- By Carlos Acebey
- Jul 25, 2016
- Filed in CC 1 Explicit Instruction, CC 2 Develop Skills, CC 3 Provide Feedback, Planning an OC Course, SLO 1 Communicate Orally, SLO 4 Organize Information, SLO 5 Engage Audience, Text
PDF with basic tips for preparing an oral presentation. Covers 5 areas: 1) Determining the Purpose, 2) Thinking about the Audience, 3) Preparing the Content 4) Preparing the Visuals, 5) Practicing the Delivery.
Strengths
Many of the exercises within this document could make great supplementary handouts (see below).
Concerns
Much of the material in this article is more clearly described in other resources. Also, as this document is developed for professionals, some of the resources are not relevant to the classroom.
Recommendations for use
The “Observer Checklist” could be incorporated into a more comprehensive set of questions for providing feedback on both content, and delivery or oral presentations.
The section on Overcoming Anxiety is very relevant to students in OC courses.
There is a section on effectively using media in a presentation that could help students who are using Powerpoint for their speeches.
The section on preparation overview provides a nice worksheet that students could fill out as they prepare and bring back into class for discussion or to supplement in-class lecture. Instructors may want to use this prior to assigning the Observer Checklist as peer feedback, so the student who is preparing the presentation knows what sort of criteria will be assessed.