Teaching Communication Creatively

Capture your students' attention by connecting communication theory to topics they care about outside of the classroom: music, TV programs, movies, their peers, social media, and politics. More than 20 professors have worked with Drs. Faith and William Mullen to combine their teaching experience in Teaching Communication Creatively; a best practices tool that will assist you in creating a fun, interactive classroom environment that is ripe for learning. Teaching Communication Creatively is a compilation of lessons and learning strategies designed by communication professors around the U.S. This extensive, unique, and beneficial collection of ideas can be applied to many areas of communication study, including: interpersonal, speech, and organizational. All lessons were tested for success in communication classrooms. Included lessons help: Spice up classroom instruction Bond communication theory to every-day life Improve teacher evaluations Assist students with topic recall We are confident that many more teachers will find these activities helpful and useful in their classes. ~ Faith Mullen

• Communication for Teachers
• Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals: 15th Edition
• The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, Newsjacking, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly
• Social Media Marketing
• Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations (MindTap Course List)
• Social Media Marketing
• StoryBranding 2.0: Creating Stand-Out Brands Through The Power of Story
• MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook: How to Make Broadcast Videos with an iPhone or iPad
• Advertising and Promotion: An Integrated Marketing Communications Perspective (Irwin Marketing)
• Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide