Participate in the Celebration of Scholarship
This homework is worth 25 points.
Objectives
To help you think critically about another student's research.
Discussion
Visit the Celebration of Scholarship on Wednesday. You have two options:
- Participate by presenting a poster.
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Write a reflection describing your experiences.
- Include a discussion of your poster and how effective your poster was in assisting you during this event.
- Describe your interactions with the judges and audience. Were you prepared for the questions you encountered.
- Evaluate your overall performance.
- What would you change and how would you prepare better for the next time you participate in an event such as this?
- Review at least two posters.
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Write a reflection describing your experiences.
- Include a description of each poster and the research being done.
- Describe the effectiveness of each poster. Was the poster useful in your interaction with the presenter? How could this have been improved?
- Describe the effectiveness of the presenter. Was the presenter able to communicate their research/project? How could this have been improved?
- Describe the overall effectiveness of each interaction.
- If you were coaching the presenters, what advice would you give or changes would you recommend?
Reflect on the entire event.
Describe the effectiveness of this type of event for sharing information. Is this more/less effective than having each person talk for 20 minutes? Exchanging papers?
Submission
Post the final document including your reflection to your wiki page for this class.