Assessed presentations, round two

Well done to all four presenters this morning in a very entertaining (and informative) session. We had a varied selection box again to tuck into, and this time the contents were how to make chewing gum, how to poach an egg, how to tune a guitar and how to make the perfect espresso.

It was nice to see Alma, Sean and Luigi enjoying their presentations back on their memory sticks. Remember, this filming is optional and is personal to you, so there will be no You Tube videos, Facebook entries etc coming from me, but what you do with these works of art is entirely up to you!

So, we have three more talks to come on Thursday and that will be Christian, Gary and Aaron. All other students will now present on the last day of term, which is Tuesday 21st December. Hopefully Christie will deliver his presentation on Thursday as he missed out today.

Great stuff again, and I will see you all on Thursday, for the third set of oral presentations.

Stand free, Mark

Presentation delivery times reminder

Hi all, just a brief reminder of the assessment dates for the oral presentations:

Tuesday 14th December in 211 - Christie, Gavin, Dave, Leigham, Luigi, Alma, Sean and Lorena
Thursday 16th December in 425 - Aaron, Christian, Vesela, Gary
Tuesday 21st December in 211 - Ania and Ellen (and anybody else who either didn't pass or didn't attempt their talk in previous timeslots).

Please remember to either bring a USB with you on the day or e mail me your talk prior to delivery so that I can save it for you.

When we come back in 2011 (already, wow, where has the time gone I ask myself) we will look at another assessment for Comm 4, which will be listening. This will be a case of listening to a recording of a radio show on language and answering questions, similar to those asked for the reading assessment. That's all for next year, just keeping you all in the loop!

See you all tomorrow, Mark

Well done to our first three contenders!

Well done to Michal, Jon and Hanni who presented so well in their talks today. Subjects of the day were how a magnetic compass works, how to start a new religion from scratch and how to make tasty falafel. Well done to all and please have your presentation plans to hand for Tuesday if possible.

If anybody wishes to post any feedback on the talks (presenters or audience members), please do!

Have a great weekend all, Mark

How to do talks start on Thursday

Hi to all of you. I noted a lot of good work going on in the class today and a big hello to all those students who were unable to make it in today. I authorised your absence for today. As the Napier session is cancelled for Thursday, we can start the assessed talks. We have Jon, Hanni and Michal getting us started. Remember you should all complete your presentation plans before you deliver your talk, either handwritten or typed. They can of course be submitted after you do your talk as it is part of the assessment, but that wouldn't make much sense really! Great to see you back today, lets hope no more snow for a while! All the best, Mark

It's snow joke

A few silly gags just for fun - sorry!

What happened when the snowgirl fell out with the snowboy?
She gave him the cold shoulder!

What do snowmen wear on their heads?
Ice caps!

What's an ig?
An eskimo's home without a toilet!

What do snowmen eat for lunch?
Icebergers!

Where do snowmen go to dance?
Snowballs!

How do snowmen travel around ?
By icicle!

What sort of ball doesn't bounce ?
A snowball!

How do you know when there is a snowman in your bed ?
You wake up wet!

What do you get if cross a snowman and a shark ?
Frost bite!

How do you call an Eskimo cow ?
An Eskimoo!

Essays

I enjoyed today's session on essay writing and thank you to Christian for enlightening me on the referencing on Word, very impressive! When you have your essays back from Evan I can get them from you (either electronically or as a photocopy) and that will serve as an integrated assessment that we can use for one of the Comm 4 assessments. This means less work for you, 2 for the price of 1 - can't be bad! Have a great weekend. Unfortunately it looks like the football is ON this weekend, so that could be another loss for my team, grumble grumble...!

Presentation choices

I enjoyed the session on Tuesday where we piggy-backed from the session last Thursday to research for our next assessment, the 'how to do' oral presentation. I know that most of you have chosen a topic, and I have noted down some of the topics that I remember to demonstrate the wide range of topics to be delivered. These are not fixed and you are free to change your topic as long as you clear it with me!

• How to make porridge (or porage, depending on how you'd like to spell that)!
• How to juggle
• How to make money quickly
• How bubble gum is made
• How to make the perfect lasagne
• How to live in the Arctic
• How to create a new religion
• How to be awesome
• How to make the perfect Big Mac (aka deconstructing and constructing the BM)!
• How a compass works
• How to perform a magic trick
• How to tune a guitar

One thing is for sure - the presentations will be very interesting, entertaining and informative!

All the best, Mark