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LESSON TOPIC
IDENTIFICATION (10% of Lesson TOTAL) |
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Topic Submission
By December 20th, TWO topic(s) possibilities for the lesson must be
submitted in writing along with a general outline of the
specifics. Two topic proposals are needed because mulitiple
groups may propose the same topic. The entire lesson should be
submitted as one document no matter how many students are involved.
Possible topics can be found at: TOPICS
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B.
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Lesson Assignment and
Lesson Day
By December 23rd, the TOPIC for the lesson will be assigned by the
instructor AND an approximately lesson date will be determined.
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LESSON PLAN SUBMISSION (15% of Lesson TOTAL) |
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On January 10th, all
groups must submit their lesson plan to make
sure that the depth and bredth of the lesson are appropriate for the
expecttions of the course. Feedback will be provided by the
instructor
by January 13th.
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LESSON DAY |
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DETAILS, WARNINGS
& ASSURANCES:
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Presentation Time:
Each team member must present for an approximately equal amount of
time.
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Topic Coverage:
Each member is expected to cover the material agreed upon by the group
and the instructor when the lesson plans were submitted.
Therefore,
thorough research must be completed BEFORE the lesson plan is
submitted. Discovery that there is no information available the
night
before the presentation is unacceptable, so do not plan for something
you can not deliver.
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Independence of
Assessment:
The quality of each member's presentation will not
affect the other member's grade for the project.
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Missed Presentation:
Each team member must present on the day assigned. Failure to do
so
will result in a 25% penalty for that student and each time it happens
again. Other team members will be expected to present on the day
agreed upon. The course is tightly scheduled. Disruption of
subsequent
presentations (other students or the instructor) is unacceptable.
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B. |
THE LESSON: (45% of Lesson TOTAL) |
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Presentation Schedule:
A
maximum of FIVE
minutes will be available for pre-lesson preparations. Failure to
begin
on time will result in a 1% per minute penalty to the person who does
not start promptly (but not his/her partners). Non-presenting
partners are
expected to participate as part of the student audience, and may not
work behind the scenes on their own presentations. A FIVE minute
break
between lessons by team members is the maximum allowed.
Therefore
each
TWO person team should divide the 57 minute class as follows:
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Provide handouts (See below.) to class, for BOTH
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First Lesson |
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Second presenter prep |
| 23 min: |
Second Lesson |
If for some reason,
such as an odd number of students in the course, a three person team is
created, they will be given an additional 23 minute portion of the NEXT
class to complete the lesson.
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Presentation Duration
Limits:
It is VERY important for each presenter to practice ahead of time so
that they are confident that they can deliver their lesson within the
time frame suggested. Each presentation does not need to be
exactly 23
minutes, but talks ending earlier than 20 minutes will be considered to
be too short. Presentations that run over, will also be penalized 1%
per minute.
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Audience Expectations:
Audience members are expected to show up ON TIME for each presentation
to avoid disruptions. Audience members are expected to give each
presenter the respect they give the course instructor. Failure to
do
so will affect the SPIRIT grade for the course.
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Presentation
Content:
(40% of Presentation Total = 18% of the LESSON TOTAL) -- [see Table 1 above]
The lesson should include:
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Background Introduction |
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Main topic(s)
If several subtopics are presented, then a clear change in topic should
be made.
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Summary |
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The Presentation Style Including Production and Use of Visuals:
(60% of Presentation Total = 27% of the LESSON TOTAL) -- [see Table 1 above]
STYLE (Delivery): (15.5% of Presentation Total = 7% of Lesson Total)
The presenter is expected to teach and NOT read a report.
USE of Visuals: (20% of Presentation Total = 9% of Lesson Total)
There
is no
requirement for "panel" style graphics. The minimum
expectation is
that the presenter will refer to graphics in the handouts. If you
chose this route, then you really need to make sure your handout
graphics are easy to understand. Also, you need to actively speak
about them and explain them. If you use "panel" style graphics,
then you need to USE them as well.
HANDOUT Notes: (24.5% of Presentation Total = 11% of the LESSON TOTAL)
At
the beginning of each lesson, a handout of a set of study notes MUST be given
to each student in the class as well as the course instructor.
These
notes should be in outline format and include appropriate
figures. All
graphics need to be legible so do not blame the copy machine or printer
if they are not. You are the teacher, and it is your
responsibility to
make sure your students can understand the handouts when they use them
later to prepare for their exams.
Be careful to prepare handouts ahead of time. There will be no
time to do so during class on the day of the presentation.
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WEBSITE (30% of Lesson TOTAL)
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SUBMISSION:
During
the class one week after the lesson, the website files (html and
graphic)
should be submitted to the instructor who will post them on the course
website found at:
http://users.bergen.org/dondew/bio/molbio/AAMB5_Lesson/StudentLessonIndex2006.html
Excessive delays in submission will result in significant late penalty on your website score. Other people are dependent upon your information!
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CONTENT:
(75% of Website Total = 23% of the LESSON TOTAL) -- [see Table 1 above]
YOUR website should provide a more detailed exploration of the topics
including online references. It should include text and
appropriate diagrams.
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QUALITY:
(25% of Website Total = 7% of the LESSON TOTAL) -- [see Table 1 above]
- I
want this collection of websites to be something we are all proud of
and a resource that others may use out there in the internet world.
Too many times, I have found a student generated website that is
inaccurate.
- A fancy website is a waste of time. Of interest is
useful information and graphics. Therefore rollovers and textwrapping around graphics is forbidden!
- Please use Swati's website
as a template. It was written using Mozilla Composer
which is part of the web browser MOZILLA, which can be obtained from mozilla.org.
- You are not required to use Composer for your
website, but if your website does not work, it will be returned until
it does. The first return is without penalty. Further
returns will result in 10% penalties. Therefore.. make life simple ... USE Composer!
- Make sure you use Times Roman or Times font.
- Make sure you Italicize legends under each figure as done
in Swati's website.
- Make sure that all your links work. TEST THEM!
( I will.)
- Name each page: page1.html, page2.html, not xeerbdr.html and cfger.html!
- Make sure all of your figures are named:
page1fig1.jpg or page1fig1.gif, etc.
- Make sure all of your figures reside in the same folder as
the html files, and that the links work. DO NOT submit them in
separate folders and HOPE they work when I place them all in one
folder. Your work will be returned if the links do not work.
- Make sure your website looks correct using a variety of web
browsers... not JUST Internet Explorer which uses non-standard
programming techniques. It is also no longer even offered on the
Mac platform because of Firefox. Therefore, make sure it
works using Firefox
which can be obtained from Firefox at
mozilla.org.
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