M Mar 6 & W Mar 8- Brainstorming & drafting of group presentation, primarily through in-class work

Th Mar 9 & Fr Mar 10 - Dress rehearsals of group presentations & OCT meetings by individual assignment.

M Mar 13 - Revised Group Presentations, delivered in class. All materials should be uploaded to collaborative group's forum folder by classtime. Final group abstract due.

W Mar 15 - Collaborative-authored reflection due on the group's wiki space by classtime.

The group presentations may take many forms but all should be no longer than 10 minutes in length and should be engaging presentations of the group topic that build on our discussions of presentation techniques and tools.

All electronic materials for your presentation should be available through your Forum group site at the time of the presentation.

Your abstract should be one paragraph in length and finalized and posted to your group's wikispace before your presentation.

Your reflection should be printed out to be turned in during class and should be at least 450 words in length. It may be very informal in tone -- like a blog entry -- but should have some cohesion and structure to it. This is a collaborative document: each group turns in one reflection.

One of the challenges of PWR2 is to think about different modes of authorship: from authoring in different media to authoring in different combinations (i.e., the individual author vs. collective authorship). The group presentation asks you to enact a successful model of collaboration to create a persuasive and interesting oral argument.

All presentations must be 10 minutes in length and should persuade the audience of the importance of your collective topic. That said, you have a lot of latitude in terms of the form of your presentation. Here are some possibilities.

• You could have a presentation in which each person takes a turn delivering a couple minutes about his/her project
• You could give a presentation in which the group participates in giving a broader overview about the importance of the topic as a whole
• You could choose a creative format, such as a news broadcast, a conference, etc.
• You could have each person participate in the oral delivery of the presentation, or you could deploy some people "behind the scenes" instead
• You can incorporate different media into your presentation: film clips, audio, PowerPoint, posters.

Remember, no matter what the form of your presentation, it needs to be unified overall as a single argument -- no matter how many different voices are speaking during it. The key is that your group decide on, design, and deliver a presentation that most effectively accomplishes its goals.

There are several required steps in this presentation.

1. Start drafting an abstract. Through working together to produce a cohesive, well-written paragraph about the relevance of your collective topic, you'll take the important first steps toward articulating your common argument as well finding a healthy collaborative voice for your work.
2. Create a draft. We will be brainstorming the presentation in class during the week of March 6th; you need to have a complete draft by Thursday, March 9th.
3. Meet with your OCTs. The OCTs will meet with the groups during the dress rehearsals on March 9th and 10th to help you work with the drafts of your presentations.
4. Practice. You should meet over the weekend of the 11th to practice your presentation.
5. Finish your abstract. The abstract should be in the wiki in its final form by the time your deliver your presentation on the 13th.
6. Deliver the presentation. All presentations will be held on Monday, March 13th during class.
7. Write a reflection letter. This writing takes place after you watch the presentations and should be done collaboratively through the wiki - each group posts one reflection. The letter is composed of two sections: in the first section, you should reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of the other presentations that you watched in class on the 13th. In the second section of your reflection, you should discuss your group's own process of developing your presentation including
   • How tasks were distributed across the group, and how successful that distribution was
   • The rationale for your group's rhetorical choice in terms of style, arrangement, innovation, delivery, and memory (the five canons of rhetoric)
   • A consideration on the process of creating a collaborative presentation vs. one that is individually authored
   • General comments on the actual presentation itself (how it went) and the assignment in general

   The letter should be at least 450 words in length and should be posted to your wikispace.

For this assignment, I am categorizing the grading criteria according to the Five Canons of Rhetoric (which I hope you remember from your group presentation). However, please note the added category at the end of the criteria that is specifically targeted toward the success of the presentation as a collaborative project.Please also refer to the Academic Presentation assignment and our wiki's Presentation Tips page for other insights into what constitutes a successful presentation.

The group presentations will be graded based on the following criteria:

• Invention (Arriving at and conveying an appropriate, persuasive, and unified group argument; determining an appropriate way in which to deliver that argument to the class; taking into consideration how your topic/argument needs to be adapted for this specific rhetorical situation)
• Arrangement (a clear and appropriate structure for your presentation; including clear introduction and conclusion; effective signposting as necessary; effective integration and balance of different group members and their perspectives into the presentation; attention to time limitations)
• Style (consistent use of high, medium or low style as appropriate by all group members; effective use of rhetorical strategies [narration, example, cause-effective, process, definition, division/classification] to structure argument; attention to oral style appropriate to your presentation type [see Lunsford-parallelism, repetition, climactic order, signposting, intros & conclusions-use as appropriate]; effective implementation of rhetorical appeals)
• Memory (obvious comfort with material; clear indications of repeated practice; discrete use of any mnemetic devices; appeal to kairos and class context as appropriate; ability to improvise or adjust speech as needed)
• Delivery (consistently strong embodied rhetoric, vocal intonation and pacing among all group members; appropriate choice of multimedia [i.e. props, plasma screens, laptops, poster, whiteboard, PowerPoint, Explorer, etc.]); appropriate relation of multimedia to oral argument; effective design and implementation of any multimedia; multimedia design that reflects group cohesion and collaboration; evident practice with technology to avoid glitches and "grace under fire" when tech glitches occur; clear engagement/enthusiasm for the subject; effective use of classroom space)

Please also note:

Group Abstract - there will be a 1/4 grade deduction for failure to post group abstract on the group wiki site (i.e. from a B+ to a B/B+)

Reflection memo

• there will be a 1/4 grade deduction for failure to post reflection memo on the group wiki site (i.e. from a B+ to a B/B+)
• there will be a 1/2 grade deduction if the reflection memo was not generated collaboratively on the wiki (i.e., from a B+ to a B)

Time requirements - there will be a 1/2 grade deduction for a presentation that is more than 1 minute under or more than 2 minutes over the 10 minute time limit (i.e. from a B+ to a B)

Missing presentation - there will be a 1/2 grade deduction for skipping presentation date (without e-mailing ahead of time)

All members of the class receive the same grade for the presentation - unless there's clear indication that one person in the group either contributed much more effort or much less effort than his/her group (in terms of group work and individual preparation)