Student Presentations

Schedule

Monday November 9th Katie & Tim
Topic:Deforestation


Wednesday November 11th Wade
Topic:

Friday November 13th Matt
Topic: Extinction

Monday November 16th Rebecca
Topic: Political issues associate with the melting of the Artic Icecap

Wednesday November 18th Emily
Topic:

Friday November 20th Dani/Erin
Topic:

Monday November 23rd Seth
Topic:

Monday November 30th Greg
Topic: Genetically Modified Organisms (plants)

Wednesday December 2nd Cord
Topic: The History of Alternatively-Fueled Automobiles

Friday December 4th Sarah
Topic:

Monday December 7th Josh
Topic:

Wednesday December 9th Tracy
Topic:

Assignment:
You should plan to make a "formal presentation" to the class that lasts approximately 30 minutes. These presentations can involve lectures, powerpoint slides, videos, interaction with your classmates, etc. (I want to leave the format open to you so that you can do what you think will most effectively help you to cover your material). The ramainder of the class period is reserved for class discussion.

Reading Assignments:

You should each find a few articles that you would like students to read prior to coming to class.

Expected Learning Outcomes:

Professors and administrators are spending an increasing amount of our time "assessing" the effectiveness of our classes and programs. It is difficult to assess student learning and performance without knowing exactly what you want students to be able to do. Thus, I have found it very useful to think about explicitly stating my "expected learning outcomes" (I hope that these help you focus your learning efforts in this course as well).

I would like for each of you to write out 4 - 5 expected learning outcomes from your presentation. Writing learning outcomes requires a little practice. Take a look at these site if you would like some more info.

Expected Learning Outcomes-
http://www.tltc.ttu.edu/content/asp/assessment/pages/pg04.pdf

Learning Objectives: Stems and Samples- http://www.educationoasis.com/instruction/bt/learning_objectives.htm

Discussion Questions:

As you might have noticed, I am not an expert in how to stimulate discussion in class. There is nothing more akward than standing up in front of a class that is supposed to be discussing a topic and hearing nothing but awkard silence. Hopefully, you will agree that you need to help each other out by participating fully in the discussions led by your classmates.

One thing that might help to stimulate discussion would be to ask several questions that students can think about when they do the reading and are listening to your presentattions. Thus, I would like you to send me several questions that you would like your classmates to think about.