Midterm Information

Disclaimer: Below is a general set of responses to many questions that are often asked. These questions do not address every situation and at all times, information presented to you in class via one of the faculty always takes precedence over what is listed below.

• Your midterm is a presentation of how the concepts of this course apply to a lesson that you currently teach.  You will not teach us the lesson!  You will present to us how the lesson addresses the needs of your various learners, how activities stimulate various parts of the brain, and what technologies are used to engage learning and why those technologies were selected.
• Your presentation is limited to 10 minutes. 
• Your presentation is turned in electronically.  After the presentation, you will hand your thumb drive to your instructor, she/he will copy it and give you the thumb drive back.  You do not need to print any of your presentation to turn in.  You may print as you like for your notes, etc.
• Remember that as you are presenting, your notes will not be visible to either you or the audience.
• Remember that you must address all three strands of the course: Brainy Bits, Technology and Pedagogy.
• Do not compare yourself to others.  People will have various approaches to this assignment.  Yours may be different, and that might be just as good as another presentation which had a totally different format.  Most importantly, if you realize you have forgotten to add something to the presentation, do not get up and tell us that.  If you can reasonably work it into the presentation, do so. 
• Do not read your slide to your audience.  Use your slide to prompt your speaking in a logical manner.
• Do practice using the mouse and keyboard in presentation mode.
• If possible, do look at your presentation on the equipment that you will be using. Projectors can make colors look very dark.
• Be cautious about using sound.  Your audience may get tired of it quickly.
• Do not use photos of your students.

Some ideas that have worked in the past:

• Use an egg timer on your podium to give you a visual of your time.
• Ask a buddy to give you a visual time reference (i.e., at 5 minutes, at 8 minutes, etc.)
• Staple or use a snap ring to bind your cards or notes together in the right order.  If you get flustered and drop your notes, you won't be scrambling to put them back together.