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3. Listen, take notes individually, compare these notes, and decide on the most important, shocking, and relevant details.
4. Turn that information into a presentation that addresses these ?s
How would you summarize this podcast in two minutes?
What details most shocked or surprised you?
What about this was new to you?
Did the hosts express an opinion about the topic? How much, if at all, do you agree with them?
Is the technology that this podcast is about more positive or negative for humanity? Why? Give your own original ideas.
In this project you have a simple goal. Create a podcast with a partner about some recent news that you find fascinating, upload it, create comprehension questions, and allow us to listen to it in class as a listening exercise. You will be graded on content, language, and pronunciation. Step 1: Find your partner and agree on some news stories to discuss. Step 2: Tell me about your topic so I can approve or advise you on your topic. Step 3: Discuss what you want to talk about with your partner. Create an outline to use to organize your discussion. Note cards, etc. For example: You find a story about driverless cars and how it is going to change the world. You should summarize the story and BE SURE TO SOURCE IT! (WHERE DID IT COME FROM?) You talk about the main points of the story and then ask your partner a discussion question about the story and discuss your opinion about it, then your partner does the same for you. Step 4: Record your podcast using the Soundcloud app. It is easy to use and upload the podcast. Keep it under 5 minutes. Step 5: After recording your podcast create some multiple choice comprehension questions for us to answer when we listen to your podcast in class. Email me a copy of these questions. (andrewnovakefny@gmail.com) Step 6: Enjoy others podcasts in class and answer some comprehension questions to practice listening. Receive feedback on pronunciation and vocabulary. Soundcloud App(Apple iOS) Soundcloud App (Android)
For this week's project you will be pitching a new product to hungry investors. Most importantly, your product may be imaginary. You MUST be creative if you want to win!
Steps
1. Find a partner or partners. Work in groups of 2 or 3. If you don't have a partner come talk to me!!! 2. Think of a product (good, service, non-profit group) that you could market to the members of the class. 3. For your presentation:
Dress the part if possible. Look professional!
Your presenation should address the following questions
What is your company called?
What is your product called?
What is your slogan?
Your names.
A plan of the product/service. What does it do?
Business philosophy/purpose?
Example: McDonalds - "To provide the fast food customer food
prepared in the same high-quality manner world-wide that is tasty,
reasonably-priced & delivered consistently in a low-key décor and friendly
atmosphere."
How much does it cost to manufacture this product?
How much would you sell your prodcut for? Would people pay this price?
Who are your target consumers?
Age?
Gender?
Income level?
Region? Country?
Who is your competition? Why are you better than them?
Then, write an essay that answers these questions.
— Do you ever think about your ecological footprint — how much your individual actions affect the environment?
— How do you try to reduce your personal contribution to climate change and environmental degradation?
— Do any of the above suggestions make sense for you personally? Do you agree with them all?
— Are there other ways you try to make a positive difference, or make less of a negative difference? Are there other ideas you’d like to add to — or substitute for — the seven guidelines above.
For your writing, please read this article from the New York Times about the University of Missouri. Please summarize the article, research any terms or language that are unfamiliar to you while doing so, and give your opinion on the events that took place here. Please remember to note when and if you do not have knowledge on any of the subjects mentioned in the article. If this is the case, do some preliminary research. Take this quote for instance, "Then the university came under fire from Republicans for ties its medical schools and medical center had to Planned Parenthood. The university severed those ties, drawing criticism from Democrats that it had caved in to political pressure." Do you know what "Planned Parenthood" is? If so, great, if not, google it... you have the most powerful search tool ever created at your fingertips. There is no longer an excuse for ignorance ;-). Your writing should be no more than 400 words. I will not set a miniumum limit for this writing. Here is a link to the article. University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change. Please give me your article by the end of this class. Thank you. If you finish early please watch this video to add some more context to this issue of race in education in America.
University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change
Daniel Brenner for The New York Times
But it was the football team that may have dealt the fatal blow to the university’s leaders, whenplayers announced on Saturday that they would refuse to playas long as the president remained in office, and their head coach, Gary Pinkel, said he supported them. The prospect of a strike by a team in the country’s most dominant college football league, the Southeastern Conference, drew national attention, and officials said that just forfeiting the team’s game Saturday against Brigham Young University in Kansas City, Mo., would cost the university $1 million.
“That got the attention of the alumni and the board, along with a substantial penalty they would have been facing,” said Representative William Lacy Clay, a Democrat who represents part of the St. Louis area. “That would have been a disaster for their recruiting of black athletes and of black students to the university.”
Mr. Pinkel said the main concern of the players was Mr. Butler. “My players deeply cared about this guy, and he was dying,” he said.
Though most players declined to speak Monday, a team captain, Ian Simon, said in a statement that the players “just wanted to use our platform to take a stance for a fellow concerned student on an issue.” He added, “We love the game, but in end of the day, it is just that; a game.”
Thousands of students and faculty members gathered Monday morning at the heart of the campus. At word of Mr. Wolfe’s resignation, some cheered, others hugged and cried, a few danced, and Mr. Butler said he would eat for the first time in a week.
The Board of Curators has the power to hire and fire top administrators, and the curators are appointed by the governor. But Donald L. Cupps, a member of the board, said Mr. Wolfe was not asked to leave, and resigned out of concern for the university. “We have a national image to protect and enhance,” he said.
Not everyone was pleased with the resignations. W. Dudley McCarter, a former president of the university’s alumni group, said alumni, in calls and emails on Monday, had expressed disappointment in Mr. Wolfe’s decision. “They feel like he was backed into a corner and was made a scapegoat for things he didn’t do,” Mr. McCarter said.
A series of racist incidents in the last few months spurred calls for change. Protesters said that the president at first did not take their complaints seriously, and that his later responses were not strong enough or swift enough.
The president of the Missouri Students Association, Payton Head, who is black, touched off the intense discussion of race in September when heposted on Facebook that a group of men had yelled racial slursat him, and said it was not the first time he had suffered that kind of abuse at the university. His post was shared thousands of times, and drew widespread coverage.
In early October, the Legion of Black Collegians, a student group, was rehearsing a homecoming event when a white man walked onto its stage and used racial epithets. When activists tried to confront Mr. Wolfe days later at the homecoming parade, he avoided them.
Later that month, the swastika was found, scrawled on a wall in feces. An activist group, Concerned Student 1950 — a reference to the year the university enrolled its first black student — was formed to demand that the administration address what it said was pervasive racism.
Representative Clay, who is black, said he spoke with Mr. Wolfe on Saturday about black students’ concerns and the health of Mr. Butler. Even at that late date, the president was “kind of oblivious to the fact that he was at the center of this,” Mr. Clay said.
Mr. Wolfe said on Sundaythat “a systemwide diversity and inclusion strategy” that addressed student concerns would be unveiled in April. But that drew angry reactions from protesters as being too little, too late.
The controversies drew the attention of major donors; some feared damage to the university’s standing and fund-raising.
Because of an editing error, an article on Tuesday about racial tensions at the University of Missouri that led to the resignations of two top officials, including the president Timothy M. Wolfe, erroneously attributed a comment about Mr. Wolfe in some editions. It was people on campus — not Michael A. Middleton, a deputy chancellor emeritus — who described Mr. Wolfe as stiff and aloof.
John Eligon reported from Columbia, and Richard Pérez-Peña from New York. Reporting was contributed by Marc Tracy and Austin Huguelet from Columbia; Monica Davey and Mitch Smith from Chicago; and Alan Blinder from New York.