CALS 183 Communication Methods Lecture Six Outline,Tuesday, 6 October 2009
ANNOUNCEMENTS & REMINDERS:
Hand back Present Yourself Quizzes and other graded presentations.
FRIDAY LAB STUDENTS: Reflection papers and pocket folders due on or before 12:50pm Friday in Box outside of Dr. Leonard's office (208H Morrill Hall).
SUGGESTIONS from the TAs:
ASSIGNMENTS:
Be sure you know your Speech date and lab role assignment, these have been updated!
Reflection Paper & Pocket Folder info from syllabus:
9. Write three reflection papers(15%, three @ 5% each). Outlined above, these papers are to show reflection and learning from the three individual speech experiences. The three papers, three to five pages in length, should be written after viewing the videotape of your presentation, reading the student critiques and honestly reflecting on the experience. Use the following three headings to frame your paper, and discuss all of the topics in the sub headings below in your paper:
a. The speech I prepared for : Why you chose your topic…how your conducted your research…the credibility of your sources, especially web –based sources…the objectives of your speech…how you went about constructing the speech…the amount and type of practice you did…who you practiced in front of, and how many times...the feedback you received…any other preparation.
b. The speech I gave : Give details of how your speech went…comparison of the speech with the one you practiced…what was going on in your head during the speech…what the video tape showed…things you did right…things you did wrong…student critique comments…anything else concerning the actual speech and how it felt to you
c. Improvements for Next Time : Things
you wish you had done differently to give the ideal speech…what would you have done differently in
preparing for and delivering your speech…what
will you do next time to improve…anything
else that you wish you had done and would do in the future.
Hand in your reflection
paper in a POCKET FOLDER with your name, speech title, lab section (day & time), and date delivered on the
front cover. Inside the folder, in the pockets should be: 1. Your
reflection paper (speech I prepared for, speech I gave, improvements for next
time, with page numbers), 2. First Mind Map draft. 3. an updated re-drafted Mind Map.
4. Detailed speech outline. 5.
Presentation outline (detailed outline reduced down to minimum in big font).
6. Research materials (articles, photocopies you made. 7. Copies of visual aids
(images, overheads, etc.) if they will fit in the folder. 8. Student critiques from those who
watched your presentation.
9. List of Objectives: what you want your audience to
know or do because of your talk, how the audience will be changed by your talk. Your Pocket Folder is due at the beginning of lab the week after you present (if late -10% the
first week, -20% the second week, No credit afterwards).
Here is
a checklist for your folder.
Group Critical Analysis begins: Monday October 19, Wednesday Oct 21, Friday Oct 23 (13 days away from today).
Details are in the syllabus, item #6.
Group members evaluation handout: show
Example of Group Critical Analysis: Censorship: Harry Potter
GROUP CRITICAL ANALYSIS Handout:
Get into your groups and complete and save the form.
Formal Class Introductions (graded,
5%). End with "Thank You" or "That's Me!", Don't End with "That's about it".
No hats, hands out of
pockets.