About those Communications Invention speeches... Who won?

I never had the chance to announce the winners of your votes for the best Communication speeches done for assembly a few weeks ago. The results:

• Which presentation was the best? Belteshazzar (Jessica L.)
  
• Which speech was the most persuasive? Profunacklace (Jessica G.)
  
• Which product would you most want to purchase? iBowlholder (James)
  

Congrats to all the speakers for excellent jobs!

More Communication class inventions, please!

Once again, Communication class students took over assembly this last Friday to present their inventions they created and to sell them to TAPA students! If you missed them, take a look at them here:

Jessica L.	Gabriella
James (Part 1)	James (Part 2)
Lillian	Jessica G.

If you haven't had the chance to vote for the students yet, there's still time! Go for it!

"You know what they outta invent?" Persuade us to invest in your creation!

Originally posted 3/20/12.



Vince, the pitchman for such amazing products as the SlapChop and ShamWow, is quite the marketing genius. He takes simple products and pitches them in such a way that you feel stupid not buying them. I mean, I actually bought one of these SlapChops (admittedly, from IKEA, not from Vince, but still) because once he puts the idea in your head... it's stuck.

I could have been a millonaire.

When I was little, I used to want to be an inventor. I thought it would be so cool to come up with an idea for a simple product, put them together, and sell them to make a million dollars. I had the opportunity to try it in college with my awesome Nose Muff idea that I told you about in class, but not only was my idea not accepted, but it looks like someone beat me to the punch.

Well, for your Persuasive speech, you'll be doing what I once attempted: inventing a product and selling it to us, your audience. This speech will incorporate a little bit of the Demonstration speech skills you should have acquired, but your focus should be less on how to use the product and more on why we should buy this product. Next class, we'll be doing an auction over the junk that I showed you today in class. If you need a reminder of what I'll be "selling," take a look here:



After picking out your items, you'll put them together, build a mock product, create an advertisement, and write up an outline. The final project will be be pitching your product to the entire school at our assembly on November 2nd, so you've got to come up with the greatest invention idea ever! So be ready for Thursday's auction!

Who did the best invention speeches?

My Communication class has been begging for the results of their extra credit Exit poll, so here they are.

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Best speeches yet? Communication class sells some crazy inventions.

It's late, so I'm not going to do a huge writeup over this, but today, Communication class students did speeches over their Inventions they've created. Here they are, for your viewing pleasure.

Betty V.	Rachel
Krikki	Angela
Jessica	Mandy
Janelle	Tiffany
Tristan

The worst speeches of the year: Running for SA president while using rhetorical fallacies

Previously, Communication class spent some time studying rhetorical fallacies, or unfair arguments commonly made when someone is trying to persuade someone else. After learning to identify them, the students wrote speeches announcing their candidacy for SA president. The twist: they had to use as many logical fallacies as they could (and identify them) in making those arguments. Here's a peek at what went down in class.


If I may plug a class, honestly, not only for Freshmen or Sophomores—Communication is the most valuable class that I teach, and I truly wish that it was a requirement for every student in the school. Consider it for a class option next semester!