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Kinesthetic Speaking

Kinesthetic Speaking. Ideas for giving more compelling presentations. Real World Engineering: A Course for Masters Students Headed for Industry Sally A. McKee sam@csl.cornell.edu. Shakespearean Device. Talk within a talk This course is the example content Course within a course!.

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Kinesthetic Speaking

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  1. Kinesthetic Speaking Ideas for giving more compelling presentations

  2. Real World Engineering: A Course for Masters Students Headed for Industry Sally A. McKee sam@csl.cornell.edu Shakespearean Device • Talk within a talk • This course is the example content • Course within a course!

  3. It’s All about Connections • Start with story that establishes trust • Choreograph presentation • Vary kinesthetics with pace, content • Try to convert bad habits to good • Interact with audience

  4. General Advice • Write it yourself • Practice with live audience • Include role playing if appropriate • Get feedback from audience • Prepare for tough situations • Incorporate movement/activity for audience • End with call for response from audience

  5. Course Motivation (I) • Meet project requirement • Give view from other “side of the fence” • Build skills needed in industry • Build foundation for “people network” • Have fun!

  6. Course Motivation (II) • Use new technologies in class • Calendar program for meetings • CourseInfo website for interaction • Video for presentations • Survey software to evaluate success • Learn to be a better teacher • Avoid “busy work”

  7. Giving Presentations • Eschew outlines • They waste time and space • Talk should flow naturally • Avoid monotone • Be creative • Don’t need to use PowerPoint, etc. • Use us as “laboratory animals”

  8. Kinesthetics == Body Language + Motion • Use space wisely • 12+ feet == public • 4-12 feet == personal • 4- feet == intimate • Use posture to connect • Open palms • Leaning forward

  9. And Now for Something Completely Different

  10. What I Need from You • Track your ideas in lab/teamwork notebook • What worked • What didn’t • What you’d do differently • Build a compelling web portfolio • Take the surveys on CourseInfo website

  11. What (Else) I Need from You • Build a working robot (or pair) as a team • Agree on rules for project • Design your own lab experiments • Document your experiments in detail • Take turns being Project Leader • Give partnered presentations on books • Upload presentations, status reports, lab writeups

  12. What I Do Not Need from You • Homework assignments • Exams

  13. Logistics • Labs • Tuesday/Thursday (other days?) • 4:30-7:00 237 Phillips Hall • First lab is to play with BrickOS • Offsite meetings • Ruloff’s worked last year • Change of pace

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  17. After That …? • Offsite 10/6 • Design reviews • Individual teams • Others skip or hold team meetings • More presentations • Offsite 10/6 • Design reviews • Individual teams • Others skip or hold team meetings • More presentations, more books

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