| Page 17-20: Understanding nervousness and gaining confidence A. Mind stops working! B. Hands, tummy, voice, mouth.... C. Procrastination and anxiety. D. Confidence (p. 20-24) Post lecture questions and discussion below by clicking on comments (optional). Thanks for listening today! |
Friday, January 26, 2007
Week 2: January 26th Lecture Outline
Blog Post #2: Chpt. 4 and "An Inconvenient Truth"
| Hi Everyone! By now you will have started to get to know each other and get a feel for our class climate. It is my sincere hope you will not only SURVIVE, but actually enjoy yourselves too! For this week, after reading chpts 3 and 4 in your book, think about the film "An Inconvenient Truth" and its subject of global warming. 1. Review the list of topics on listening in your table of contents and select one. 2. Turn to that page in the book (chpt. 4) and re-read that particular section. 3. Then tell us in one paragraph or so, how that aspect of listening you chose can either relate to the film and/or your own feelings and experiences regarding either global warming, conservation, recycling, Hurricane Katrina or other environmental crisis. Don't repeat what others before you have said, be original please and capiatlize the aspect from chpt. 4 you choose to focus on so I can verify it in the textbook. EXAMPLE: (I will go first to give you an idea). From chpt. 4, I chose listening with EYES AS WELL AS EARS (p. 65). This makes me think of the way Al Gore's film helped me to understand just what scientific issues are included in global warming, before I didn't really understand what it was beyond hotter temperatures, but now, from the nonverbla cues of seeing the pictures of the ice caps and glaciers melting as well as listening to Gore's explanations about polar bears actually drowning due to the ice melting too rapidly from warmer temperatures caused by high carbon levels in the ozone, I better understand the issue. Also, Gore's body language and face showed how serious his message was. Okay--Your turn, just don't use "Listen with Eyes as Well as Ears"--pick something else from chpt. 4 and capitalize it in your response! Click on the "comments bar below and speak up! --Sandra The Blogger |
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Course Calendar Spring 2007: Week by Week
Here's what's in store for your hungry minds!
Week 16: 5/4: Cinco de Mayo! Discuss cultural diversity. Lecture on After Dinner Speaking, select topic for "dinner" on 5/18, read chpt. 18. Work on study guide in class groups for final. Blog! |
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Quiz for Chpt 1 and 2: Public Speaking 1/26
1. Empowerment is the act of speaking with confidence and competence. T or F
2. Context is the __________ in which a speech is heard.
A. Time of day
B. Country
C. Cultural backdrop
D. A, B and C
E. A and B
3. Internal noise can
A. be physiological or psychological.
B. happen if you have a bad cold.
C. interfere with the transmission of a message.
D. A and C
E. A, B and C
4. Declamation, or the delivery of an already famous speech by some one great, such as Martin Luther King, would be considered plaigerism if you did not tell your audience your source. T or F
5. The Roman term for the ability to develop or discover new ideas that result in new insights or approaches to old problems is _________.
A. Invention
B. Intervention
C. speechus topickus
D. short sleeve
E. None of the above
F. There is no option for F on the scantron...just testing you!
6. Classical rhetoricians (early Greek and Roman speakers) called the development of an "orderly speech" ______.
A. pathos
B. disposition.
C. stupid.
D. disorganization.
E. speechus orderus.
7. The main idea(s) is/are the key points of a speech. T or F
8. A "cenral idea" -- or a thesis statement -- in a speech is a one sentence summary.
9. What is the "speech topic" for our introcuctory speeches?
A. Hobbies
B. School at CRC
C. You
D. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
E. The Music and Lyrics of Pink
10. There are three types of general purpose. They are:
A. Introduction, body and conclusion.
B. To inform, to persuade, to entertain.
C. Stop, drop and roll.
D. Know your audience, visualize your success and/or practice deep breathing.
E. Describe, use and list.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Speech 103--First Blog Posting
| Hey team! Hope you have a great week! I look forward to discussing the film with you next week! For this blog, please relate something about your personal life (work, school or family) to any of the bolded terms from either chapter one or chapter two. Don't use a term that was already used by someone else, okay? For credit, follow the syllabus guidelines for a blog post, and don't forget your name and a connection to a classmate's posting, too! |
Speech Outline Format
| 1. Introduction (YOUR NAME) A. Thank previous speaker. B. Attention Getter C. Preview D.. Purpose statement. 2. Transition 3. Body of speech A. Main Point(s) B., C., etc (addtional main points as speeches become longer. Never more than 5! Link with minor transitions OR enumeration) 4. Transition 5. Conclusion A. Conclusive language B. Review of main points (summary) C. Closing attention getter, aka: Memorable ending. D. Thank audience and hand floor back to me. |
Class Mtg One: January 19, 2007
| Agenda for tonight: 1. Roll, adds drops (form a circlish shape) 2. Introductions ( name and something wacky) 3. Review syllabus 4. Review blog 5. Interview partnew of opposite gender/sex. 6. Review speech outline. 7. Dinner ideas? Seriously... Homework for next Friday: 1. Compile interview info and put it into an outline format, due to me on email by Thursday at noon, idnasss@yahoo.com. 2. Read chapters 1,2 memorixzing bolded terms for quiz. 3. Respond to my blog posting, including your name and a reference to another class members post. 4. View An Uncertain Truth, on campus for free this Tuesday or rent it with some friends. If impossible, research it on the web. 5. Choose an interest item from the film and prepare a film oral report using the speech outline format. Next week's class: 1. Present your partner introductions. 2. Eat? 3. Listen to a fun-filled lecture on speech anxiety and delivery. 4. Review course calendar. 5. Discuss film, present oral reports and hand them in afterwards. 6. Quiz |
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Spring 07 Syllabus
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE!
Comm 301: Public Speaking
Now Playing from 530p-820p in Room BS 126
LEC 14910
Instructor: Sandra Wheeler-Abeyta, Assistant Professor
Email: Direct all communication to idnasss@yahoo.com
BLOG: Comm-YOU-nication (idnasss.blogspot.com)
Office: Fac102 Office Hours: TBA
Drop Date: 4/21/07
Required Materials
Text Book: Public Speaking by Steven & Susan Beebe. Published by A & B.
Scantrons 882 and Quiz Forms
Course Description
This course is exciting and unique! You’ll be talking more than me as we explore public speaking techniques, theories and models. Enact, apply and evaluate communication strategies and techniques which will help you both in and outside of the classroom. By making multiple speeches, participating in various in-class activities, completing course assignments, and reflecting on how elements of communication apply to you, you’ll develop greater mastery and confidence speaking in all sorts of settings, from the office to the stage, even across the table from a date!
Course Objectives
· To evaluate your own and others public speaking & communication skills.
· To develop tools for improving oral communication such as developing an awareness for rhetorical contexts, credibility enhancing techniques, persuasive language, invitational style, audience analysis & sophisticated delivery.
· To explore the impact of effective performance and application of the spoken and written word while accounting for gender, culture and other communication elements.
General Course Policies
1. Attendance: My policy for missed days is strict: I allow one absence for any reason you deem necessary (illness, other plans, family activity, etc). If you miss more than one class, your final grade will drop by 25 points. Missing 2 classes drops you 50 points. And so on. Poor attendance will prevent you from passing this class. If you miss more than 3 classes I will administratively drop you. Quizzes and partner evaluations can not be made-up so good attendance is vital.
2. Late Assignments: Assignments are due at the beginning of class. If they are not turned in at the beginning of class they will be considered late. I will accept late written assignments only with prior warning and only within one week after the original due date. Late work will be penalized one full letter grade (regardless of whether the assignment is two hours late or two days late). Exams, quizzes, partner evaluations, and presentations cannot be made up. NOTE: Speeches made on days that you show up late/leave early will be docked one full letter grade.
3. Beepers and Cell Phones: Turn off beepers and cell phones in class. If you have an emergency please let me know before class begins and set them to vibrate or silent. If your beeper/cell phone continues to go off in class, I will administratively drop you for not following course procedures.
4. Participation: A great deal of this class will involve the discussion of concepts and in-class activities. Many of the in-class activities will be given credit/no credit participation points. I expect every member of the class to fully participate.
Department/Campus Policies
Sexual Harassment: Sexual harassment is offensive and illegal and will not be tolerated in the classroom! Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance or requests for sexual favors or any other verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature in the work or college setting. Using profanity that consists of sexual innuendo or sexist language (a slur or pejorative towards a gender)
are considered a "verbal" conduct that may be an unwelcome advance. If you feel that you have been the recipient or a witness of sexual harassment by any other student enrolled in the class, please report the concern immediately to the Instructor. The Instructor, the Dean or the CRC student conduct personnel will address a report of Sexual Harassment immediately in a confidential, professional manner.
Academic Honesty: Cosumnes River College values academic honesty. Current policies prohibit dishonesty, such as cheating, plagiarism, or knowingly furnishing false information to the college. All members of the academic community are responsible for the academic integrity of the Cosumnes River College campus.
CRC Academic Honesty Process: CRC’s process with regard to plagiarism and cheating is available at www.crc.losrios.edu.
1. Faculty members have the right to choose whether or not to pursue suspected cases of plagiarism and cheating.
2. When addressing plagiarism or cheating with reasonable evidence, the faculty member should notify the student of the concern.
3. Faculty members may consult with other faculty, the Dean of the pertinent division, and the office of the Vice President for Student Services when determining whether plagiarism or cheating has occurred.
4. In situations where cheating or plagiarism has occurred, the faculty member is to determine consequences in compliance with board policy and regulations, which prohibit dropping a student from a course. The consequences may be any of the following options:
-giving the student a verbal or written warning
-giving the student an additional assignment
-giving the student a zero on the assignment
-assigning a grade of F for the course
-determining other appropriate consequences that comply with board policy and regulations.
5. In situations where cheating or plagiarism has occurred, the faculty notifies the Dean of the pertinent division, and the student that a “Referral for Student Code of Conduct Violation" will be filed through the Area Dean to the Office of VPSS.
6. Students have the right to grieve an action that they feel violates their student rights.
7. The office of the Vice President for Student Services (VPSS) shall be responsible for maintaining records related to cheating and plagiarism.
Probation, suspension or expulsions are courses of action that may be determined by the College Disciplinary Officer in accordance with District policy.
Definition of Plagiarism: Plagiarism is defined as representing the words, ideas, or work of another as one’s own in any academic exercise. Plagiarism consists in taking the words or specific substance of another work and either copying or paraphrasing without giving credit to the source. Plagiarism is applicable to written, oral, and artistic work. The following examples are some of the many forms plagiarism may take:
1. Word-for-word copying of work written by someone else.
2. Failure to give proper credit for ideas, statements of facts, or conclusions derived by another.
3. Failure to use quotation marks when quoting directly form another, whether a paragraph, sentence, or phrase.
4. Close and extended paraphrasing of another work without acknowledging the source.
Definition of Cheating: Cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work through the use of dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. The following are only some of the many forms cheating may take:
1. Copying another’s work on a test, paper, or project.
2. Using unauthorized materials in an exam or collaborating on work to be turned in for credit where the instructor disallows such collaboration.
3. Taking an exam for another student, purposely allowing another student to copy during a test, or providing coursework for another student to turn in as his or her own effort.
4. Submitting the same work in multiple classes for credit without permission form the instructor.
Emergency and Evacuation Procedures: In the event of an emergency, the
Instructor or another authorized person may need to follow the Emergency and
Evacuation Procedures established within the policy of the campus and will require your compliance and cooperation. Typically, the Emergency and Evacuation Procedures are posted within the classroom.
Each of the above policies is designed for your and each persons' safety with the intent for a rewarding academic experience possible at Cosumnes River College.
Course Assignments, Values & Grade Scale
Film Oral Report 25pts. ______
Quizzes (5 @ 10 pts. each) 50 pts. ______
Blog Postings (10 @ 5 points each) 50 pts. ______
After Dinner Speech 50 pts. ______
Informative Speech 100pts ______
Women’s History Week
/Group Special Occasion Speech 100pts ______
Audience Analysis 50 pts ______
Persuasive Speech 125pts ______
Critiques 50 pts ______
Midterm 75 pts. ______
Final 100 pts. ______
Class Participation 50 pts ______
Total 825 pts ______
90% - 100% = A 80% - 89% = B 70% - 79% = C 60% - 69% = D 59% and below = F
Assignments at a Glance
Film Oral Report
View “An Inconvenient Truth”—the Al Gore film, either on campus for free or rent it and give a short oral report including an introduction, body and conclusion linked with three complete transitions.
Quizzes
Given randomly and without warning, quizzes will focus on course vocabulary. No make-ups for quizzes.
Blog Postings
Welcome to the blognation. Check out Comm-YOU-nication at idnasss.blogspot.com soon. Ten blog postings minimum are required for this class, but more than that will count as extra credit if they help other students, provide support and/or share new links and ideas to expand the virtual classroom.
After Dinner: Entertainment Speech
If you have always wanted to be a stand up comedian, this is the 3 min speech for you! Other ideas include using a talent you have, exploiting a gimmick, doing magic and/or ranting. Elements of persuasion highlight after dinner speeches.
Speech To Inform
In this 4-5 minute speech you will inform us on a topic suited for our class in particular. Demonstrations are welcome for this assignment. Your goals are to enhance understanding, maintain interest and be memorable!
Groups: Women’s History Month: March
We will vote as a class on how to participate in this campus-wide event. You will design a speech with this special occasion in mind and work in groups to create visual aids. 4-5 Minutes
Audience Analysis
Various in class activities and/or worksheets will sharpen your ability to read and respond accordingly to what Fiske calls “the active audience.”
Persuasive Speech
You will set out to change the attitudes/beliefs/values or behaviors of your audience as you display credibility and meet listener needs while reducing cognitive dissonance.
Critiques
You will offer detailed critiques and constructive input to other speakers in our class. These must be at least one full paragraph (at least 6 complete sentences) offering 3 strengths & 3 opportunities, plus your favorite speech highlight and a movie or celebrity the speaker/speech reminded you of.
Midterm and Final
These tests will be taken with scantron forms 882. They will focus on textbook vocabulary, class lecture notes and specific information shared by your classmates in their speeches.
Participation
I expect you all to participate, offer constructive feedback, bring your textbook and above all be kind and empathetic audience members as well as ethical and invitational speakers! Positive attitudes are appreciated!
“When one has much to put into them, a day has a hundred pockets.”
–F. Nietzche
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