Presentation: EDIT 7320 Assignment Description

EDIT 7320
Presentation
Value: 10 points

6-4-08

Purpose

Reviewing the literature as preparation for any research project is justified by now
This presentation is an efficient substitute for writing a long lit review
Provides an opportunity for you to perform a professional presentation

Task

By this point in the semester, you have chosen an Idea (a broad problem area for investigation), searched for relevant professional literature, reviewed that literature, and built a significant knowledge base in this area. You have constructed an Annotated Bibliography, and kept Article Notes. In this process, you have reduced each reviewed article down to its most basic and critical ideas, findings, or contributions. You have synthesized these facts into a system and created a visual document to represent your understanding.

In this presentation, explain your graphic to the class.

The Problem Statement Draft is due a few days after this presentation. I expect to see a strong correspondence between this graphic and the problem statement. However, development of your topic may still be ongoing up through early in the EDIT 7340 semester.

Components

Projected graphic; Powerpoint is optional. Ideally, the graphic is shown, and you talk around it. There are ways to use Powerpoint that will continuously show the graphic and also give you the prompts you need in sequence.
Handouts are optional
15 minutes, +/- 5
Brief topic statement/synopsis
This topic belongs within which disciplines?
An overview of your reviewed literature
A summary statement or two: The most important thing I've learned is ... I need to read more about ...
We won't count Q+A in your 15 minutes. Do plan to field questions.
Be an attentive listener to the others. Ask your share of questions.

Format

This is a "performance assessment."
Submit the rubric with your self assessment to the dropbox - do this after the presentation. Note the mini-reflection requested.

Use WebCT filenaming guidelines.
While there is no need to submit the graphic (again) to the dropbox, or any Powerpoint or handout files, it's probably a good idea to upload any such peripheral files to your Notebook. I will not grade these, but they may help provide context moving forward.

Rubric

Mini-Reflection after the presentation: How do you think it went? What went well, and not so well? What did you learn for the next time you're required to do a professional presentation? Did you enjoy it or not?


Value	Component	Self review	Instructor's review
1	Mini-reflection above done, along with self-assessment on this rubric	.
1	Your talk was visually supported in some way.	.
1	Your presentation lasted between 10-20 minutes.	.
1	You reminded us of your topic/interest area.	.	.
1	You positioned your topic within larger disciplines to give us perspective.	.	.
2	You provided an overview of the literature.		.
1	You ended with some sort of summary statement.
1	You answered questions in a professional manner.
1	You gave the gift of your attention to all other presenters.
10	Total

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