Talking ≠ Effective Speaking
Students don’t speak very well. Class discussions, presentations, podcasts, videos, and digital storytelling suffer.
But standards include speaking. What is your school doing to address these standards?
Resources are hard to find.
There are no classes in teacher education programs about how to teach speaking skills. It is never a topic on any inservice days either.
You need help to develop oral communication skills.
I provide that help.