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 25:  Krista, Jenna, Stephanie, (Jillian)
April 30:  Dana, Arlette, Karl, Suzy, (Jillian)
May 2:  Janeida, Joanne, Kim, Sharelle, CorinneMay 7:  Maritza,  Robert  + evaluting your draft so far by using the rubric.

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 them (using a rubric) to assess whether and how well our work together for this course has prepared students to give this kind of a presentation.

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= poste 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)

See you next week.