Teaching Methods and Materials
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Download this PDF file
Social media on the job are now so pervasive, they must be integrated throughout a business communication textbook to prepare students for today’s electronic workplace. If your text doesn’t describe and demonstrate social media and help students adapt their personal experiences with social media to the standards [...]
New Website Makes Evaluation of Online Students' Presentations Easy
Monday, March 8th, 2010YouSeeU.com is the solution for online student presentations and more. Its password-protected service meets the growing need for video in asynchronous online learning.
The combination of SyncShow for visuals and SyncComments for instructor feedback with the student-generated video creates a service like none other. Visit YouSeeU.com for an introduction or e-mail [...]
Teaching the Facebook Generation
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Our goal as college professors is to open students’ minds to new experiences so they can grow intellectually while they mature through the traditional four-year process.
But we are also challenged to give students the immediate skills they will need once they graduate so that they can begin their professional careers and move away from [...]
Excellence in Business Communication, Ninth Edition, Now Available!
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010While all competitive texts continue to emphasize paper-based messages, only Excellence in Business Communication prepares students for the many electronic media choices they will encounter on the job.
The new, ninth edition of Excellence in Business Communication offers an unsurpassed collection of contemporary model documents that reflect the entire spectrum of print and electronic communication media.
The [...]
100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teaching Students about Social Media
Monday, February 1st, 2010Some educators have expressed an appreciation for the irony of experienced instructors who have had to learn about social media later in their careers teaching it to younger students who have grown up in an Internet environment.
Despite what may seem to be somewhat of a disadvantage, the experienced teacher brings life lessons and the [...]
Instructors: Free Online Resource Makes Teaching Easier
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010You will be glad to hear that you no longer need to spend hours of your limited prep time searching for current examples, discussion materials, and classroom media. Now, there is a groundbreaking new online resource that reinforces learning and keeps content fresh throughout your entire course. You can reach Real-Time Updates by clicking on [...]
Do Your Students Use 3×5 Cards in Doing Research?
Friday, November 20th, 2009This past weekend, our department chair received an e-mail from a high school English teacher who asked, in short, should they be teaching students how to do a “traditional” research paper — including the use of 3×5 note cards — because some of his colleagues are strong supporters of it and others consider it “archaic.”
He [...]
The Seven Things Instructors Should Know about Twitter and How It Can Foster Interaction in the Classroom
Friday, July 10th, 2009Download this PDF file
Using Twitter has important implications for teaching and learning.
Now Your Students Can "Learn More"
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Now your students can easily “Learn More” with more than 50 online videos, PowerPoints, handouts (PDFs and articles), and podcasts that relate specifically to each of the chapters in Bovee & Thill business communication textbooks.
“Learn More” will enhance your teaching and reinforce learning. Take advantage of “Learn More” today. To experience all of the “Learn [...]
Announcing Business Communication Today, 10th Edition
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Welcome to Business Communication 2.0
The world of business communication is undergoing dramatic change, but you won’t find much information about these revolutionary changes in the typical business communication textbook. Page through those texts, and you’ll find page after page of memos and letters–the paper media of yesteryear.
But look across today’s business landscape, and you’ll [...]
