1. Speech across the Curriculum: It’s About Time! Implementing Oral Communication activities in the Math classroom Orlando B. Alonso (LaGuardia Community College) (ACCCESS Project fellow ) Dr. Louis Lucca (LaGuardia Community College) (Coordinator of Speech Communication)

2. Introduction Origin (The Oral Communication across the Curriculum Seminar) Diversity at LaGuardia Community College Language versus Mathematics

3. Professional Development New Faculty Colloquium Designed for Learning (DFL) Seminar E-Portfolio Seminar Oral Communication across the Curriculum Others (CCAC, WAC, etc)

4. Implementation of Strategies Overcoming the challenge Explain the mathematical concept or procedure. The e-Portfolio Project

5. 15% of the final grade Creating a basic e-Portfolio Setting down expectancies Selecting of the research topic Writing a script of the story Creating a Power Point Presentation Audio recording sessions Video recording sessions Sharing documents on the e-Portfolio

6. Conclusions 40 e-Portfolios. 36 completed projects Impressive variety of topics selected Impressive students PPP Powerful oral presentations were delivered Tangible improvement of oral communication skills of students Stories, the history of mathematics, and the explanation of mathematical concepts and procedures were combined

7. Further possible developments Evaluating students’ class participation Implementing oral exams Creating written documents (scripts) Icebreaking activities Role games Implementing critical thinking activities

8. A Selection of Videos and PowerPoint Presentations can be seen at: http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/oalonso/

9. Thank you! The End