1/8/01

Dear Speech Communication 100 Students:

Welcome to our online SpCom 100 Workbook. We believe that this is one of the first web workbooks of its kind and are happy to be able to offer it you.

We created this Web Workbook for a number of reasons. First, as you may know, we recently converted SPCOM 100 from lecture-discussion to small sections like the one you are in. The Workbook provides some of the information we used to cover in the lecture and insures some uniformity in the course. At the same time we wanted to increase the use of technology in teaching the course. You are participating in our efforts to update the course and keep it at the cutting edge of public speaking instruction.

We hope the Web Workbook will accomplish not only these goals but, more importantly, provide a significant enhancement to your education. By providing interactive activities, links to other information sources, and information, the Web Workbook should improve the quality of your educational experience. But this is only the first step. We are hoping you will help us develop this valuable tool and make it even better. By developing it this way rather than having you buy a workbook from a commercial publisher we have been able to keep your costs down while providing the highest quality education.

We are happy to be able to offer you this new learning opportunity and hope you will enjoy using it. We look forward to your feedback on it in our attempt to provide you with the best education we possibly can.

Michael Hecht, Department Chair