Hands Across the Oceans

The 141 students studying English in the Faculty of Social Sciences had to prepare and present PowerPoint presentations in the computer lab classes.  You can see a selection of them by clicking on this link.

Introduction:

When you make up your presentations, you must include a slide with your sources when you complete your PowerPoint presentation.

If you use more than one source, you must write them in alphabetical order.

1  Encyclopedia

"Title of article". Name of encyclopedia. Date of publication.

"Animal Ecology." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1990 ed.

2  Book

Author (last name, first name). Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.

Commoner, Bernard. Science and Survival. New York: Viking Press, 1966.

3  Book with Joint Authors

Authors (last name, first name, and first name, initial, last name. Title. Place: Publisher. Date.

Lewis, Theodore, and Lawrence R. Taylor. Introduction to Experimental Ecology. New York: Academic Press, 1967.

4  Sources from Internet

Author’s last name, initials. Year. Full title of work (specific web page). Title of complete work. Full URL. Specify date you accessed the site.

Brown, G. Living in the 21^st Century. 2002

Http://www.thethirdway. (June 2003).

1  Abstracts

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

2  Asking Questions

http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/137

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan3.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan1.html

http://www.bigpoint.com/msla/research.html

3  Bibliography

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.html

http://www.westwords.com/guffey/mla.htm

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml

http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited.htm

4  Blogging

http://new.blogger.com/

http://edulblogs.org

5  Critical Thinking/Judgments

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts/critthk.html

http://www2.sisu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/crtread.htm

http://writing.fsu.edu/rwc/clast_reading.html

Reading Skills

6  Critiques

http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Resear.aidg/CS540/critiques.html

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/critique.html

7   Drawing Flowcharts, Networks, Forms, Floor Plans, Time Lines, Presentations etc

http://smartdraw.com

http://www.inspiration.com

8  E-portfolios

Includes e-magazines, blogs, homepages, presentations, and/or research essays that are displayed in http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/

9  Evaluating Critiques

http://people.cornellcollege.edu/jcardon/courses/cmb/critique.html

10 Evaluating Essays

http://www.smarrpublishers.com/rhetoric01.html

http://www.colorado.edu/gtp/resources/tutor/method.html

http://www.mccallie.org/wrt_ctr/carnicelli.htm

Clear criteria

11 Evaluating Group Work

http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/tips/rubrics_sec/group_wk.html Evaluating Group Work

http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed395500.html

Evaluating oral performances, portfolios and presentations

http://departments.mwc.edu/spkc/www/Handouts/eval_group_presentations.htm

Group presentation evaluation

12 Evaluating Presentations

http://departments.mwc.edu/

http://www.1cc.gatech.edu/gallery/speechbook/criteria.html

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html

13 Groups

http://www.bokcenter.harvard.edu/docs/wigintro.html

http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/collaborative.html

http://www.mapnp.org/library/grp_skll/theory/theory.htm

http://groups.msn.com/

14 Homepage Building

http://geocities.yahoo.com/

15 Interviews

http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/via/

16 Library Skills

http://webster.commnet.edu/libroot/freshyear/wrkbk.htm

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~scilib/

17 Links

http://iteslj.org/links/search.cgi?query=report+writing

Report writing links

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

Links for majors

18 Marking Schemes

http://www.cict.co.uk/software/markin/index.htm

http://www.rayslearning.com/report.htm

19 Meetings

http://office.microsoft.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/

http://www.spot.pcc.edu/~rjacobs/career/conducting_meetings.htm

Checklist for conducting meetings

http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7labor/11.htm

20 Memo Reports

http://www.top.eli.orst.edu/~bengayed/reports.html

Recommendation, justification, progress, periodic, & survey reports

21 Minutes

http://www.top.eli.orst.edu/~bengayed/minutes.html

22 Online Diary

http://www.diaryland.com/

23 Online Newspaper

http://www.crimsonzine.com/

24 Outlining

http://www.english-zone.com/writing/para.strctr.html

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/outlines.shtml

25 Paraphrasing

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm

http://www.eslnetworld.com/main/quote.htm#para

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_paraphr.html

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts.paraphrasing.html

26 PowerPoint

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Teaching writing

http://pages.mhlearningnetwork.com/ArnoldWarrior/

Tutorial for PowerPoint

27 Presentations

http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Types/oral.html

http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/

http://pages.mhlearningnetwork.com/ArnoldWarrior/

http://www.kumc.edu/

http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Types/oral.html

http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/presentations.html

Great links

28 Projects

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/orgstrl.htm

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/groupprojects.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html

Ideas for projects

http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=LessonPlans

Examples of webquests

29 Publishing Your Work

Use https://www.blogger.com

 or http://edublogs.org

to make your own blog, where you can publish your work.

30 Punctuation

http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/marks.htm

31 Questionnaires & Surveys

http://www.stark.kent.edu/~jmoneysmith/advbus/question.htm

http://www.statpac.com/surveys/

32 Quoting

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/

Detailed information in 162 CALL Project

33 Report Writing - Low Level

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/animal/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/invention/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/planet/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/explorer/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/bookreport.shtml

34 Report Writing - Higher

Http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/reportw/understanding.html

Understanding the sections of your report/General technical guidelines

http://www.unn.ac.uk/central/studserv/report.htm

Information about report writing

http://www.eslnetworld.com/paper.html

Simple research paper

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ScienceReport.html

Writing a scientific report

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/scimethod.htm

Solving problems with the scientific method

35 Report Writing - Advanced

http://www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/tdrewry/reports.htm

Information about student project reports

http://www.ecf.toronto.edu/~writing/handbook.html

Technical reports

http://www.technical-writing-course.com/

Writing technical reports

http://www.voa.manythings.org/voa/

Science reports

36 Research Essays

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/fieldsnz.html

http://www.eslnetworld.com/intro.htm

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts.html

http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/essay/index.htm

http://helponenglish.homestead.com/essay.html

http://fbox.vt.edu/

Craft of scientific writing

You will find information about research essays in http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci, in the 162 section

http://www.top.eli.orst.edu/~bengayed/reports.html

37 Scientific Method

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0860972.html

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/science/method.html

http://encarta.msn.com

38 Style

http://www.wplwloo.lib.ia.us/writing.html

List of links

http://mel.lib.mi.us/reference/REF-styles.html

List of links

39 Summaries

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts/summary.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_quotprsum.html

40 Webquests

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html

Great ideas for webquests

http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=LessonPlans

Examples of webquests

41 Websearching

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Internet_Basics/

42 Writing Skills/Grammar

http://www.english-zone.com/writing/paragraphs.html

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts.html

http://esl-links.cjb.net/

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/grammar.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm

http://english.heinle.com/ackley/student/owls.html

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html

http://www.dictionary.com/writing/

http://129.186.46.14/OWL/links.html

Links for writing

©Dot MacKenzie

1 Introduction

Most people get nervous before they give a presentation, but if you follow these simple steps, the process of organizing your thoughts may be easier. You must prepare a 5 minute speech about a topic of your choice to present to the other students in your class, or you can choose one of the webquests in chapter 6 and present your findings.

2 Steps

A Plan your presentation by choosing a topic that you know a lot about.

B Prepare the presentation long before you are supposed to present it.

C Outline your ideas following the rules you studied.

D Include all the important points and sub-points.

E Include examples.

F Practice giving the presentation in front of your family & friends.

G Be able to answer questions when your lecture is finished.

H Be sure that your presentation lasts for 5 minutes.

3 Oral Presentation Checklist

Make sure you include all these points when you are preparing your presentation.

A  Include relevant, interesting information

B  Make sure your presentation lasts for 5 minutes

C Give a copy of presentation to your teacher before the date of the presentation

D  Be well-organized

E Summarize the main points of the presentation in the conclusion

F Be prepared to answer questions

G Have a good introduction

H Know enough about your topic to be able to answer questions

4 Speaking Checklist

When you are giving your presentation, make sure you follow the following guidelines:

A  Speak loudly enough so everyone can hear.

B  Speak, don’t read.

C  Use your outline to remember your points.

D  Look at your audience, not your feet.

E  Don’t hold your outline in front of your face.

F  Don’t talk too quickly.

G  Don’t repeat the same words. Rephrase points.

H  Vary the loudness, tone and speed of your voice. Don’t speak in a monotone.

I  Don’t use Arabic words or phrases. 

J If you forget something, say ‘um’ or ‘er’, not ’shismu’ or ‘yanni’.

K Stay calm and relaxed. Everyone gets nervous.

L Take deep breaths if you feel nervous.

M Smile and add jokes.

N Remember, giving the presentation lasts for 15 minutes, not your whole life!

O If you need to use your laptop, arrange this with your teacher before your presentation. You must also make sure that all the equipment works before you give your talk.

5 Internet Activities

A) Go to http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk and click on the buttons on the left side of the screen. You will find a lot of information about giving an excellent presentation. In particular, you should read the information about a Ten Minute Presentation, which is what you have to present in class.

B) For more information, go to http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Types/oral.html.

C) If you go to http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/Preparing_talks/103.html,  you will find stages to help you turn your ideas into a good presentation.

D) Now choose the topic that your presentation is going to be about. Type the topic in a search box, and search through the websites to find 3 sites that have information about your topic. Then print them out. You will have to give copies to your teacher.

You must have an introduction, main body and conclusion. You must also hand in a paragraph about your topic.

6  Presentation Marking Scheme

Student Name    ___________________________________

Student Number ___________________________________

Section               ___________________________________

Title                    ___________________________________

Time started      ____________________________________

Time finished    ____________________________________

Topic                 ____________________________________ 

Grade               ____________________________________

7  Possible grade from 10%

(2 points for each topic)

1 Delivery

2 Content

3 Grammar

4 Spelling

Total Points from 10%