Panel
Presentation Guidelines
1.
Each
person will present his or her research
for approximately 12 minutes. You will
be graded on the length of your presentation,
so you should practice it before your
presentation date. This will allow the
entire panel presentation to be about
1 1/2 to 2 hours long, with a 10 minute
break. This will also allow for at least
a 1/2 hour of question and answer after
all the presentations are complete.
2.
Your
presentation should be an even balance
between showing examples and verbal presentation.
You can orally present using notes, you
can read from a prepared paper, you can
perform your research, or you can use
classroom participation in your presentation.
You should use examples to back up your
research—for instance, a video clip
reel, or a group of tapes already cued
up, or a website(s), multimedia, overhead,
powerpoint, slides, DVD, cassette, audio
CD, etc.
3.
You
must let me know as soon as possible what
your technological needs are. The room
is equipped with video, DVD, slides, overhead,
and audio. The computer is my laptop (Mac),
which has a CD Rom drive and internet
connection. If you need anything else,
you must let me know.
4.
You
need to test the technical aspects of
your presentation the week before, and
will be graded on doing so. Please come
to class 15 minutes early or stay after
class the week before to test the technical
part of your presentation or to learn
how to use the podium. We won’t
have time to trouble shoot during the
presentations. Part of your grade is based
on preparedness.
5.
Abstracts
are due electronically a week before your
presentation. These should be emailed
to me, with a hard copy handed in a week
before your presentation. Use a word attachment,
with the suffix
“.doc” when emailing.
I cannot open attachments with strange
suffixes. (For instance, DiekmanAbstract.doc,
would be good-obviously your name.) These
abstracts will be posted on our class
website a week before the presentations—allowing
you all to the visit the website before
the presentation date and familiarize
yourself with the topics to be presented.
An abstract is a short statement (about
two or three paragraphs) which explains
your research topic and critical approach
to the topic. Examples can be seen at
the URLs which are listed on the class
website.
6.
Your
research must use at least five sources.
This should be a balanced mix of essays,
books, on-line sources, videos, films,
or interviews. These sources must be listed
on your abstract. If they are websites,
then we will make links from your abstract
on-line. Look at the examples from the
class website.
7.
The
panel members will sit together in the
front of the class during the presentations.
After the presentations, the panel will
answer questions from the class or from
each other.
8.
Part
of your grade is your participation in
the panel presentations of others. Not
only does this include attendance to all
three presentations, but also your attention
to what is being presented whether you
are on the panel or not. You should take
notes, and generate questions for the
panel presenters. A good way of preparing
questions is to listen for the differences
and similarities between presenters, and
direct a question to several panel members
for discussion. You may also ask an individual
a question about his or her research.
But remember, much of this research is
new for the panel members, and the depth
of a question may exceed their current
knowledge of the topic.
9.
If
you have any questions, ask me.