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Power Point Presentations

• Contents– Topics and Presentation Dates

– Your Grade

– Technical Matters

– Time Management

– Working in Groups

– Design Considerations

– The Oral Presentation

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Presentations - Topics and Dates I

GROUPS TOPIC DATE

1 and 3 Ptolemy the Astronomer – Life and Accomplishments

October 23

2 and 4 Isaac Newton – Life and Accomplishments

October 23

5 and 7 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier – Life and Accomplishments

October 25

6 and 8 The History of the Metric System

October 25

9 and 11 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck – Life and Accomplishments

October 28

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Presentations - Topics and Dates II

GROUPS TOPIC DATE

10 and 12 Charles Darwin – Life and Accomplishments

October 28

13 and 15 Gregor Mendel – Life and Accomplishments

October 30

14 and 16 James Watt – Life and Accomplishments

October 30

17 and 19 Thomas A. Edison – Life and Accomplishments

November 1

18 and 20 Oliver Heaviside – Life and Accomplishments

November 1

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Your Grade I

• Your presentation will be graded based on its content, the quality of the groups’ oral presentation and the presentation’s design.

• Each group member must participate equally in the preparation of the project (the “research”), the creation of the presentation (the “computer skill”) and its oral presentation in class.

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Your Grade II

• Content (25%)– Correctness– Relevancy– Quality

• Design (20%)– Technical competency– Aesthetics– Design coherency

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Your Grade III

• Oral Presentation (30%)– Fluent presentation– Competent presenters– No notes– Staying within the time limit

• Equal Participation and Group Coherency (15%)– All members participate equally in the presentation.– All members show up prepared and show up on time.– Everyone in the group knows his/her part.

• Citations (10%)– Complete citations on last slide

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You can borrow laptops with Internet access from ACES to use within the facility.

The PowerPoint presentation should be stored on a floppy disk (make and bring a backup floppy also).

If the content of your presentation exceeds the storage capacity of a floppy disk, you can email the final .ppt file to me at hknaust@utep.edu at least two days before the presentation, and I will put the file on a CD.

Your .ppt file has to be turned in immediately after your presentation. I will “publish” your file on our class webpage.

Computer Access, Storage, Publication etc.

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Time Management

1. Gather material (research, pictures, etc.)2. “Digest” the material (read, understand, sort out)3. Plan the content of the presentation

• On average each slide takes about 2 minutes, so your presentation should have about 10-12 slides.

4. Produce the PowerPoint presentation• Use a “slide master” or “theme” to achieve a coherent design

5. Plan and prepare the oral presentation6. Check and double-check….

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Working in Groups I

• This assignment differs from other assignments this semester in two important ways:– You will prepare outside of class

• Time management becomes harder.

• Scheduling problems must be addressed and solved by the group!

– You will work in a large group• Larger groups are better for creative projects since they

provide more varied input than a small group

• Group coherency can become a problem!

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Working in Groups II

• It is beneficial to appoint specific group members to specific tasks within the group, e.g.

• Time Manager– Is the group on schedule?

• Scheduler– Has telephone numbers/email addresses of all group members

– Arranges meetings; makes sure every group member knows when/where to meet

• Group Observer– How well is the group working as a group?

– Does everyone in the group participate equally?

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Working in Groups III

• More Tasks….• Encourager of Participation

– Is everyone in the group having the opportunity to voice his/her opinions?

• Checker of Understanding– Does every group member understand the material discussed?

– Does everyone know what’s going on?

• Manager of Materials– Responsible for safe keeping of the material used

– Responsible for bringing PowerPoint presentation (ppt file) to class; makes backups for emergencies

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Design Considerations I

• A good PowerPoint presentation– Contains a table of contents

– Contains references at the end of the presentation

– Uses a coherent design, but varies the layout of the pages

– Balances textual and graphical elements

– Avoids audio and other overly distracting elements unless necessitated by the topic

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Design Considerations II

• An oral PowerPoint presentation does not use the automatic timing feature – this feature is intended for automatic slide shows (no presenters) only.

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Oral Presentation

• A good oral presentation features– Speakers who are well prepared and competent

– Speakers who do not use notes• The PowerPoint presentation itself serves as a mnemonic aid for the

presenter

• The presenters may use a printed version of the presentation slides

– Speakers who encourage audience participation• This might conflict with time limitations of the presentation

– Speakers who also interact non-verbally with the audience • Eye contact, body language…

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• Good Luck, y’all!

• Don’t forget to have some fun...

This presentation is posted on the web as http://www.math.utep.edu/Faculty/helmut/200310_univ1301/howto.ppt