Second Year Seminar Faculty Resources

Sample Syllabi

 

HIST 299 Boston's Asian American Communities

 

POLI 298 Constitutional Convention as a 4 Act Drama

 

PSYCH 298H Movies and Mental Disorders

 

 

Podcasting

 

Helping Students Discover Their Voices: The Podcasting Medium in the Classroom

 

Speaking Intensive Resources

Speaking Across the Curriculum Resources

 

Mount Holyoke College - Speaking, Arguing, and Writing Program

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/saw/

 

The University of Pittsburgh - Speaking in the Disciplines

http://www.speaking.pitt.edu/

 

California State University, Sacramento - Speaking Across the Curriculum Resource Page

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/stonerm/SpeakingAcrossCurriculumHomePage.htm

 

 

Sample Rubrics for Communication and Speaking

 

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory - Verbal Effectiveness, Nonverbal Effectiveness, Appropriateness, and Responsiveness

http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/pdfRubrics/oralassess.PDF

 

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville - Speech Communication Portfolio

http://www.siue.edu/SPC/SPC_Portfolio/rubrics.html

 

National Communication Associations - Speaking and Listening Competencies for College Students (see page 7)

http://www.natcom.org/nca/files/ccLibraryFiles/FILENAME/000000000085/College%20Competencies.pdf

 

Chapman University - Assessment Sites (see section on "Presentation Rubrics")

http://www1.chapman.edu/soe/faculty/piper/teachtech/assessment.htm

 

Winona State University - Assessment Resources: Sample Rubrics (see section on "Oral Communication/Public Speaking/Presentations")

http://www.winona.edu/AIR/rubrics.htm

 

 

Pronunciation Guidelines

 

Voice of America - Pronunciation Guide

http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/index.cfm

 

OneLook(R) Dictionary Search

http://www.onelook.com/

 

 

Faculty for Civic Engagement

 

American Democracy Project - The Renaissance Group  

"Developing Informed and Engaged Citizens: Higher Education's Imperative" (PowerPoint Presentation)

 

Other Resources

 

Copyright & plagiarism resources: http://www.bridgew.edu/library/ipr/

 

Citing sources: http://www.bridgew.edu/library/styleman.cfm

 

Citation generator: http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php

 

Last Modified: June 27, 2012