CALS 001&183 Lab 8 notes Thursday 17 October, 2013

Persuasive Presentations, labs Monday Oct 21 - Friday Oct 25.
 

How's everything going?   Questions?  Issues?

Tips from TAs?

Grading sheets for Outside Speech Critique: each TA grade at least 5 per week.  All should be graded and returned within two weeks. 

Outside speech critiques: If handed in late -10% the first week, -20% the second week, No credit after.

MID-TERM WARNING: Any student who currently is at a C or lower - please send name and status to Dr. L

 

Please Update Speaking and Lab Role schedules!

Questions Persuasive Presentations ?

View & Critique: The Dangers of the single story  

 BEFORE your next LAB:

-Update the Speaking and Lab Roles Schedules for the semester if necessary. Use SAME FILENAME over write the old files.

-Email your students (Blackboard) who will be delivering their Persuasive Presentation the week of Oct 21-25 and remind them to be prepared.

-Check your lab Forum discussions on Blackboard.  Answer students so they know you are reading their entries.

 

Bring to lab:

-Your laptop!

-Cameras from BH-Library Media center.  

-Group & Persuasive Presentation Critique Sheets, and pencil with eraser.

-Name Tents (you may dispense with these once you know everyone).

-Timing Sheets.

-"Master of Ceremonies Checklist"

-"hat" with all students names on slips of paper

-Lab Roles sheet with who is doing what when (view or print from web)

-Speech schedule sheets of who is speaking when (view or print from web)

-Attendance sheet for attendance taker
-Student "Critique of Presentation" Templates (one per student)

-Facsimile of the "Reflection Paper Folder"

-Graded Informational & Group Presentations

-Peer Evaluation sheets (one for each student to evaluate their group members)

Go to lab early:
-Leave enough time to get cameras, & set up laptop, name tents, critique sheets, checklists, etc.

 

The Lab itself:

 

Return Graded Presentations and Folders.

Display and go over Speaking Schedule and Lab Roles Schedule. 


INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATIONS: Student critiques go to students (for reflection paper).
GROUP PRESENTATIONS: Student critiques go to the TAs.

PERSUASIVE PRESENTATIONS: Student critiques go to student presenters (for reflection paper).

Critique persuasive presentations.

 

Remind students who are speaking next week, and who is doing what lab role next week. 

 

After lab:

-Erase any files from Camera

-Immediately Return Camera Pack to BH Library,  Have them RECHARGE the battery pack!

-Meet with lab partner and reach consensus on the grade for each presentation. 

-Erase videos from your laptop when done with them - you can show questionable/great/bad ones to Dr. L.

-Record attendance (DATE of absences) and grades on excel template and save it in at least three different places.

-Email your students who will be giving a dramatic reading the following week  to remind them to be prepared.

-Update the Speaking Schedule and Roles for the semester. 

-Read examples of Poor/Good/Excellent Reflection Papers, and Excellent Outside Speech Critique: http://www.uvm.edu/~cals001/fall2010/ExampleReflectionAndOutsideCritique.pdf.