Welcome to Academic Communication
Please bookmark: http://acommunication.pbworks.com
If you're looking for Academic Composition, it's here
For the first two weeks of this course, the students learned Prezi
In the 3rd week they created a presentation to introduce their friend
In the 4th and 5th weeks they are making presentations about the environment
See an example Prezi here - PREZI: Why and How
Quick Links on this page
Introduction to the Academic Communications course
This Academic Communications course is created along the lines of http://academiccomposition.pbworks.com
PowerPoint will be used of course but we start the course with brainstorming, mindmapping, and use of Prezi
http://prezi.com
What you will need for this course
- A Gmail account so that you can use Google Docs
- An account with Prezi http://prezi.com
- HCT email (run Outlook to let it set up automatically
- Send an email to vstevens@hct.ac.ae when you have it working)
- Make sure your email has a SUBJECT with your name and NC13-class
- In the text of your email write your name, mil ID, and NC13-class, and the link to your first Prezi
- You get an A if you do this by first class of the week, B if by second class, C after that
- Audacity and LAME software (more on this later)
- An account with http://slideshare.net (later)
- Other accounts for some of the other Web 2.0 sites we will use
Syllabus
We will use this textbook:
Present Yourself 2: Viewpoints by Steven Gershon, Cambridge
(sorry, it is not available at NC at start of class March 18)
So today you will visit http://prezi.com/learn/, view the tutorial called "Get Started", and complete the worksheet you are given in class
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Teaching Week #
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Date
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Learning Objectives
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Text Focus:
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Activities
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Assessments
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1
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18-22 March
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Collaboration:, 1, 2
Speaking: 4, 5
Visualization: 7
Presentation: 9
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Pages 2-4 and online wiki portal
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Asking questions p.2 -
Brainstorming p.4 –
Prezi mindmap tool
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2
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25-29 March
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Collaboration: 1, 2
Speaking: 4, 5
Visualization: 7, 8
Presentation: 9
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Pages 6-7
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Presentation tips p.6 –
My classmate p.7
Presentation in Prezi
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Prezi posted on the Internet, assessed as per rubric
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3
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2-5 April
(Apr 1 admin leave)
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Collaboration: 1, 2, 3
Speaking: 4, 5
Visualization: 7, 8
Presentation: 9
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Pages 8-15
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Creating a presentation “Motto for Life” – Students work independently, get feedback in Google Docs
Students work handouts on PPT animation and effects
Introduction to Blogging
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4
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8-12 April
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Collaboration: 1, 2, 3
Speaking: 4, 5
Visualization: 7, 8
Presentation: 9
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Pages 16-19
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Making a presentation “Motto for Life” - Students apply handouts on PPT animation and effects
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PowerPoint presentation soft copy, assessed as per rubric
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5
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15-19 April
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Collaboration: 1, 2, 3
Speaking: 4, 5
Visualization: 7, 8
Presentation: 9
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Pages 20-27
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Creating a survey presentation
Activities on internet survey sites and visualization tools
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Blog postings assessed as per rubric
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6
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22-26 April
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Collaboration: 1, 2, 3
Speaking: 4, 5
Visualization: 7, 8
Presentation: 9
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Pages 28-31
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Making a survey presentation
Creating charts in Excel
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PowerPoint presentation with charts and visual representation of data, assessed as per rubric
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Complete syllabus documents are here
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