Students will:
- understand the importance of making eye contact
- learn some ways to build confidence in communicating with people as you look at them
- lay the groundwork for building more skills in verbal communication
- practice eye contact in the class
- have suggestions to help them improve their ability to speak with confidence in public settings (personal interactions, the classroom both 
in person and online as well as in front of a crowd)

Public speaking has been a part of my whole life.  The first speech I remember making was as a 5yr old at the YMCA!   
Over the years I have been in situations that had me speaking in front of groups both in the classroom and in the local church.  My certification to teach in Florida was in public speaking (I let it expire because I was not in the classroom at the time).  An university in Zambia afforded me the opportunity to teach public speaking for a brief time.  My life has been built around speaking ... I love sharing what I have learned with others.

I will give students some ideas to help them practice eye contact skills in daily life, as well as the next time they are in front of people (zooming or in person).  

NOTE:  If we have fewer than 5 students the class may be a bit shorter.

None, but in other classes working on other skills I will continue to encourage and evaluate students from previous classes.

1 hour per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.