It seemed to me that Chapter Six did not have much in the way of videos to watch. There appeared to be only one "informative" video along with two speech presentations. The informative video mostly seemed to reiterate the content of the chapter. Understand what you know and do not know about your topic so that you can research appropriately. Use your library - it is there specifically as a research tool for you to use. A well-researched topic certainly does make for a smoother speech presentation. I remember having to give a research presentation on the fine intricacies of photosynthesis in a high school biology class, and it going terribly because I didn't have a firm grasp on the topic. So I can totally get behind the idea of thoroughly researching your speech topic.
I will say that I was completely enamored with Shaura's informative speech "Terrestrial Pulmonate Gastropods." Strangely enough, I am a rather big fan of slugs also, so not only did i enjoy the subject material, but I thought her speech to be rather witty as well as informative. I feel like I got more out of watching that video than the straight informative video. you could tell that Shaura enjoyed her topic, and I really appreciated the clever word play that seemed to flow very easily from her. Plus the title of her speech is beyond awesome. Shaura is my new Speech Hero, and I am hoping that I come off as comfortable as she did for our demonstrative speech.
I think the example of your photosynthesis speech was a valid example chapter six. It shows the main point of really researching and developing your topic well. Another point to make is you identify multiple perspectives and sources. This doesn't only benefit yourself by seeing your topic from different perspective, but also gives you an idea of what issues may face when you speak (Coopman, 99). With the use of a library, the internet, or a research interview, you need to remember to cite your material so there is no question on plagiarism.
ReplyDeleteI also got really into the slug speech. I had no idea that it was painful when you use salt on a slug, although I'm not surprised. I did not find the videos as helpful this week as I did last week, with the confidence building videos. I did like that with both speeches we watched it was hardly noticeable that the speakers had done research, while at the same time you felt that they were both experts on their topics. It made me aware that I need to get started on our next speech earlier rather than later, so I will be confident and well informed on what I am speaking on.
ReplyDeleteHooray slugs! Her topic was very interesting indeed, but the way she delivered her speech was I think was even better. Like you said she seemed to calm and cool up there even when she stuttered or lost her place. I am not sure if this is because she is good at speeches or if she just loves slugs enough to talk about it without issue, but whatever it is I want to duplicate it. I agree too her speech was far more educational than the other how to sort of videos. The only thing I didn't think I could do is the sort of word play she used I feel that if I tried that the few pity laughs I would receive would throw me off.
ReplyDeleteThe whole slug story was surprisingly quite interesting. I like the way that she presented the information. She must have given quite a few speeches in her career as I found myself very ingaged with her after only a minute or two. I am not very in to slugs but she did give a lot of very fun information. I wonder if she really likes the slugs or if she just had to pick a topic to speak about. Either way you look at it, she gave a good researched speech. I'm kind of hoping that there will be another speech given by her on one of the next videos.
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