Hi Ladies,
Hope everyone had a great weekend! Sorry this post is so late!
I. Open floor
II. In-person TA meeting #2
III. Week 5 review
IV. Week 6 overview
V. Additional readings and activities
I. Any general questions and/or comments?
II. Almost all of you have noted that we should have another in-person TA meeting. I agree. Some of us have spoken informally about some of the challenge we are facing in presenting the content to students, but I think we should meet and address these issues collectively…. I will send out a Doodle link this week so we can schedule something!
III. How did the organization and interviewing lectures go for everyone? I think my students broadly grasped the content; however, I wish the course provided more time/opportunities for the students to practice some of the concepts and techniques in the material before they jump into outlines and rough drafts…How did your students like Vidal? When he left yesterday he said he enjoyed himself and would love feedback from our students.
IV. This will be out last week of lecturing until Week 10. This week, we will quickly introduce the students to informative/demonstrative speaking through two presentations: one that’s concerned with content and organization (Oct 3), and one that’s focused on style (Oct 5). Both presentations include examples, which I highly recommend that you show. In past semesters, I’ve found that, when it comes to the speeches, students learn best by example.
V. Big thanks to each of you for contributing additional readings/activities to the TAC and blog! Anything that can help the students put the concepts into practice is a plus!
That's it...I'm going to bed :-)
I would love to meet in person and go over ideas about presenting content...next week/weekend would be best for me. My schedule's a bit all over the place, but I do have time Tuesday/Thursday morning and limited time after class Monday/Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteI think my students are doing pretty well with the interviewing/organizing...the outlines all looked quite solid. We did some interviewing exercises in class that we quite helpful. I try to include as much discussion and time for activities as possible in each class and I've found that any examples are very helpful for comprehension.
My students really liked Vidal and thought he was a fun speaker.
I look forward to seeing you all hopefully soon!
I'm free when Haley is, too. I second all of the above--the outlines were well organized and almost everyone is on the right track.
ReplyDeleteVidal was great! We talked about him in class today as an example of a dynamic and personable speaker.