Faculty Spotlight - Diorah Nelson and Shelly Stein

The Speaking FIG created by Diorah Nelson and Shelly Stein

The Speaking FIG is a Faculty Interest Group which serves as a platform for collaboration among faculty members interested in developing public speaking activities and exercises for their students.

Faculty Interest Groups (FIGs) are a relatively new concept to HCC. The idea is to connect faculty using Wikis--an interactive online medium for collaboration. After we presented a Faculty In-Service workshop on how to assign and assess classroom speeches, the enthusiasm and interest from the faculty attending prompted our development of this project. The Speaking FIG aims to bring together innovative ideas and share experiences to address ongoing challenges. Our to do list for this year is to:

1. Create a learning resource center of ideas, assignments, exercises, model student videos, and other instructional material.
2. Develop a clearinghouse for information and links on faculty interests such as communication apprehension.
3. Encourage discussion on communication-related issues.

Join us to browse or to become a member. For access to our FIG, contact Shelly Stein or Diorah Nelson. Member contributions earn faculty development time!

Diorah Nelson is a faculty member at the Plant City campus. Shelly Stein is a faculty member at the Ybor City campus.