PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
Competency
What Does Public Communication Mean?
Public Communication means the ability to communicate effectively, ethically, and publicly on issues of personal interest or passion.
What You Need To Do:
You need to share an opinion or idea in a public forum and reflect on both the transmission and reception of the message.
Will My Reflection Be Approved?
Student prepares and communicates his or her own meaningful ideas and passions through ONE of the following ways:
delivers a speech to a live audience of 20 or more people, lasting at least five minutes.
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creating a powerful written or media product and sharing widely through available traditional, digital, and/or social media, gathering an active, engaged audience
...and reflecting on both the transmission and reception of the message.
Exemplars
Guiding Questions
Metacognition
Guiding Questions
Developing new understanding - Overall, how did this experience develop new understandings/change you as a global citizen?
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E.g. What difference does talking about your personal passions have on how a message is received?
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Describe an experience when you spoke effectively, ethically and publicly about an issue of personal interest
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Was it an oral or a written piece and did it meet the criteria of 20 people/ 5 min or gathering an active, engaged audience respectively? (link it)
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How was your message communicated and how did people receive it?
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How do you know that your message was effectively delivered? (Share the feedback you received)
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Did anything happen that was outside of your control? How did you reconcile with it?
Further Resources
Public Communication Podcasts
Why Stories Matter
Language, Communication and Community
Mr Tim, Amp and Giorgia discussed how it felt to give a TEDx on a subject of his choice. Within his speech, he has explored the role of storytelling and shared how it felt preparing and delivering a speech, which was different to a classroom environment. Giorgia and Amp continued to question the role of stories and the storyteller with us as global citizens.
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How does it feel when you present? Have you ever engaged an audience on a personal interest or passion?
Mr Dan and Parn share their love of language and communication. Mr Dan shared his incredible story of how he was paid to learn Thai. He shares how important it is for him to make mistakes and to feel like you are a part of the community without language barriers. And how he is able to build up a nuance of the language through listening and being aware of the slight changes in the way that people speak in different groups, spaces and communities.