US/Canada Talk Guide Sheet

This sheet is designed to give you some more direction and tips as to the talk you will be giving in US/Canada.  Please see me with any questions.

The main criteria that I will grade the talks on are:

- Time (do you present for 5 minutes if alone or 8 minutes if with a partner)
	-if you only go, for example, 3 minutes if presenting alone, your grade will be 	lowered.  

- Visuals (did you include images, maps, charts, figures, etc.)

- Content (did you spend some time researching the topic)

- Presentation (does it appear that you rehearsed the presentation, etc.)

You are free to use Web-based sources.  You should include a slide at the end that shows your sources.  You should also have a title slide with your name(s) at the beginning of the presentation.  

All presentations should be in PowerPoint.  By the due date you need to submit the presentation to me.  You can email it, save it to your flash drive, or burn it on a CD.   Name the file with your last name and class time (e.g., smith_200.ppt(x).  When you make the presentation think, as one example, of how our class lectures are-- a mix of text and images--but choose the presentation format that is best for you.  Please check your Ship email account on occasion in case I email you regarding a problem with your presentation, etc.

Also, do NOT have the slide transition do any fancy stunts.  In other words, don’t have the text ‘fly’ into place with sound effects when you advance a slide.  This takes WAY too much time and will be quite annoying after we see it a few times.  Just have the text/images appear--again similar to how they do in lecture.  

*See the map on the next page for talk areas that correspond to numbers on syllabus*