Students told what their persuasive speech topic selection was:
Keltha: legalizing drugs
Alonso: trans-fatty acids
Koffi: prison industry
Jorge: guns
Cherrie: healthier eating
Constance: asparatame
Jonathan: dangers of driving a motorcycle
Yasmine: animal communication
Joan: ALS
Parisa: cholesterol
Sherry: wash your hands!
Gregg: U.S. should put more money into infrastructure
Joe: buy environmentally friendly fabrics (not cotton)
Ana: desensitized soldiers
Elisangela: how agricultural practices waste water
The instructor talked about how Powerpoint is misused and then told students the most effective way to use it. She told about visuals and how to select pictures (dpi), pixelation, how to choose photos, public domain imagery, and how to put the pictures in the program. Also, she showed how to get new templates and clip art for use in speeches.
We then discussed the use of the camera in cell phones for pictures. Alonso told students how to take such pictures and send them to their computer via e-mail.
After the lecture, everyone went to the computer lab to try out some of the techniques.
Persuasive outlines will be due next week and the speeches will be presented during the last two weeks of the class, May 1 and 8.
