4.25 Presentations

We re-arranged the schedule for presentations so that you could make better use of the feedback from me and your classmates.  The new schedule is as follows.

April 30: Yoleiny, Derrick,   Mike, Allyson, ChrisMay 2 : Paul,  Sarah, Oriana, Bri, AmyMay 7:  Devon, Sharyn, Alison + using the rubric to evaluate your draft-so-far

Also, we went over the points you should hit in your presentation.  They are as follows:

1. explanation of issues surrounding/related to your research project

2. context + your assumptions = why you are dioing this project = importance to writing studies

3. present your evidence (talk about your data)

4.  what your data shows with respect to your research question

5. conclusion= implications for writing studies+what your research shows.

As pointed out in class, if you hit these points as best you can, and ask questions about points where you need input = you will get full credit for your presentation.  As you saw in class today, this presentation is an important opportunity for you to consider the focus/organization/development of your essay so far; how to set up your essay;  how well your data support (or not) your research question, how to develop a more powerful conclusion (where you state the importance of your findings), and so on.  

 A second important purpose for these presentations for program evaluation.  I will be rating the presenations (using a rubric) to assess whether and how well our work together for this course has prepared you to give this kind of a presentation.  I will revise my teaching next term in light of this information.

GREAT CLASS TODAY!   Thanks for the excellent presentations and for the excellent comments on what presenters can work on to make a stronger paper.  I was very impressed at the effectiveness of the language you used for the comments (you must have paid attention to that "rhetoric of teacher comments" paper!).  

For next class:

Blog 25: Today's presenters = write up any plans/notes you have for revising your essay in light of your presentation
Tuesday, April 29 presenters= post the essay-so-far that you will present on
Everyone else: post any writing that you want credit for as part of your drafting process, or any in-process analysis that you want credit for  as part of the data collection/analysis part of the project(see assignment sheet for research project)

For individuals who presented today = I will write written feedback to your "draft-so-far" and send it to your by next class (probably by Tuesday).

See you next week!