Welcome to Academic Communication
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See what you should be doing for this course 18 March through May 3, 2012
Introduction to the Academic Communication 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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