but would like to encourage you to keep a journal that is specific and unique to you. You will have unique experiences and can capture those in a way that will most benefit you.  

Journal Formatting: 

minimum of one entry per travel day that connects to course themes and civility can be in the form of a slide deck, Word document, or other format that you propose 

What to include: 

There should be three sections to each of your daily entries: overview of the day, observations related to course themes, and observations of civility. Think deeply about your experiences and what you convey in each section of your travel journal. 

Overview of the day – It is helpful to reflect on the events of the day each day that you travel.  In this overview section of your Travel Journal, you can include some of the basic facts of the day, like the date, where you traveled, how you traveled, what you saw, your favorite event of the day, and who you met.  You can feel free to add or eliminate some of these. Some travelers record the day’s weather, important news headlines of the day, special purchases, or food that you ate. 

Observations related to course themes – In this course, we will cover a different theme in each module.  We want you to be thinking of these course themes throughout your travels and write a summary of some of the themes you see while traveling.  You can list several for one day or write a summary about one particular theme that was evident to you. There should be a clear connection to information you have learned during this course. 

Observations of civility – In this course, we are hoping to promote your cultural competency and knowledge of other people and places. Part of learning about culture is developing an understanding of accepting others and behaving civilly. I want you to be thinking about civility throughout your travels and write a summary of examples of civility you notice while traveling (refer to the text Choosing Civility: 25 Rules of Considerate Behavior).  You can list several for one day or write a summary about one particular example of civility that was evident to you that day. Your observations of civility should directly quote the book or point to a specific passage of the book. Add a page number from the book for quick reference. 

AI Use Guidance 

Students may not use any GenAI assistance to complete any part of the assignment. 

As your instructor, I am most interested in your thoughts and reflections from traveling and how you express the integration of course concepts into your travel experience. For this reason, no AI use is permitted in the completion of this assignment.