Presentation+Guidelines,+Tips,+and+Schedule+MW+seminar

P&A – MW presentation schedule:
 * Schedule April 20
 * #1 Paola - Tiger
 * #2 Taylor - Sarcastic Fringehead
 * #3 Cancelled
 * #4 Diane - Rat


 * Schedule April 22
 * #1 – Brandon - locust
 * #2 – Shannon – Sea birds
 * #3 – Austin – Dolphin
 * #4 – Miranda - Wolf
 * #5 – Fadi – Animal Experimentation


 * Schedule April 27
 * #1 – Jenna - Asian Elephant
 * #2 – Sara - Bat
 * #3 – Daniel - Raven
 * #4 – Abigail - Cockroach


 * Schedule April 29 – Last day of Class –any delayed presentations, other business
 * # 1- Cindy – Goblin Shark
 * # 2 - Caroline - Lobster

Presentation Guidelines:
 * 1) Given the informal research presentations that have led up to the final presentation, students should view this final presentation as a victory lap. Remember that you audience is already informed by your earlier presentations and focus on new information
 * 2) Format: You can do a poster presentation, a PowerPoint (or similar video presentation) or a simple oral report. Handouts are up to you, sometimes they are helpful. If media is involved, plan to get to your work quickly and have a back-up plan if there are technology problems.
 * 3) You will have a TOTAL of 10 minutes, including discussion and addressing questions. There may be time at the end of each day for general discussion and revisiting of issues that the presentations of the day have illuminated
 * 4) Parameters of Assessment/evaluation: content, organization, clarity, professionalism, poise, connection to audience and balance (between entertainment and educational value).
 * 5) I expect all students to be attentive and courteous to their peers. All of you deserve an enthusiastic, curious, involved audience.


 * Presentation Tips**:
 * 1) Remember that presenting your work to a live audience means that you must balance the aims of informing and entertaining. You should deliver your work in an animated way, welcoming your audience into fellowship with the fascinating information your research has uncovered.
 * 2) Never apologize for your work. If you feel that your work is poor or second rate, have the courtesy to your audience to disguise that bald fact as much as you possibly can.
 * 3) Be hyper-aware of timing. Never go over the time limit. If your presentation is a bit shorter than the allotted time, that is fine.
 * 4) If you have discussion questions for the audience make sure that they are open-ended questions rather than yes/no questions
 * 5) You should always thank your audience for their kind attention to your points.
 * 6) End your presentation with a statement as to questions that the research suggests (and that you have not addressed in your research) or a statement as to what you have learned by completing the research (beyond the information you have dug up). Do not end with a jarring statement like “That’s it, then.” This is what I call “pushing the audience over a cliff.”
 * 7) Professionalism means taking yourself, your subject, and your audience seriously and showing proper respect.