On Tuesday we present our informative speeches

Use class time on Thursday to meet with your tribes and go over your presentations. I'd like you to actually give your speech so that you can get the best feedback possible.

In class we discussed a few things that I'll be evaluating as you give your speeches. This includes your outline drafts and final (25 points); your speech, including time, appropriate topic, adaptation to the audience, research conducted, and variety of quality support (50); and a one page self evaluation of your speech, which you will write after watching your speech on video (10 points).

Email me if you have any questions, or you may consult your tribes. Instead of a Ted Talk this weekend (there is no reading by the way), you can play this game if you'd like: http://www.poddesign.com/history/quest/final/

As you play, think about how this video game informs you about expeditions. Consider the way human life is represented. See if you can complete the mission.

Outline for Informative Speech Due on Tuesday

In addition to turning in your complete outline of your informative speech, read Chapters 10, 11, and 12 in your book. Use Chapter 11 as a guide for your outline.

On Monday, September 27 at 2-3 p.m. I'll be giving my presentation on "Confronting Speech Anxiety" in the Discovery Classroom at the Noel Studio in the Library. I'd love to see you there if you are free, and I'll upgrade one of your lowest daily scores as a bonus.

One more thing, watch this Ted Talk before Tuesday's class. It's short and fun:



Enjoy! Have a great weekend. See you Tuesday and hopefully Monday as well.

Outline for Informative Speech

For Thursday's class, have a rough draft of your outline ready for comments. Remember, our informative speech will be 6 minutes long. Look at chapter 11 in our book for some ideas on how a formal outline should look.

Also, I'd like you to begin researching your topic by viewing a ted talk or a youtube video that offers information about your topic. Since we are still forming ideas, I hope these videos will encourage you to dig deeper and be creative with your presentations.

Shoot me an email if you have any questions.

What's your topic going to be?

Now that we've told the class our easy way to make the world a better place, I'd like you to begin writing down some ideas for your informative speech. Like I said before, think about something you are interested in; what do you want to know more about? Here's a Ted Talk I found inspiring:



Notice how William gave us a narrative. He explained his life, told us about a conflict that arose, and led us through the process in which he found the information he was looking for and implemented it to save his family.

For Tuesday's class, have some ideas for your next speech written down. We're going to share our ideas with the class. You'll also need to read chapters 8 and 9 and watch the video above. Let me know if you have any questions.

Have a great weekend!

Come up with a Topic; watch a Ted Talk

For our next speech, we'll be focusing on gathering and presenting information to the class. The key to this project is to find a topic that you are really interested in. What do you want to know more about? What keeps you up at night? What do you enjoy playing, reading, practicing? What would you like to accomplish? Don't be afraid to come up with a crazy idea. We can talk about it.

If you haven't set up your myspeechlab.com, do it now. Bring a thumb drive/memory stick to class so you can copy your speech and upload it to media share. 

In addition to coming up with some topic ideas, watch a Ted Talk. Any Ted Talk we haven't seen yet. Watch a Ted Talk  now. Watch a few if you want.

This is the Ted Talk I chose to watch this week:

Rachel Sussman's Ted Talk for Tuesday, September 14

I really enjoyed hearing your speeches today and look forward to hearing more on Tuesday. Remember to bring in a thumb drive of some kind to get your video. Post your video on myspeechlab's media share site. Some of you still need to get into that site. You should also watch the video below and read Chapters 5, 6, and 7.

Presenting your project to the class

In addition to watching Ken's video (see below), we'll begin the process of presenting our projects to the class. We've agreed to a 2-5 minute time frame. Here's an outline idea:

1. Audience: Tell us a personal story that will lead us to your idea of "an easy way to make the world a better place." Get our attention. Let us know why this is important to you.
2. Purpose: Tell us about your project. What did you do to get the word out?
3. Context: Tell us how this project was implemented as a college student with a busy schedule. How did you share your idea with other busy people? Why did you think this project would work? Did it work? It's okay if it didn't.
4. Close: Inspire us to make the world a better place.

We'll be grading the presentations together. Here are some things we agreed to look for:

1. Creativity: uniqueness of project or presentation or both
2. Clarity: presentation easy to follow and understand
3. Presence: body language and oral ability
4. Engagement: holding our attention and interest
5. Visuals: visibility and quality
6. Quality of feedback: listening to other presenters and comments

Sound good?

Ken's Ted Talk: Watch for Thursday, September 9, 2010

Jamie's Ted Talk: Watch for Tuesday's Class (Sept 7)