WIP2Prep

Work-in-progress Presentation (Theme 2)

A Work-in-progress presentation is a chance to do two things while still in the middle of research work, a learning process, or project of most any type:

1. Articulate what you've done and what you think you know, and where you need to go from here. It is a chance for you to listen to yourself and use that experience to move forward, based on what you do or don't say.
2. Receive feedback from others that helps to continue clarifying your ideas and directions.

For our course in particular, your Work-in-progress presentation will focus specifically on the connections that you have made in order to "fill the gap" between the description of the current Theme, and the Written/Creative Product that you will develop to respond to that Theme. Review the Course Notes and Instructions to remind yourself about what is expected for the Written/Creative Product, and then design a brief presentation that will help you achieve #1 and #2 above. The presentation is informal and a chance for you to pull your thoughts together, so you might mention some or all of the following:

• your current Principles and Practices
• sources that you have been finding to help you develop your thinking (and/or ways that the more general assigned readings have contributed to your thinking)
• an overview of how you will design your Written/Creative Product and reasoning for doing so
• any other points about ways that the current theme has inspired you or helped to raise important questions
• what kinds of comments or questions from the class will most help you finishing pulling your work together for the Written/Creative Product

For each presentation, you may receive feedback from others in class (process to be discussed during class), and this feedback should then be considered before you submit your Written/Creative Product the following week.

Logistics/Expectations:

• Presentation should be designed to last at least 5 minutes and no more than 7 minutes (not including Q&A, which will occur as time permits).
• Visual aids are required. Submit these to your assignment dropbox no later than 2:00pm on the day of the presentations. Visual aids can be shared with others through Zoom screensharing during the presentation. Practice in Zoom ahead of time if needed. Think of the visual aids as a way to "scaffold" your audience to be able to follow the path of your reasoning. It could be a traditional set of talking points, image/s, a sketch/map showing high-level relationships between ideas, or take other forms.
• Your presentation must be prepared ahead of time and involve an organized sequence of points (not simply ad-libbed)