ImpromptuPrompts

Belowaresomethesisstatementsyoucanusetodevelopyourspeeches.Youcan
agreeordisagreewiththeseprompts(mostarewrittentobeeasilydisagreedwith).I
justwantyoutobeabletodevelopafocusedtwopointargument.Remember,ourfocus
inthisspeechisontherefinementofyourabilitytoquicklyputtogetherasound
argumentthatreliesonreasonableevidence.
Theseareverygeneralpromptsbasedonoursharedinterestinspeechandpublic
speaking.Youcanalsocomeupwithyourownpromptforpracticing.Iwould
recommendthatyouworkwithatypeofthesisstatementyouneedtospeakonoutside
ofthisclass.

Speech
Deliveryismoreimportantthaninventioninpublicspeaking.
Arrangementismoreimportantthanstyleinbusinesspresentations.
Agoodteacherisalmostalwaysagoodpublicspeaker.
Peopleweregenerallybetteratpublicspeaking100yearsagothantheyare
today.
Theprevalenceofthetelevisionsoundbitehassignificantlyhurtthequalityof
publicspeeches.
Certainpublicspeakingtraitsarenatureratherthannurture.
Publicspeakingmustbelearnedratherthantaught.
PublicspeakingshouldbearequirementateverylevelofaK5(primary)
education.
Inthemodernera,nosinglepublicspeechshouldeverrunlongerthanan
hour.
Publicspeakingcannotbetaughtinanonlineenvironment.
Goodactorsarethebestpublicspeakers.
Sayingumisoneoftheworstthingsapublicspeakercando.


Onlineeducation
FiveyearsfromnowontheWebforfreeyoullbeabletofindthebest
lecturesintheworld.Itwillbebetterthananysingleuniversity.BillGates,
chairmanofMicrosoft(2010)
Onlineeducationisafadthatwillsoonpass.
Onlineeducationwillneverreplacetraditionaluniversities.
MOOCsshouldchargeasmallfeeforclassesinordertopayforstaffingand
websitedevelopment.
Onlinecoursesarebetterthanfacetofaceinstruction.
Onlinecoursearesimplytheinternetsanswertotextbooksandeducational
televisionbroadcasting.
AMOOC'speerreviewsystemsignificantlyimprovesthequalityofthe
coursesitsusedin.
InMOOCs,thelecturevideosaremoreimportantthanthediscussionforums.
Googlehangoutsarethebestanswertoonlineofficehours.

Technology
Computersarethemostimportanttechnologicalinventionofthe20th
Century.
Theinternetisasimportantastheprintingpresstotheglobalspreadingof
knowledge.
Technologicaladvancementshavemadelibrariesunnecessary.
GoogleshouldallowuserstoremoveprivateaddressesfromtheirMap
database.
Facebookshouldnotdisclosepersonalinformationtoprivateindustries.
MicrosoftandAppleshouldgivetheiroperatingsystemstoanystudent
enrolledincollegefreeofcharge.

MediaandCulture
Printjournalismcannotcompeteeffectivelyagainstonlineinformation.
Newspapersarenolongerthebestsourceofnews.
Bridgesaremoreimportantthansewersystemstothehabitabilityofacity.
Musicalstarsearchshows(e.g.AmericanIdol,PopIdol)degradeacountrys
qualityofmusic.
StarWarsismorerealisticthanStarTrek.