CALS 183 Communication Methods Lecture Seven Outline, Tuesday March 15, Thursday March 17

CALS 183: Students go to one lecture and one lab per week
Lecture A (CRN 11516) Tuesdays 2:50-4:05pm Flemming 101
 Lecture B (CRN 91368) Thursdays 2:50-4:05pm Lafayette 108
Labs

Attendance speech (30 seconds): Your Name, tell us something that happened to you over spring break.

Questions?

Please put away all electronic devices (lap tops, smart phones, iPods, iPads etc.) and take out something to write with and paper.

Assignments & Announcements:
  1. Contact your group members for the Group Critical Analysis presentation and Practice, Prepare your Persuasive Presentation.
  2. Bring Flash Drive (2+ Gigs) to lab when you present.
  3. Check Syllabus speaking schedule for when you are presenting and your lab role.
  4. Starting next week in lecture: Formal Introductions (Assignment #1 in Syllabus) 

Tips From TAs:

  1. Follow the Critique Sheets!
  2. Objectives must say how the audience will be changed: "I'm going to talk to you about rock climbing" is NOT an objective.  "After my presentation you will know the basics of rock climbing" is an objective.
  3. Restate must knows must be SPECIFIC.
  4. Have a STRONG ENDING separate from the restate must knows.
  5. PAUSE FOR EFFECT!
  6. DRESS - conservative & more formal than usual.
  7. It is YOUR responsibility to set up the technology - not the TAs.  Set up BEFORE lab starts.
  8. Lab Roles
  9. Everyone is expected to arrive early and stay the whole time - go to the bathroom before lab.
  10. Source any facts that are not common knowledge.
  11. Repeat questions asked at the end of your presentation.
LECTURE:

Group Critical Analysis Presentation Details: Symposium Format.
-Know the contact information for your group members
-Decide on a topic to find two ARTICLES on either sides of the issue
-Decide who in the group will do what
-Practice!
 
Persuasive Presentation suggested order of things to do:
   1. Mind Map first draft
   2. Research your topic
   3. Detailed outline
   4. Mind Map second draft
   5. Presentation outline (big font, one sheet)
   6. Practice at least three times in front of friends and get feedback
   7. GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION 
   8. View your presentation, read peer evaluations, reflect
   9. Write your reflection paper
  10. Assemble your reflection folder: Reflection Folder Checklist folder is due at the beginning of lab the following week.  Here's an example of the Contents of the Reflection Folder.

Analysis of the Martin Luther King speech: Nancy Duarte

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