Note: Due to Good Friday, this will be our only class meeting this week.
Also: April 17, 21, and 24 are the next speaking dates (informative speech). Students must submit their outlines to the instructor via e-mail. Please allow a minimum of three-days turnaround time for input.
Chapter Check-in
New Assignment:
Critical thinking and evaluation of web sites (as a source for speeches). She showed the students a link to questions and said they would copy and paste the material into a Word doc. She showed the link for the sites to be evaluated and asked students to visit them before the next class. The links are: Questions Links of Sites to Evaluate (Note: on the latter site, go to "Consider the Source" section.)
What to do:
a) go to the site and evaluate it according to the questions, making notes while you do so
b) read at least four articles at the site before you make your judgments
c) come prepared to show your site and comment at the next class
d) you will be asked to rate the credibility of your site on a 1-5 basis, with 5 being high
e) you must provide specific examples of what you say about the site. For example, if you say the site is biased, you must show us why you think so
