Extra Credit – Speech Competition

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Henry.Li

On Thursday 19th, a speech was hosted in City Tech, for extra credit Professor Davis gave us a list of things we could do for extra points. The list consisted of setting up the rooms for the competitors, to participate in the competition, or show up for the final round and write about it. Professor Davis encouraged us to participate in the competition and that if we managed to make it to the final round, an unholy amount of street credit was promised. My schedule did not permit me to be part of the competition because it first began at 12:15pm and my first class does not end until 12:45pm. I was lucky enough to make it to help my classmates with whatever they needed to set up and spectate the speakers. After the first round we were called to room 10-03 for refreshments. There most of the Competition Coordinators congratulated those who went and participated in the competition. The final round was said to start at around 3:00pm and was supposed to end, I couldn’t take part in that event because I had an upcoming class at 2:30pm which finished at 3:45pm even though I wasn’t able to earn all the extra credit I’m satisfied that Professor Davis even offered a chance for extra credit.

Updated outline

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Sky Captaina - Alex S

Alex Samoylov

Title : The Ephemeral Flame

Specific Purpose : To persuade my audience that the Brooklyn Theater Fire should be on a walking tour and should have a plaque on the Federal Building and Post Office.

Central Idea : Today, I will show you the reasons why the site of the Brooklyn Theater Fire should be on a walking tour and how to the populous more aware of it.

I. The Brooklyn Theater Fire
A. December 5, 1876
B. Over 300 died
1. people started panicking and running
C. Poor exit strategy
1. doors and staircases were too narrow
a. over a thousand panicking people
b. only 2 exits on ground level
2. fire code was updated after event
II. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
A. 146 dead
1. same mistakes
a.doors locked to stops brecks and theft
b. limited ways down in form of elevators
2. Fire code was updated
B. has a plaque
E. September 11 2001
1. not forgotten
2. Freedom Tower not built over it site of 9/11
3. living memorial, not over the ashes

III. Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” as said by Edmund Burke.
A. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
a. 146 dead
B.bronze plaque solution on the walls of the Federal Building and Post Office
D. injustice will come to an end

Robert, S. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://brooklynhistory.org/library/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/arms_1977_049_theatre.pdf

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hundreds-die-in-brooklyn-theater-fire

Montrose, M. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2010/06/walkabout-the-b-2/

The brooklyn theater fire . (1885, November 30). The New York Times

Richman, Jeff. ““The Two Orphans,” With A New Home.”Green-Wood . Green-Wood , 17 June 2011. Web. 1 Dec 2013. .

Landmarks Preservation Commission, (2003). Brown building (originally asch building), 23-29 washington place (aka 245 greene street), manhattan. built 1900-01; architect john Woolley

Speech Summary on Nov 27

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Ron Singh

Class was cancelled because that Wednesday we followed a Friday Schedule.

JUST GOT LUCKY.

Summary – 10/28/13

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Jonathan

Since it was a double session for both classes, we observed other students give presentation including myself. We learned about many places and their historical background. After everyone finished giving their presentation. We were informed about how important it is to register for you classes for the spring semester. Professor David explained of the importance to plan ahead, to think of what classes you are required to take, and what classes not to. He explain we should review the classes we want with our advisor. After that announcement, we were told, the students that went up today for presentation should go check on Openlab to check out their video of how they did in their presentation and to afterwards fill out their informative speech self evaluation. The students who didn’t bring those sheets in weren’t going to receive back their grade for their presentation. We were also told by Professor Rosen to make sure we answer one of the 3 question she wrote and to answer in a summary. We have to read “Reading Lucy”, at the end Professor Davis said, it would be a “good idea” to start reading chapter 9.

Speaking class summary on 10/23

Posted on October 28, 2013 by YinYin A. Li

On October 23, in the Speaking class, we first got our test scores back and then we start to talk about the visual aid. There are few important things we need to concern when we doing a visual aid or powepoint for our project. First, on PowerPoint, we should not distract the audience; and tip to keep the audiences’ attention off the screen is to show them a blank slide. The second thing is about how you choose your pictures, we should not choose a pictures that’ve is too busy, which means not too many things on the same picture, because the audiences cannot get the information from it. It is bad if you cannot send your message to the audiences. And the third thing we need to keep in mind is to show where your source come from, to make youspeech more creditable. The last thing is try not to use the completed sentences, but use short phase or word to send your message.

For morinformation and the example of effective Visalia aids, please visit:

PowerPoint Tutorial

Summary For SPE

Posted on October 18, 2013 by jaime garcia

On Tuesday October 15, 2013 we went to the Brooklyn historical Society. While in the Brooklyn Historical Society we were given clear instructions on how to handle the maps because they were very delicate, that we were to point on the maps with our finger not with a pencil, not to hold up the maps, we were asked to leave our bag packs in a small place to avoid any undesired disasters, and lastly to treat the materials with respect. Groups were asked to look at maps that depicted how Brooklyn looked in the past, we also had to answer some questions about those maps in a handout that was given to us. Right towards the end of class Prof. Davis surprised us with an announcement, he stated that we were to create a speech based on the maps and that we had about 15 minutes to do it, the speeches overall were great and were presented professionally to the audience. In the end we heard some feedback from both Prof. Davis and Prof. Rosen that help us become better speakers and departed from there.

Official Map and Guide of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad from the BHS

Posted on October 18, 2013 by YinYin A. Li

Official Map and guide of the Brooklyn elevated Railroad, 1885

Flat map B C-1885a.FI

Brooklyn Historical Society

1-What is the map’s call number?

BC-1885a.Fl

2-What is the map’s title (if available)?

official map and guide of the Brooklyn elevate reailroad
3-Which collection does the map belong to?

it belong to the fllat Map, the elevated railroad train collection.

4-When was it made?

1885

Physical description of the map:
5-What size is the map (approximately)?

11x 15 inches

6-What colors does it use?

it use red, black,and tan

7-What materials were used to make the map?

it used paper, ink to make the map
8-Who made the map?

J.W.W.Mitchell made the map

Map content:
9-What location does the map depict?

it depicts Downtown Brooklyn,Willamsburg, Navy Yard…

10-What details does it include?

it include the east river, the name of each street, train stops, time table.
11-What time period does the map depict? Is this the same as the time when it was made?

it depicts late 19th century Brooklyn railroad, and it does reflect the time when it was made.
12-What is familiar to you about the location depicted in the map?

Some of the streets like Fulton street, Jay street and the east river are familiar .

Interpretation and Reflection:
13-What is the purpose of the map?

It is a guide to Brooklyn elevated railroad.
14-Why did it survive prior to becoming part of the archives at BHS?

it survives prior to becoming part of the archives at BHS because it was an important map of its time. it shows the transportation at that time of period.
15-Why did BHS incorporate it into its collections?

because it include a lot of details, show the downtown Brooklyn and its elevated railroad in the past, it is a very important history that people study history should know; and is in good condition.
16-What is familiar or unfamiliar about the map?

some of the train stops are still here today, it is familiar, but some streets like Pearl Street are changed, the structures are not the same as in the 19th century.
17-What additional information would you want to better understand the map?

I want to know what is the time table? why it is on the map
18-Where is City Tech in relation to this map?

it is on the western part of the map.

Summary of SPE Class-10-16-13

Posted on October 16, 2013 by BrandonJaspaul

Today in Effective speaking class Professor Davis let us do peer review on our outline that was due today. We were supposed to review for the midterm but we did that instead. He told us that the midterm is gonna be on Monday and it will consist of 35 multiple choice questions and 15 true and false questions. It will cover chapters one through six. In the peer review we had it helped a lot we got to work one and one with a classmate and they gave you back a feedback on your outline. Like if it needed more details or if something is missing. Also if you wanted prof. Davis gave you a feedback too that even helped more and made it more clearer on what else you needed in your outline. Then he decided since we didn’t review for the midterm today we can review on Monday morning from 9-10. You have to meet him in his office before 9 which is located in A-630 and then we will go review in another room. The last thing we did was he passed around a sheet of paper that had our names and what day we had to go for the speech either 10-28 or 10-30. On 10-28 we have a double session of effective speaking so more people will be going on that day rather on the 30th.

Speech Class Summary 9/23/13

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Gabriel Algabyali

On 9/23/13 we were given a topic which was the “Importance of Good Hygiene” and we had to construct a speech to target the audience we were assigned. We were allowed 7 minutes to prepare for the speech and Prof. Davis has written down comments on our evalution sheets. We will get these sheets back tomorrow to see what we need to work on as a public speaker.

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