1. Sign-up for the free Voicethread (VT) membership at Voicethread.com
2. Follow the directions in the tutorial on the homepage on how to make your own VT.
3. Take care to make sure your sound quality is good and create slides and visuals to present information and arguments on the prompts below.
4. When your presentation is complete, create a VT link through the “Copy & Share” function.
* The link MUST have the word “share” in it and look similar to this:
https://voicethread.com/new/share/6088828/
5. Post your link in the Discussion Board [Introduce Yourself!] before class on XX/XX/XXXX. .
6. Check out and comment on at least 3 of your classmates' introductions. Be sure to rate each introduction that you view by clicking on the number of stars (1-5, with 5 being excellent) to indicate the level of professionalism, depth of answers, and overall effort put into the presentation. The stars are located in the corner of the discussion thread posted by your classmate.
The presentation slides should be contain the following:
Slide 1 – Introduction of yourself including your name, major, the place you consider home, and what you like to do in your free time.
Slide 2 – Describe yourself as a student. What kind of student do you consider yourself? What are your strengths? What are your areas in need of improvement? What do you think you will contribute to our Critical Thinking course?
Slide 3 – Besides a credit toward graduation, what do you hope to gain from our class?
Slide 4 – What is the purpose of education? Make an argument for your view (an argument = claim + supporting reasons for the claim).
Slide 5 – How aware are you of current events in the news and politics? Do you think that university students are generally aware of world events? Why or why not? Make an argument for your position (an argument = claim + supporting reasons for the claim).
NOTE: incorporate a picture of yourself into this presentation, along with other relevant images on your slides.