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Authors
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John Seiter
John Seiter earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. He is a professor at Utah State University, where he was previously named the university’s Teacher of the Year. With Robert Gass, he coauthored the textbook Persuasion, Social Influence, and Compliance Gaining. His research, which has received eight national awards, focuses on a variety of topics, including deception detection, political aggression, and hospitality. In his spare time, he enjoys writing, travelling, stumbling through streams with a fly fishing rod, playing games, watching films, and eating Nutrageous candy bars.
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Jennifer Peeples
Jennifer Peeples is an award winning teacher, twice nominated for the US Professor of the Year Award from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching by Utah State University (2014, 2015) in addition to departmental and college teaching awards. She is also a Fellow for the Association of American Colleges & Universities Faculty Collaboratives program. In addition, she has presented on classroom innovation for the AAC&U Student Success and the Quality Agenda conference and for the “What is an Educated Person?” conference for the Utah System of Higher Education. At Utah State, she teaches interpersonal communication, conflict management, and courses dedicated to the rhetorical analysis of written, visual, and environmental discourses.
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Matthew L. Sanders
Matthew L. Sanders is an Associate Professor of communication studies at Utah State University. He holds a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Matt conducts research in the areas of nonprofit organizations and student empowerment and his work has been published in academic journals in communication, business, and public administration. He is the author of the book Becoming a Learner: Realizing the Opportunity of Education, which is used in First Year Experience programs at several universities. Awards recognizing his work with students include being named Teacher of the Year for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (2010) at Utah State University; Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (2013) at Utah State University; Certificate of Merit – Outstanding New Faculty Advisor (2011) for the National Academic Advising Association; and the Graduate Teaching Impact Award for the Department of Communication (2008) at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Great Ideas for Teaching Students: An Orientation
John S. Seiter, Jennifer Peeples, Matthew L. Sanders
Part I: Public Speaking
Audience Analysis and Adaptation
1. Creating Community Time Capsules: A Creative Approach to Analyzing Audiences
Lisa K. Hanasono
2. "I Totally Missed That!" Using Twitter to Teach Critical Listening
Megan M. Wood
3. Argument Framing Based on Audience Disposition
Katie L. Turkiewicz
4. Middle School Service-Learning Informative Speech
Joshua F. Hoops
5. Analyzing Diverse Audiences to Recruit Students to Your College
Nathan G. Webb
6. Myers-Briggs Communication Exercise
Patrick Breslin
7. Take a Stand for Persuasion: Teaching Audience Analysis for Persuasion and Beyond
Jenny Tatsak
Apprehension/Anxiety
8. Worst Case Scenario: Public Speaking Edition
Laura Beth Daws
9. What Do You Prefer? Understanding Communication Anxiety
Andrea L. Meluch
10. Ten Second Stand-Up or Scribble: Build Community and Reduce Communication Apprehension
Rachel C. Murdock
11. Even Dwight Schrute Suffers from Public Speaking Anxiety
Kelly Soczka Steidinger
Arrangement
12. An Organizational Pattern for Narrative-based Ceremonial Speeches
Eddie Glenn
13. Apples to Apples: Connecting Disconnected Ideas
Nicholas T. Tatum, Anna-Carrie Beck
14. Transitioning from Essay Writing to Speechwriting: Using Post-It Notes for Invention
Susan M. Ward
15. Talk Story: Developing Thematic Narratives
Rose Helens-Hart
16. Hot Potato Extreme: An Exercise to Enhance Presentations, Problem Solving and Personal Relationships
Colleen Packer
Persuasion
17. Can They Survive the Shark Tank? Identifying and Evaluating Monroe’s
Motivated Sequence in Persuasive Appeals
Sarah VanSlette
18. John Oliver’s Long Rants: Teaching the Modes of Persuasion in an Online Public Speaking Class
George F. (Guy) McHendry, Jr., Erika L. Kirby, James L. Leighter
19. Shark Tank: Connecting Ingenuity, Interpersonal Influence, and the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Communication Classes
Lisa K. Hanasono
Delivery and Style
20. From Politics to Zombie Survival: Teaching Gestures in Presentational Speaking
Erin F. Doss
21. Acting Out: An Interactive Activity for Reducing Ineffective Public Speaking Behaviors
Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter, Vladimir Santiago Arias
22. Animation and Attention Exercise: Helping Your Students to Become More Dynamic Speakers
Carole Bennett
23. Stylish Speech Day: A Fun way to Learn Schemes and Tropes
Lorelle B. Jabs
24. Seussically Speaking: An Elocution Activity
Stephanie Kelly
25. Knowing Jack: Comprehending Stylistic Choices
Vanessa A. Condon, Joshua N. Westwick
26. Historic Speech Assignment
Jacob Metz
Visual Aids
27. Stop Talking to PowerPoint!
Tara M. Franks
28. See What I Mean: An Applied Approach to Teaching about Visual Aids
Mary K. High
29. Your Life in 100 Words or Less: A PowerPoint Activity for the Basic Course
Tim Rumbough
Speech Contexts
30. Building Informers through Team-Teaching
Katherine Beich-Forkner
31. Gizmos and Gadgets: A Small Group Impromptu Public Speaking Experience
Harriet Sharlow Benavidez
Part II: Interpersonal Communication
Models, Concepts and Theories
32. Adapting the "A-B-Scene" to Communication Classrooms: An Exercise for
Understanding the Role of Context, Empathy, Perceptions, and Message Dimensions
Christian R. Seiter, John S. Seiter
33. Alex and Sarah: Experiencing Emotions through Role-Playing
Mark D. Cruea
34. Alternatives to Self-Disclosure Activity
Deborah Chasteen
35. The Interpersonal Communication Playlist
Mary Vaughn
36. Teaching the Communication Process with a Grab Bag
Jennifer B. Gray
37. Defining Communication with Legos: Building an Understanding of the Constructivist Approach
Lindy Grief Davidson
38. "Do you remember that time when…?": Modeling StoryCorps Interviews to Teach Family Storytelling
Kristina A. Wenzel Egan
39. One Truth and Two Lies: A Game That Reinforces Narrative Paradigm
Yifeng Hu
40. Barbie, Lego, and Playdough: Exploring Communication Theory Through Childhood Experiences
Nancy Bressler
41. Did You Just See That? Using Critical Communication Pedagogy
and Observation to Teach about Identify and Social Norms.
Kristina Ruiz-Mesa
Perception
42. Do Clothes Make the Student? Makeover Day Selfie Project
Terri Toles Patkin
43. "I am…": An Exercise in Self-Concept
Deleasa Randall-Griffiths
44. Music in the Communication Classroom: Using Music to Teach about Stereotypes and Expectations
William Mullen, Faith Mullen
45. Experiential Learning and Perception: Cutting through the Assumptions
(The Knife Exercise)
Lou Davidson Tillson, Marilyn D. Hunt
46. How Do You See Me? Understanding the Perception Process
Mark D. Cruea
47. The Shopping List: An Exercise in Perception and Symbolic Interactionism
Laura A. O’Connell
Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
48. "Tell Me a Little About Yourself": Nonverbal Communication and Interviewing
Jennifer Peeples, Matthew L. Sanders, John S. Seiter
49. Screaming for Your Attention without Saying a Word: Finding Nonverbal Immediacy Cues in an Episode of "The Bachelor"
John R Katsion
50. Mark My Words: Using Etymology to Understand Words and Phrases
Nakia Welch
51. The Nonverbal Scavenger Hunt: Active Application of Concepts as They Occur!
Nakia Welch
52. Explosion of Meaning: The Complexity of Context and Language
Daniel Overton
53. Increasing our Understanding of Gendered Nonverbal Communication
Rita Daniels
Communication Competence
54. Crafting Competent Messages
Katie L. Turkiewicz
55. Writing for Dear Abby: Analyzing Issues and Constructing Advice using Interpersonal Communication Concepts
Holly J. Payne
56. "Will you date me?" Understanding the Importance and Application of Audience Analysis
Mary Beth Asbury, Nathan G. Webb
57. Perspective Taking: Communicating Multiple Perspectives in Mental Health, Multiple Disciplines
Jennifer B. Gray, Neal D. Gray
Conflict Management
58. Going Green Dispute: A Role Play in Mediating Others’ Perceptions and Potential Biases in a Conflict
Kathleen M. Propp
59. Who Gets the Office? Creating Conscious Approaches to Conflict
Katherine Hampsten
Part III: Intercultural Communication
60. The Sights and Sounds of Rapport-Building Across Cultures: Intercultural Interaction Analysis in The Last King of Scotland
Lauren Mackenzie
61. Exploring the Relationship between Multiple Identities and Communication Through a Classroom Art Gala
Tara J. Schuwerk
62. Using The Hunger Games to Teach Intercultural Communication
Karen McGrath
63. Melting Pot or Garden Salad: Draw a Metaphor
Jacqueline Barker
64. Why Are All the International Students Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Teaching About Cultural Adaptation through Community Engagement
Paula Hentz, Jelena Petrovic
Part IV: Group and Organizational Communication
65. NBC’s "The Office" and Working with New Employees: A Lesson in Organizational Socialization.
Kyle B. Heuett
66. Convergence in the Classroom: A Speedstorming Approach to Group Formation for Projects and Presentations
Stacy E. Hoehl
67. Case Study of Personal Group Work Interaction for Online Courses
Sarah E. Wilder
68. Teaching Small Group Decision Making Through The Walking Dead
Nathan G. Webb
69. Developing a Team Contract as a Means of to Understand, Apply, and Reify Small Group Communication Concepts
Nicole A. Ploeger-Lyons
70. Sources of Power and the Impact on a Small Group: An Activity to Help Students Experience the Impacts and Effects of Power and Power Imbalances
John R Katsion
71. ‘Is that Work Related?’ The Implications of Staying Connected through Technology at Work
Jeremy P. Fyke
72. Skunkworks! Using Unconventional Paper Airplanes to Teach
the Communication of Technical Information and Procedural Instructions.
Kurtis D. Miller, Marcy Lendaro
73. Identifying Organizational Values for Customized Career Communication
Rose Helens-Hart
Part V: Ethics and Citizenship
74. Goal Directed Graffiti: Using Chalk Quotes for Critical Thinking about Free Expression
Terri Toles Patkin
75. Ethical Reasoning in Action: Using 8 Key Questions to Facilitate Group Decision-Making
Timothy C. Ball
76. Using Jon Stewart’s Appearance on Crossfire to Teach Students about
(In)Civility and the Elaboration Likelihood Model
Angela M. McGowan
77. Communication, Choices, and Consequences: Patrice’s Problem or a Case in Organizational Communication Ethics
W. Thomas Duncanson
78. The Ethical Speaker: A Discussion of Ethical Concerns Facing the Public Speaker
Rita Rosenthal
79. Smoke and Mirrors?: Using Thank You for Smoking to Teach Persuasion and Ethics
Jennifer B. Gray
Part VI: Rhetoric
80. Dinner and Movie: Introducing Students to Rhetorical Criticism
Christopher M. Duerringer
81. Teaching Narrative, Identification, and Criticism
Christopher J. Oldenburg
82. Teaching the Value of Narratives in Speeches Through Analysis of Presidential Campaign Discourse
Kevin T. Jones
83. Selling Guilt: Using Kenneth Burke to Teach Critical Readings of Advertising
C. Wesley Buerkle
84. Social Justice on Ice: Lessons from The Sporting News about the Rhetoric of Victimage
Alena Amato Ruggerio
Part VII: Persuasion, Argumentation, and Advocacy
85. Whatchamacallit: An Exercise for Understanding the Power of Symbols
John S. Seiter, Jennifer Peeples, Matthew L. Sanders
86. Not Sold In Stores! Using Infomercials to Teach Persuasion Theory
Brett Lunceford
87. The Law & Order of Using Effective Sources to Build an Argument
Mary Beth Asbury, Virginia B. Jones
88. Apples to Apples with a Twist: Practice for Constructing a More Effective Argument
Lindsay Harroff, Cassandra C. Bird
Part VIII: Mass Communication and Media
89. Teaching Students to Become Curators of Ideas: An Exercise in Applied New Media Literacy
Corinne Weisgerber
90. Learning Fundamentals of Public Relations via WordPress
Regina Luttrell
91. Is it Really JUST Twitter!?: Agenda Setting in Social Media
T. Kody Frey, Nicholas T. Tatum, Anna-Carrie Beck
92. The Narrative Machine: Constructing Narratives and Deconstructing Ideology
Scott M. Walus
93. On the Go: Reporter Updates in the Field with Videolicious
Jennifer Ware, Carie Cunningham
Part IX: Research Methods
94. Five Star Ratings: Using Funny Amazon Product Reviews to Teach Students about Validity and Reliability
Lisa K. Hanasono
95. Conversation Analysis Using StoryCorps Dialogue
Lance Brendan Young
96. Which Super Power Should Students Have? Using Buzzfeed to Teach Students How to (Re)Design Surveys
Lisa K. Hanasono
Part X: Health Communication
97. Evaluating Health Campaign Websites: A Focus Group Exercise
Patrick J. Dillon
98. Voice in Healthcare Interactions: Burke, Agency, and Student Experiences
Erin F. Doss
99. Using Videos Wit and Ed Story: The Dragon Chronicles To Teach Health Communication Concepts
Deleasa Randall-Griffiths
Appendix: Teaching Resources
100. Five Minutes of Fame: Educating Others about Communication
Theories beyond the Classroom
Lisa K. Hanasono
101. Inviting TED to Your Class: How to Use TED Talks to Teach Public Speaking Courses
Nathan G. Webb
102. I Saw It in the Movies: Using AmericanRhetoric.com to Teach Core Concepts
Trudy L. Hanson
103. Designated Reader in Online Discussions: An activity to teach about listening as a skill and as a concept
Natalia Rybas
104. Poem, Picture, Prop: Student Engagement with Style
Stacy E. Hoehl
105. Engaging Student-Driven Metaphors to Extend Understanding of Course Concepts
Linda D. Manning
Product Updates
Authors
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John Seiter
John Seiter earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. He is a professor at Utah State University, where he was previously named the university’s Teacher of the Year. With Robert Gass, he coauthored the textbook Persuasion, Social Influence, and Compliance Gaining. His research, which has received eight national awards, focuses on a variety of topics, including deception detection, political aggression, and hospitality. In his spare time, he enjoys writing, travelling, stumbling through streams with a fly fishing rod, playing games, watching films, and eating Nutrageous candy bars.
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Jennifer Peeples
Jennifer Peeples is an award winning teacher, twice nominated for the US Professor of the Year Award from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching by Utah State University (2014, 2015) in addition to departmental and college teaching awards. She is also a Fellow for the Association of American Colleges & Universities Faculty Collaboratives program. In addition, she has presented on classroom innovation for the AAC&U Student Success and the Quality Agenda conference and for the “What is an Educated Person?” conference for the Utah System of Higher Education. At Utah State, she teaches interpersonal communication, conflict management, and courses dedicated to the rhetorical analysis of written, visual, and environmental discourses.
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Matthew L. Sanders
Matthew L. Sanders is an Associate Professor of communication studies at Utah State University. He holds a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Matt conducts research in the areas of nonprofit organizations and student empowerment and his work has been published in academic journals in communication, business, and public administration. He is the author of the book Becoming a Learner: Realizing the Opportunity of Education, which is used in First Year Experience programs at several universities. Awards recognizing his work with students include being named Teacher of the Year for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (2010) at Utah State University; Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (2013) at Utah State University; Certificate of Merit – Outstanding New Faculty Advisor (2011) for the National Academic Advising Association; and the Graduate Teaching Impact Award for the Department of Communication (2008) at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Great Ideas for Teaching Students: An Orientation
John S. Seiter, Jennifer Peeples, Matthew L. Sanders
Part I: Public Speaking
Audience Analysis and Adaptation
1. Creating Community Time Capsules: A Creative Approach to Analyzing Audiences
Lisa K. Hanasono
2. "I Totally Missed That!" Using Twitter to Teach Critical Listening
Megan M. Wood
3. Argument Framing Based on Audience Disposition
Katie L. Turkiewicz
4. Middle School Service-Learning Informative Speech
Joshua F. Hoops
5. Analyzing Diverse Audiences to Recruit Students to Your College
Nathan G. Webb
6. Myers-Briggs Communication Exercise
Patrick Breslin
7. Take a Stand for Persuasion: Teaching Audience Analysis for Persuasion and Beyond
Jenny Tatsak
Apprehension/Anxiety
8. Worst Case Scenario: Public Speaking Edition
Laura Beth Daws
9. What Do You Prefer? Understanding Communication Anxiety
Andrea L. Meluch
10. Ten Second Stand-Up or Scribble: Build Community and Reduce Communication Apprehension
Rachel C. Murdock
11. Even Dwight Schrute Suffers from Public Speaking Anxiety
Kelly Soczka Steidinger
Arrangement
12. An Organizational Pattern for Narrative-based Ceremonial Speeches
Eddie Glenn
13. Apples to Apples: Connecting Disconnected Ideas
Nicholas T. Tatum, Anna-Carrie Beck
14. Transitioning from Essay Writing to Speechwriting: Using Post-It Notes for Invention
Susan M. Ward
15. Talk Story: Developing Thematic Narratives
Rose Helens-Hart
16. Hot Potato Extreme: An Exercise to Enhance Presentations, Problem Solving and Personal Relationships
Colleen Packer
Persuasion
17. Can They Survive the Shark Tank? Identifying and Evaluating Monroe’s
Motivated Sequence in Persuasive Appeals
Sarah VanSlette
18. John Oliver’s Long Rants: Teaching the Modes of Persuasion in an Online Public Speaking Class
George F. (Guy) McHendry, Jr., Erika L. Kirby, James L. Leighter
19. Shark Tank: Connecting Ingenuity, Interpersonal Influence, and the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Communication Classes
Lisa K. Hanasono
Delivery and Style
20. From Politics to Zombie Survival: Teaching Gestures in Presentational Speaking
Erin F. Doss
21. Acting Out: An Interactive Activity for Reducing Ineffective Public Speaking Behaviors
Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter, Vladimir Santiago Arias
22. Animation and Attention Exercise: Helping Your Students to Become More Dynamic Speakers
Carole Bennett
23. Stylish Speech Day: A Fun way to Learn Schemes and Tropes
Lorelle B. Jabs
24. Seussically Speaking: An Elocution Activity
Stephanie Kelly
25. Knowing Jack: Comprehending Stylistic Choices
Vanessa A. Condon, Joshua N. Westwick
26. Historic Speech Assignment
Jacob Metz
Visual Aids
27. Stop Talking to PowerPoint!
Tara M. Franks
28. See What I Mean: An Applied Approach to Teaching about Visual Aids
Mary K. High
29. Your Life in 100 Words or Less: A PowerPoint Activity for the Basic Course
Tim Rumbough
Speech Contexts
30. Building Informers through Team-Teaching
Katherine Beich-Forkner
31. Gizmos and Gadgets: A Small Group Impromptu Public Speaking Experience
Harriet Sharlow Benavidez
Part II: Interpersonal Communication
Models, Concepts and Theories
32. Adapting the "A-B-Scene" to Communication Classrooms: An Exercise for
Understanding the Role of Context, Empathy, Perceptions, and Message Dimensions
Christian R. Seiter, John S. Seiter
33. Alex and Sarah: Experiencing Emotions through Role-Playing
Mark D. Cruea
34. Alternatives to Self-Disclosure Activity
Deborah Chasteen
35. The Interpersonal Communication Playlist
Mary Vaughn
36. Teaching the Communication Process with a Grab Bag
Jennifer B. Gray
37. Defining Communication with Legos: Building an Understanding of the Constructivist Approach
Lindy Grief Davidson
38. "Do you remember that time when…?": Modeling StoryCorps Interviews to Teach Family Storytelling
Kristina A. Wenzel Egan
39. One Truth and Two Lies: A Game That Reinforces Narrative Paradigm
Yifeng Hu
40. Barbie, Lego, and Playdough: Exploring Communication Theory Through Childhood Experiences
Nancy Bressler
41. Did You Just See That? Using Critical Communication Pedagogy
and Observation to Teach about Identify and Social Norms.
Kristina Ruiz-Mesa
Perception
42. Do Clothes Make the Student? Makeover Day Selfie Project
Terri Toles Patkin
43. "I am…": An Exercise in Self-Concept
Deleasa Randall-Griffiths
44. Music in the Communication Classroom: Using Music to Teach about Stereotypes and Expectations
William Mullen, Faith Mullen
45. Experiential Learning and Perception: Cutting through the Assumptions
(The Knife Exercise)
Lou Davidson Tillson, Marilyn D. Hunt
46. How Do You See Me? Understanding the Perception Process
Mark D. Cruea
47. The Shopping List: An Exercise in Perception and Symbolic Interactionism
Laura A. O’Connell
Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
48. "Tell Me a Little About Yourself": Nonverbal Communication and Interviewing
Jennifer Peeples, Matthew L. Sanders, John S. Seiter
49. Screaming for Your Attention without Saying a Word: Finding Nonverbal Immediacy Cues in an Episode of "The Bachelor"
John R Katsion
50. Mark My Words: Using Etymology to Understand Words and Phrases
Nakia Welch
51. The Nonverbal Scavenger Hunt: Active Application of Concepts as They Occur!
Nakia Welch
52. Explosion of Meaning: The Complexity of Context and Language
Daniel Overton
53. Increasing our Understanding of Gendered Nonverbal Communication
Rita Daniels
Communication Competence
54. Crafting Competent Messages
Katie L. Turkiewicz
55. Writing for Dear Abby: Analyzing Issues and Constructing Advice using Interpersonal Communication Concepts
Holly J. Payne
56. "Will you date me?" Understanding the Importance and Application of Audience Analysis
Mary Beth Asbury, Nathan G. Webb
57. Perspective Taking: Communicating Multiple Perspectives in Mental Health, Multiple Disciplines
Jennifer B. Gray, Neal D. Gray
Conflict Management
58. Going Green Dispute: A Role Play in Mediating Others’ Perceptions and Potential Biases in a Conflict
Kathleen M. Propp
59. Who Gets the Office? Creating Conscious Approaches to Conflict
Katherine Hampsten
Part III: Intercultural Communication
60. The Sights and Sounds of Rapport-Building Across Cultures: Intercultural Interaction Analysis in The Last King of Scotland
Lauren Mackenzie
61. Exploring the Relationship between Multiple Identities and Communication Through a Classroom Art Gala
Tara J. Schuwerk
62. Using The Hunger Games to Teach Intercultural Communication
Karen McGrath
63. Melting Pot or Garden Salad: Draw a Metaphor
Jacqueline Barker
64. Why Are All the International Students Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Teaching About Cultural Adaptation through Community Engagement
Paula Hentz, Jelena Petrovic
Part IV: Group and Organizational Communication
65. NBC’s "The Office" and Working with New Employees: A Lesson in Organizational Socialization.
Kyle B. Heuett
66. Convergence in the Classroom: A Speedstorming Approach to Group Formation for Projects and Presentations
Stacy E. Hoehl
67. Case Study of Personal Group Work Interaction for Online Courses
Sarah E. Wilder
68. Teaching Small Group Decision Making Through The Walking Dead
Nathan G. Webb
69. Developing a Team Contract as a Means of to Understand, Apply, and Reify Small Group Communication Concepts
Nicole A. Ploeger-Lyons
70. Sources of Power and the Impact on a Small Group: An Activity to Help Students Experience the Impacts and Effects of Power and Power Imbalances
John R Katsion
71. ‘Is that Work Related?’ The Implications of Staying Connected through Technology at Work
Jeremy P. Fyke
72. Skunkworks! Using Unconventional Paper Airplanes to Teach
the Communication of Technical Information and Procedural Instructions.
Kurtis D. Miller, Marcy Lendaro
73. Identifying Organizational Values for Customized Career Communication
Rose Helens-Hart
Part V: Ethics and Citizenship
74. Goal Directed Graffiti: Using Chalk Quotes for Critical Thinking about Free Expression
Terri Toles Patkin
75. Ethical Reasoning in Action: Using 8 Key Questions to Facilitate Group Decision-Making
Timothy C. Ball
76. Using Jon Stewart’s Appearance on Crossfire to Teach Students about
(In)Civility and the Elaboration Likelihood Model
Angela M. McGowan
77. Communication, Choices, and Consequences: Patrice’s Problem or a Case in Organizational Communication Ethics
W. Thomas Duncanson
78. The Ethical Speaker: A Discussion of Ethical Concerns Facing the Public Speaker
Rita Rosenthal
79. Smoke and Mirrors?: Using Thank You for Smoking to Teach Persuasion and Ethics
Jennifer B. Gray
Part VI: Rhetoric
80. Dinner and Movie: Introducing Students to Rhetorical Criticism
Christopher M. Duerringer
81. Teaching Narrative, Identification, and Criticism
Christopher J. Oldenburg
82. Teaching the Value of Narratives in Speeches Through Analysis of Presidential Campaign Discourse
Kevin T. Jones
83. Selling Guilt: Using Kenneth Burke to Teach Critical Readings of Advertising
C. Wesley Buerkle
84. Social Justice on Ice: Lessons from The Sporting News about the Rhetoric of Victimage
Alena Amato Ruggerio
Part VII: Persuasion, Argumentation, and Advocacy
85. Whatchamacallit: An Exercise for Understanding the Power of Symbols
John S. Seiter, Jennifer Peeples, Matthew L. Sanders
86. Not Sold In Stores! Using Infomercials to Teach Persuasion Theory
Brett Lunceford
87. The Law & Order of Using Effective Sources to Build an Argument
Mary Beth Asbury, Virginia B. Jones
88. Apples to Apples with a Twist: Practice for Constructing a More Effective Argument
Lindsay Harroff, Cassandra C. Bird
Part VIII: Mass Communication and Media
89. Teaching Students to Become Curators of Ideas: An Exercise in Applied New Media Literacy
Corinne Weisgerber
90. Learning Fundamentals of Public Relations via WordPress
Regina Luttrell
91. Is it Really JUST Twitter!?: Agenda Setting in Social Media
T. Kody Frey, Nicholas T. Tatum, Anna-Carrie Beck
92. The Narrative Machine: Constructing Narratives and Deconstructing Ideology
Scott M. Walus
93. On the Go: Reporter Updates in the Field with Videolicious
Jennifer Ware, Carie Cunningham
Part IX: Research Methods
94. Five Star Ratings: Using Funny Amazon Product Reviews to Teach Students about Validity and Reliability
Lisa K. Hanasono
95. Conversation Analysis Using StoryCorps Dialogue
Lance Brendan Young
96. Which Super Power Should Students Have? Using Buzzfeed to Teach Students How to (Re)Design Surveys
Lisa K. Hanasono
Part X: Health Communication
97. Evaluating Health Campaign Websites: A Focus Group Exercise
Patrick J. Dillon
98. Voice in Healthcare Interactions: Burke, Agency, and Student Experiences
Erin F. Doss
99. Using Videos Wit and Ed Story: The Dragon Chronicles To Teach Health Communication Concepts
Deleasa Randall-Griffiths
Appendix: Teaching Resources
100. Five Minutes of Fame: Educating Others about Communication
Theories beyond the Classroom
Lisa K. Hanasono
101. Inviting TED to Your Class: How to Use TED Talks to Teach Public Speaking Courses
Nathan G. Webb
102. I Saw It in the Movies: Using AmericanRhetoric.com to Teach Core Concepts
Trudy L. Hanson
103. Designated Reader in Online Discussions: An activity to teach about listening as a skill and as a concept
Natalia Rybas
104. Poem, Picture, Prop: Student Engagement with Style
Stacy E. Hoehl
105. Engaging Student-Driven Metaphors to Extend Understanding of Course Concepts
Linda D. Manning
Product Updates
Spice up your teaching and give your communication class something to talk about.
Student engagement is key to teaching communication, and no one understands that better than teachers. For years, the National Communication Association and other conferences have invited instructors to share their ideas for classroom activities that drive home key concepts in a variety of communication courses. In Communication in the Classroom, editors, John Seiter, Jennifer Peebles, and Matthew Sanders, have collected and chosen the best 100+ of these Great Ideas for Teaching Students, or "GIFTS," in one book. All of these activities, for courses ranging from public speaking, interpersonal communication, and group communication, to mass communication, health communication, rhetoric, and more, have been submitted by real communication instructors who have tested and perfected them in real classrooms. Each activity includes a detailed explanation and debrief, drawing on the instructors’ experiences. This is an invaluable resource for anyone teaching a communication course who is looking for new ideas to spice up their course and engage students.
Looking for instructor resources like Test Banks, Lecture Slides, and Clicker Questions? Request access to Achieve to explore the full suite of instructor resources.
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If you’re a verified instructor, you can request a free sample of our courseware, e-book, or print textbook to consider for use in your courses. Only registered and verified instructors can receive free print and digital samples, and they should not be sold to bookstores or book resellers. If you don't yet have an existing account with Macmillan Learning, it can take up to two business days to verify your status as an instructor. You can request a free sample from the right side of this product page by clicking on the "Request Instructor Sample" button or by contacting your rep. Learn more.
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Sometimes also referred to as a spiral-bound or binder-ready textbook, loose-leaf textbooks are available to purchase. This three-hole punched, unbound version of the book costs less than a hardcover or paperback book.
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Achieve (full course) includes our complete e-book, as well as online quizzing tools, multimedia assets, and iClicker active classroom manager.
Most Achieve Essentials courses do not include our e-books and adaptive quizzing.
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Achieve (full course) includes our complete e-book, as well as online quizzing tools, multimedia assets, and iClicker active classroom manager.
Achieve Read & Practice only includes our e-book and adaptive quizzing, and does not include instructor resources and assignable assessments. Read & Practice does integrate with LMS.
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We can help! Contact your representative to discuss your specific needs for your course. If our off-the-shelf course materials don’t quite hit the mark, we also offer custom solutions made to fit your needs.
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ISBN:9781319200701
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ISBN:9781319109257
Read and study old-school with our bound texts.
Communication in the Classroom: A Collection of GIFTS
Student engagement is key to teaching communication, and no one understands that better than teachers. For years, the National Communication Association and other conferences have invited instructors to share their ideas for classroom activities that drive home key concepts in a variety of communication courses. In Communication in the Classroom, editors, John Seiter, Jennifer Peebles, and Matthew Sanders, have collected and chosen the best 100+ of these Great Ideas for Teaching Students, or "GIFTS," in one book. All of these activities, for courses ranging from public speaking, interpersonal communication, and group communication, to mass communication, health communication, rhetoric, and more, have been submitted by real communication instructors who have tested and perfected them in real classrooms. Each activity includes a detailed explanation and debrief, drawing on the instructors’ experiences. This is an invaluable resource for anyone teaching a communication course who is looking for new ideas to spice up their course and engage students.
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