Week of February 1 - 7

Welcome to your first week of completing assignments. Here is what's on the schedule for this week. Please be sure to pay close attention to deadlines (specifically dates AND times):

Our week started this morning at 12:01am and will end on Saturday at 11:59pm. Please have everything completed for this week by 11:59pm on Saturday.

1). Read Chapter 2: Building You Confidence

2). Read Chapter 4: Developing Your Purpose and Topic

3). Read over EVERY speech assignment in this course. Assignments are located on the Speech Page on Blackboard.

4). Pick topics for ALL speeches and email them to me BY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6th AT 10am! (We will discuss topics a bit more during our first class meeting on February 27th). Remember, topics MUST BE OF SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE.

5). Please take note that we will have 3 in-person meetings to present our speeches. These meeting dates and times are noted on the Schedule Page and Syllabus. There is NO rescheduling speeches, so clear you calendar on those dates and plan to arrive to campus EARLY.

6). Discussion

Answer one of the questions in each of your three separate posts, at least 12 hours apart. Please make sure you are creating a NEW POST for each question on your blog. You MUST WAIT 12 hours from the first post in order to create a second post. The same is true for the second and third post. I will record dates and times of your posts, so make sure they are at least 12 hours apart. EACH POST MUST BE 100 WORDS OR MORE.

*1). What makes you apprehensive about public speaking? (Read the chapter first, and make sure to include chapter material in your answer).

*2). Speech Buddy Videos: Watch in the Interactive Videos (Speech Buddy Videos) and respond. Watch videos 2.1, 2.2 and "Intro Jessica". What did you learn? What was useful in the videos that you can apply to your speeches or speech preparation process?

*3). Pick one concept from the reading assignment this week (Ch.2 or Ch.4) that you found interesting or useful and and discuss it.

7). Comments
Remember to post ONE comment ON THREE DIFFERENT BLOGS between 12:01am on Sunday and 11:59pm on Saturday. This means that you will log onto MY BLOG at: http://comm20spring2009.blogspot.com/ and look at the lower right and corner to see a list of your colleagues blogs. Click on those blogs, read what was posted for this week, and respond. You need to make sure that you are responding to only what was discussed THIS WEEK. Comments posted to blogs that were NOT within this week will not be counted for points. Each comment must also be a minimum of 100 words.

Note: When you leave a comment, make sure you are logged into your blogspot account. In other words, you will need to make sure your "Display Name/Alias Name" shows up on the blog you are commenting on. I record the locations, dates and times of your comments as well.

Let me know if you have ANY questions about how blogging/discussions work.

Reminder: Check my blog everyday for updates, and check your email everyday in case there are emails you need to respond to pertaining to this course.

Happy Blogging!!!!