Continental Breakfast IncludedEvaluating Classroom Presentations
Tim Ball, Ph.D., School of Communication Studies
Sandra Sylvest, Ed.D., School of Communication Studies
Michelle Moreau, M.A., Communication Studies Resource Center
James Madison University
Description
Do you assign classroom presentations in your courses? Tired of hearing the same old material badly delivered? Unsure of the expectations you should have for your students' public speaking skills?
Come to this workshop and learn the nuts and bolts of student speech delivery. You will learn how to evaluate oral presentations, facilitate your grading, refine oral assignments, and help students be engaged in the public speaking process. This workshop will provide useful and creative strategies to help faculty assign meaningful and successful classroom presentations. You will also receive ideas and templates on grading rubrics, individual and group assignments, peer group evaluations, audience analysis, and visual aids. The workshop will also familiarize faculty with communication tools available on campus.
Details
Date: Thursday
Time: 9:30 - 12:00
Location: Taylor 306
Facilitators
Tim Ball, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Studies. He teaches a section of the Fundamental Human Communication course and serves as the GCOM Basic Course Director in the General Education Program. One of his research interests focuses on the assessment of cognitive, behavioral, and affective measures on communication competence.
Sandra Sylvest is the Communications Studies Department Liaison for GCOM 122--Basic Human Communications: Individual Presentations. She also teaches Presentational Speaking for the Communication Studies Department.
Michelle Moreau coordinates the Communication Resource Center in Wilson 416.