Speech across the Curriculum: It’s About Time!

Implementing Oral Communication activities in the

Math classroom

Orlando B. Alonso (LaGuardia Community College)

(ACCCESS Project fellow )

Dr. Louis Lucca (LaGuardia Community College)

(Coordinator of Speech Communication)

Introduction

• Origin (The Oral Communication across the Curriculum Seminar)

• Diversity at LaGuardia Community College

• Language versus Mathematics

Professional Development

• New Faculty Colloquium

• Designed for Learning (DFL) Seminar

• E-Portfolio Seminar

• Oral Communication across the Curriculum

• Others (CCAC, WAC, etc)

Implementation of Strategies

• Overcoming the challenge

• Explain the mathematical concept or procedure.

• The e-Portfolio Project

The e-Portfolio Project

• 15% of the final grade• Creating a basic e-Portfolio• Setting down expectancies• Selecting of the research topic• Writing a script of the story • Creating a Power Point Presentation• Audio recording sessions• Video recording sessions • Sharing documents on the e-Portfolio

Conclusions

• 40 e-Portfolios. 36 completed projects• Impressive variety of topics selected• Impressive students PPP• Powerful oral presentations were delivered• Tangible improvement of oral

communication skills of students• Stories, the history of mathematics, and

the explanation of mathematical concepts and procedures were combined

Further possible developments

• Evaluating students’ class participation

• Implementing oral exams

• Creating written documents (scripts)

• Icebreaking activities

• Role games

• Implementing critical thinking activities

• A Selection of Videos and PowerPoint Presentations can be seen at:

• http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/oalonso/

Thank you!

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