Friday, February 28, 2014

Handbrake Instructions

You will use handbrake to compress the Oral History files that you collect.  The instructions below will help you learn how to use this software. Click on the blue box to read it.



Sunday, February 16, 2014

Exam One Study Sheet

Exam One Study Sheet/Terms

Communication Models

- Distinguish between the models of communication from the chapter and lecture.

- Be able to apply the elements of the Coordinated Management of Meaning model to multiple different communicative contexts.
  • Speech Act
  • Episode
  • Identity
  • Relationship
  • Culture

Public Communication

- Be able to distinguish between the five Roman Canons of Rhetoric (from the course blog)

- Explain the three types of proof that Aristotle said all persuaders use.

- Know the two dimensions of credibility (and the third that he didn't include)

- What was Aristotle’s three step process for evoking an emotion in an audience?

- What did Aristotle think the best kind of proof was? Why?

- Know and be able to identify and apply Monroe's Motivated Sequence. Know the particulars of each step.

Speech Delivery

Be able to define and distinguish between

Appearance
Posture
Eye Contact (sustained / distributed)
Poise
Facial Expressiveness
Rate
Pitch
Volume
Articulation
Nonverbals

Be able to identify the following nonverbal behaviors in case studies of human behavior:

kinesics, haptics, physical appearance, olfactics, artifacts, proxemics, environmental factors, chronemics, paralanguage, and silence.

Be able to identify the ways that particular nonverbal behaviors regulate interaction, establish relationship-level meanings and reflect cultural values.

Be able to link these to the examples from class.

Oral History

Know the history of oral communication that we talked about in class.

Be able to identify the ways that oral histories differ from other forms of history.

Listening

Be able to identify all the steps in the process of listening according to the chapter

Be able to identify all the barriers to listening

Be able to correctly order the empathic and critical listening process.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Speaker Order - Community Speech

Speaker Order

Monday, February 17
1. Kaitlyn
2. Jordan Schlabaugh 
3. Ally
4. Hannah
5. Erin
6. Tina
7. Kelsey


Wednesday, February 19
1. Mahogany
2. Jhonathan
3. Lucas
4. Jake
5. Nate
6. Benjamin



Friday, February 21
 
1. Leah

2. Xavier
3. Andrew 
4. Jordan Muir
5. Thomas
6. Gabrielle
7. Tara
8. Colton 

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Community Needs Speech Topics

Kelsey - Insufficient Awareness about Resources for New Mothers

Erin - High Crime Rates- specifically

Mahogany - Local violent Crime

Gabby - Addictions

Kaitlyn - Obesity

Thomas - Kids Who Lack Role Models

Tina - Canton's "run down & rough area" reputation

Jordan S. - Poverty in Canton

Jhonathan - Extreme Poverty in Canton

Hannah - the need to help people restore their houses to proper living conditions when they can't afford it or are not able to do it themselves

Leah - Unwanted pregnancies 

Lucas - Homeless Need for Good Shoes 

Ally - At risk kids who are unsupervised after school - drugs & gangs & crime

Jake - At risk kids, unsupervised after school - lower grades and scores in school

Jordan M. - lack of fitness in Canton

Tara - Needs of women & children from homes with Domestic abuse

Benjamin - Animals on the edge at animal shelters.