Today we spent the first hour in the Learning Resource Centre on the second floor (208). People were working on various pieces of work (essays, reports, presentations and general research).
After the break we went back to 419.
I reminded everyone about the deadline for the written pieces (11 Dec). We will get a chance next week to work on those as I have booked spaced in 208 for the whole class.
I also asked students to spend some time putting together a plan for their presentation. You need to produce a plan as part of your portfolio of work for Communication. I gave out a sheet which gave some guidance on what the plan should cover. As I said, this should not take long, but it is a worthwhile, indeed vital, process. A presentation needs to be planned. Again, purpose and structure are very important when thinking about how a presentation comes together. I've asked people to bring in a plan for their presentation next week.
Just another point on presentations. You may know that you need to do two for Communication. At the moment I'm only interested in you doing one. We'll probably start doing these right after Christmas. I'd like to hold off on the second one for a while to give you a chance to reflect on your first presentations.
We finished off the class today with some corrections on the analysis of presentation assessments (Franco Moretti and Susan Greenfield). Some may question the point of these assessments. But remember the purpose of looking at any presentation (good or bad) critically is to identify, and learn from, the strengths and weaknesses of others.
As Franco Moretti says "that's all folks" ...
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