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Generating Synergy: How to Make the Introduction to Public Speaking Classroom More Interactive and Engaging

Generating Synergy: How to Make the Introduction to Public Speaking Classroom More Interactive and Engaging. Lisa Ford-Brown November 4, 2011. A Quirk of Fate or Not?: A Webinar on Synergy. What is Learning?. Learning is a change in knowledge attributable to experience. Learning is change

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Generating Synergy: How to Make the Introduction to Public Speaking Classroom More Interactive and Engaging

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  1. Generating Synergy: How to Make the Introduction to Public Speaking Classroom More Interactive and Engaging Lisa Ford-Brown November 4, 2011

  2. A Quirk of Fate or Not?: A Webinar on Synergy

  3. What is Learning? • Learning is a change in knowledge attributable to experience. • Learning • is change • in what the learner knows • caused by the learner’s experience (Mayer, Richard E. Applying the Science of Learning. Boston: Pearson, 2011. Print.)

  4. What are the Characteristics of Current Learners? • They are highly visual. • They are spatial. • They are technologically gifted. • They learn best by exploring/discovery. • They view education as the means to a goal. • They need structure and supervision. • They gravitate toward group activities. • They view staying connected as essential. • They need to be entertained.

  5. What is Synergy? • Synergy comes from the Greek word synergia, meaning joint work and cooperative action. • Synergy occurs when the result is greater than the sum of the parts. Synergy is created when things work together to create an outcome that is in some way of more value than the total of what the individual inputs are.—About.com

  6. How Do You Fuel Synergy? • Create an environment for combustion. • Start the fire small. • Stay on target. • Involve everyone. • Have fun. • Employ a synergistic learning model.

  7. A Model of Active Learning Experience of: Dialogue with: DOING SELF OBSERVING OTHERS (Fink, Dee L. Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An integrated Approach to Designing College Courses. New Jersey: John Wiley, 2003. Print.)

  8. What Tools Can Create Synergy? • Lecture/Discussion • Audiovisual Aids • Demonstration • Workshops and Group Activities • Guest Lectures • Outside of Class Activities and Assignments • Social Media • Email • Facebook • Twitter • Blogs • Wikis • Professor Created Websites • Publisher Maintained Services

  9. Synergy Tactics • Before The First Day: • Self Introductions • Truth or Lie Bingo • Imaginative Name Tags • Food for Thought Questions • Cool Stuff and Bummers

  10. Synergy Tactics • First Day of Class: • Traditional Icebreakers • Impromptu Speeches • Teacher/Student Expectations • Good Speaker/Poor Speaker Qualities

  11. TEACHER

  12. Synergy Tactics • Used With Traditional Lecture or Discussion: • Brainstorming Plagiarism • Academic Honesty Contract • Turnitin • Visual Triggers • Bumper Stickers • “Really, I have to take notes?” or Guided Note Taking • Trading Places • Show and Tell Friday • Operation “REALITY” • Visual Maps • Impromptu Speech for Later in the Semester • The Review Shuffle • Class Minutes

  13. Synergy Tactics • More Extensive Activities: • “Survey Says…” • KnowledgeTube • Twitterperts • Topics in the News • The Evaluator! • Speech Poster Sessions • Public Speaking Commercials • Fun with Fallacies • Posting Paraphrases

  14. Synergy Tactics • Review Sessions: • PowerPoint Review • Pass the Stuff Animal • Create a Study Game • Extraordinary Participation: • Treasure Hunt • Online Quizzes • Current Events

  15. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS • Don’t lose sight of content. • Ground the selection of content and teaching method in the course objectives. • Stick to your expectations. • Listen and Observe. • Be willing to learn from your students. • Seek out and be willing to listen to evaluation of a method. • Be kind to yourself. • Take it in steps.

  16. Resources • Boris, Edna Zwick. “Classroom Minutes: A Valuable Teaching Device.” Improving College and University Teaching, 31.2 (1983), 70-73. Print. • Fink, Dee L. Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses. New Jersey: John Wiley, 2003. Print. • Hyerle, David and Larry Alper. Student Successes with Thinking Maps. 2nded. Thousand Oaks: Corwin, 2011. Print. • Mayer, Richard E. Applying the Science of Learning. Boston: Pearson, 2011. Print. • Siberman, Mel. Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996. Print.

  17. Staying Connected Lisa Ford-Brown Columbia College labrown@ccis.edu

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