Suzanne Carbonaro

With so much being said today regarding poor work conditions, job losses and downsizing and just cutting programs because of the suffering economy, this article published last spring in FORUM- a newsletter for issues about Part-time and Continguent Faculty published by Conference on College Composition and Communication seems to give me hope that there are organizations that support professional development, team work and supportive strategies for intelligent learning.

Conference on English Leadership Convention
Building Leadership in a Diverse Society
November 22-24, 2009
Philadelphia, PA

How effective are you in the classroom? Is your voice contagious? Attractive? Sounding Off… provides tips to improve your vocal presence. Close attention will be paid to articulation, expression and projection. The second part of the session includes an interactive tutorial on podcasting- removing the barriers of space and time. Podcast of session will be available immediately following!

Description:  In this session, attendees will take a closer look at their voice and what they could do to improve its effectiveness in the classroom.  Close attention will be paid to articulation, expression and projection.  Specific tips will be given to increase the effectiveness of voice including exercises and ways to improve one’s vocal health.  The second part of the session will focus on recording one’s voice and lectures for distribution to students through podcasts and/or embedded players into protected internal sites for students to take with them and enhance their learning outside of the boundaries of the classroom- removing the barriers of space and time. Through a student panel discussion centering on the effectiveness of voice and articulation lessons and peer critiques on individual student recording projects, along with a tutorial via screen shots and take home rapid reference handouts on the open source software, Audacity and websites Archive.org and iTunes U, participants will walk away with the knowledge of how to record their voice and share their lectures and workshops with their colleagues, students and administrators. The presentation will be recorded and available for podcast following the session.

Cooking is a great way to communicate!