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Lesson Plan September 8, 2017

Stop Talking to Power Points

Short Description

In this activity, students will work on maintaining eye contact with their audience while giving an impromptu speech. The goal is to stop (or reduce) students' tendency to look at their visual aid during speech presentations.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to articulate and understand the importance of building familiarity with visual aid content (via Power Point Slides) in order to increase confidence, credibility, and eye contact. Students will practice maintaining eye contact by learning to avoid speaking to Power Point slides via impromptu speaking.

Information Literacy Concepts

Suggested Citation

Franks, Tara. "Stop Talking to Power Points." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments). 2017. https://projectcora.org/lesson/stop-talking-power-points