Welcome to Academic Presentation Skills. In this course we will learn about such elements of a good academic presentation as organization, language, delivery, and audio-visual material(s). Students should complete this course with a firm grasp of how to deliver presentations clearly and persuasively as well as how to be a thoughtful consumer of presentations. Classroom time will include some lectures and work in groups, and students should expect to participate in every class. The culmination of this course is a polished, effective presentation on a topic of the student's choosing.
Class #1 - Course Introduction (October 7)
Introduction, class outline; organization fundamentals
As promised, here (belatedly) are the class notes from Class #1. Apologies, and I'll try to get them posted in a more timely fashion from now on.
Take care these couple days with Typhoon #19 on the way.
Class #2 — Student introductions (October 14)
A fine set of introductions, everyone!
Class #3 — Presentation Language (October 21)
Language & expression (PPT) and as a PDF
The practice paper on Fuel vs. Food
Class #4 — Our Friend, Powerpoint (and its Evil Twin, Prezi) (October 28)
As you'll remember from class, there is an interesting alternative to PowerPoint with a rather different conceptual basis. Prezi zooms around a single 'painting' to which you add all the regular things such as text, videos, and images.
To give you an idea of what Prezi can be used for, click on this link for some Prezi examples.
Below is just one example from YouTube:
Class #5 — Delivery: Verbal and Non-verbal Elements (November 4, 28)
Here is the PowerPoint about delivery from today's class. If you'd rather, here is the and as a same presentation as a pdf.
Class #6 — Animation and Media Additions (November 11)
As promised, here are the class notes with all the technical details from our class discussions. Enjoy!
Class #7 — Final Presentations, Part 1 (November 18)
Class #8 — Final Presentations, Part 2 (November 25)
An update from Brazil (Angelo, 2012) on our earlier example of "food vs. fuel".