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MindTap Speech, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access for Wood's Communication Mosaics: An Introduction to the Field of Communication, 8th Edition

Julia T. Wood

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MindTap Speech, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access for Wood's Communication Mosaics: An Introduction to the Field of Communication 8th Edition by Julia T. Wood
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MindTap Speech for Wood's Communication Mosaics: An Introduction to the Field of Communication, 8th Edition is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course—to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual, and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You. MindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience. Capture student interest with chapter opening polling questions and facilitate meaningful class discussion, online and in class as students connect to readings, features and photos in the book. Customize the interactive syllabi, emphasize the most important topics, and add your own material or notes in the eBook.

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Meet the Authors

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Julia T. Wood

Julia Wood joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she was 24. During her 37 years on the faculty, she taught classes and conducted research on personal relationships as well as gender, communication and culture. She was named the Lineberger Distinguished Professor of Humanities and the Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor of Graduate Education. In addition to publishing 25 books and 100 articles and book chapters, she has presented more than 100 papers at professional conferences and campuses around the country. Her accolades include 14 awards honoring her teaching and 16 awards recognizing her scholarship. She received her B.A. from North Carolina State University, her M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University.

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  • MindTap® helps streamline your workflow with carefully curated content and a unique set of tools saving you valuable time in your course preparations. In addition, automatically grades assignments and quizzes while also providing students with instant feedback on their work.
  • YouSeeU, the Speech Video Library, and Outline Builder combine all materials students need to effectively prepare, practice and present their speeches and sharpen communication skills for classroom, personal and professional success.
  • Provide students with organizational and study tools designed to better manage their limited time, allowing them to complete assignments whenever and wherever they are ready to learn.
  • Save students money in their course materials with a single destination that reflects exactly what's important to you, the instructor.
  • Track students in real time with the Progress app adjust the course as needed based analytics of interactivity in the course.
  • With the MindTap® Mobile App, you can keep your students informed of assignments, course due dates, or any changes to your course while also arming them with on-the-go study tools like flashcards and quizzing.
  • Build and personalize your course by integrating your own content into the MindTap® Reader using your own documents or pull from sources like RSS feeds, YouTube videos, websites, Google Docs and more. Control what content students see and when they see it with a learning path that can be used as-is or matched to your syllabus exactly.
  • Empower students with the information to know where they stand at all times--both individually and compared to the highest performers in class within the student view of the Progress App.
  • Engage students with course material specially customized for them by you streamlined in one proven, easy-to-use interface.
  • StudyHub is one-stop-studying tool that allows you to deliver important information and empowers your students to personalize their experience. Share content from the MindTap Reader and create notes and study guides to help students focus and succeed.
  • The Message Center app helps you to quickly and easily contact students directly from the MindTap platform. Any message posted in the Message Center is communicated directly to each student enrolled in the course via the communication medium designated by the student.

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Chapter opening Voting question.
MindTap® Reader.
Photo Practice Activities.
"Engage!" Group Discussion Activity.
"Take Action" Group Discussion Activity.
"Reflect and Discuss" Activity.
Experience Communication Case Study Video.
Chapter Quiz.

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  • ISBN-10: 1305508297
  • ISBN-13: 9781305508293
  • RETAIL $89.95
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