Historic Time Travel: Peek into Industry and Agriculture. A2ZCDS.com. 1920, DVD.
instructors
Beautiful Evidence
Tufte, Edward R. 2006. Beautiful Evidence. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within
Tufte, Edward R. 2006. The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
presentationzen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
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Reynolds, Garr. 2008. Presentationzen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery. Berkeley, CA: New Riders.
Contents
Introduction: Presenting in Today's World
Preparation: Creativity, Limitations, and Constraints; Planning Analog; Crafting the Story
Design: Simplicity - Why It Matters; Presentation Design - Principles and Techniques; Sample Slides
Delivery: The Art of Being Completely Present; Connecting With an Audience
The Next Step: The Journey Begins
Valley of the Skunk
Paulson, Roland. 1999. Valley of the Skunk: The Story of a Haven. Aurora, CO: The National Writers Press. [multiple copies available]
Agriculture in America
Agriculture in America. National Archives and Records Management. 2008, DVD.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute
Posted February 17th, 2009 by ISUComm Keywords:
CELT Sponsors SoTL Projects in WOVE
CELT is currently accepting applications for a year-long scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) institute for faculty and staff. This year's request is targeting two areas of interest:
- projects focusing on student learning outcomes embedded within learning communities
- projects focusing on the implementation of ISUComm principles in upper division courses.
2009 Art Essay Contest
Posted February 16th, 2009 by ISUCommDeadline for 2009 Art Essay Contest is March 30
Submitting Students Entries to the 2009 Art Essay Contest
The ISU University Museums Art Essay Contest is offered annually. Four $125 awards are given to the best essays written on ISU art in English 150 or 250 during either the fall or spring semester. This contest encourages students to write for audiences beyond the ISUComm Foundation Courses classroom.
Communication Competency Levels
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Communication Competency Levels for Assessment
One approach to assessing communication is to describe general competency levels in three ways—as an overall assessment of abilities, as a summary of performance on a specific task, or as a measure of growth in rhetorical categories (context-substance-organization-style-delivery). To describe these levels, here is the six-part competency scale for multimodal communication assessment developed and used by ISUComm:
Workshops 2008–2009
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Fall 2008
Spring 2009
- Thursday, Feb. 10, 4:10–5:00 p.m., Plant Pathology Seminar, 310 Bessey Hall. Creating Audience-Centered Presentations.
Amy Slagell, Associate Professor, English, and ISUComm Consultant, will speak on ways to design effective, professional presentations by focusing on the needs and knowledge of the audience.