It may help our various audiences to provide a brief overview of podcasting as a growing trend.
Visit the podcasting entry from Wikipedia to learn more about podcasting.
Check out the following articles to explore the growing podcast trend as projected from 2005.
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/6727.asp
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1145689,00.html
We’re recording our speeches this week using the program Audacity.
Visit the Audacity Reference to learn the editing tools.
In speech class, we’ve been reviewing informational speaking and speech in a technological world. In doing so, we’ve been listening to NPR’s “This I Believe” essays.
While listening to the essays, students considered the following questions. They’ll be sharing their responses on this blog and we’d like to extend this conversation beyond our classroom, so please comment on our blog to share your ideas with us.
After listening to the “This I Believe” essays, respond to the following:
What do you understand about podcasting now? What did you notice about the technology? The sounds?
Which “This I Believe” essays did you listen to? Why did you select those pieces? What stood out to you about the essay? What aspects were memorable? What was effective about the piece?
What did you notice about the introduction the speech? What was interesting about the introduction?
Podcasting is a growing trend. But, what is it? Visit the following url for a definition from NPR.
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php?type=help
What interests you about podcasting?
In class, we’ve been discussing how speech will be influenced by advances in technology. We’ve read Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2006 and discussed how speaking skills will need to adapt based on technology, as well as what jobs may require of employees. I invite my students and others to share your thoughts on this topic.
How does technology influence the manner in which presentations or speeches are given now or will be given in the future?
Speech class 07 - Looking cool
Originally uploaded by reedd504.
Speech class 07 - Looking cool.
After Sarah’s career speech, she gave all of us Navy sunglasses. Thanks for bringing the sunshine to February!
Welcome to our speech blog. We’re happy to be up and running now that we’ve switched services. A special shout out of thanks to my amazing students for their patience as we’ve worked our our blogging kinks.
This blog is for discussion of speeches and speaking skills and podcasting. We look forward to sharing our ideas about speeches, as well as our own podcast project with the ears of the world. Thanks for visiting!
-Mrs. Reed
