In this course, you will be using the tools of intercultural rhetoric to identity a prooiem in your community that needs solving and propose a way to address that problem.
Steven Johnson’s TED Talk “Where Good Ideas Come From” explores how people can generate ideas through conversations with others.
• After reviewing Steven Johnson’s TED Talk and this week’s reading “The Rhetoric of Community Engagement,” tell the class what stood out to you as the most important elements of ethical communication and collaborating with others to generate ideas.
Then, find a persuasive TED talk and tell the class about it. Be sure to provide the link to the TED talk that you watched and key identifying details like the author, title, and main argument of the speaker.
Explain why you selected this persuasive TED Talk and how it illustrated effective persuasive communication.
How did the TED speaker that you watched convince the audience of his or her position?
Wrap up your post with an open-ended question for your classmates to respond to when they reply to your post.
To earn full participation credit, share your ideas in at least two well-developed paragraphs, respond substantively to at least two peers’ initial Discussion posts, and show active engagement in the discussion as described in the grading rubric. Responses should stay on topic and generate further discussion by asking questions, mentioning relevant examples, and if possible, referencing concepts from the unit’s Reading and Learning Activities.
