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You will present your concept map in person on Tuesday, Mar. 1. Each team will have 40 minutes for the presentation as a whole, consisting of no more than 15 minutes for your oral presentation and no more than 25 minutes for the discussion. Provide me with the Power Point slide no later than 9:00 AM on Tuesday, March 1. I will deposit the slides in my file for the course website and you will be able to retrieve your slide when you present with no need to move from one cloud file to another. Use this file title with the last name of each team member in alphabethical order: LastName1_LastName2_LastName3_LastName4_Concept_Map. Also maintain a copy of the slide in a file that you can get to quickly just in case something goes wrong with the website link. But plan on using the version you haave set up on your computer. I need a copy to grade and I want to have a standby version for your discussion.

Oral Presentation

The oral presentation may be presented by one person chosen by the team or you can select two or more team members to present. If you elect to have multiple presenters, be cognizant of the time needed to switch from one person to another. Everyone needs to be prepared to switch speakers without hesitation. I honestly think picking one person to make the oral presentation is probably the best choice. Other team members can take leadership roles in the discussion.

The primary visual component in your presentation is the completed concept map. Present the map as a poster using Power Point. There are numerous websites that provide excellent instructions about how to create a poster in Power Point. I restrict you to Power Point becuase it will be easier for us to have all presentations available in a single format to prevent disruption that can occur when managing multiple softwares in a set of presentations.

There are two versions of posters that are quite different. One is the traditional multi-column layout, usually three columns. This kind of poster orders the information based on a research journal publication. (1) Statement of the problem, issue or need. (2) Review of previous research. (3) Research question and objective. (4) Research design and methodology.(5) Results. (6) Conclusions. (7) Weaknesses in the study. This poster uses a lot of words (comparatively) and often includes graphs and professional language. Given your audience, you can certainly use this kind of poster. The other type of graphic is less dense and often is a better option if your audience will include people who are not accustomed to working in the academic or governmental worlds. You can see the difference between a traditional poster and an infographic. I think an infographic would probably be better for your presentation becuase the nature of what you are presenting does not follow the classic "research report" kind of flow. However, the choice is yours.

Discussion

Your primary purpose is to engage your audience, to get them to tell YOU what they think. You have already told them what you think in your presentation. Now it's time to get feedback from the audience.