Title of Paper or Title of Discussion You are Leading

1. Title of Paper or Title of Discussion You are Leading Your name Your school/year Your email

2. Take away • In these bullets • Add the most critical key points • That everyone should learn

3. (Add descriptive title) • In a well-organized way, summarize the key points in the paper and implications relative to other topics discussed in class in 10-14 slides

4. (Add descriptive title) • Do not change this font or use a smaller font size • Do not change the slide style or background. Focus on content • Use EXACTLY 20 slides

5. (Add descriptive title) • Do not put too much text on any given slide • You only have 20s per slide!

6. (Add descriptive title) • Images are strongly preferred to text when they can be used to illustrate a concept • But, do not use clip art/images

7. (Add descriptive title) • Do not put text or images on the slide that people will not have time to read

8. (Add descriptive title) • When you present, you will stand near the screen • These slides will advance automatically after 20s, no matter what(Don’t change the timing on any slides as you edit)

9. (Add descriptive title) • If you do not practice • And practice • And practice • At least 3 times, you will get behind your slides and it will be painful to watch

10. (Add descriptive title) • You should assume that everyone has read the paper but you are providing a summary of what you think are the most important or most thought-provoking or most controversial points

11. (Add descriptive title) • If you need to explain a complex idea, you will need to step the audience through understanding it (20s at a time)

12. (Add descriptive title) • It’s great if you can relate the material to past readings in the course

13. (Add descriptive title) • You may want to find and include material related to the paper if it helps you make your points and generate discussion

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17. (Add descriptive title) • Consider related the concepts in the paper to other readings in the course so far • Or, find interesting related work(you may need to do this on shorter papers)

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19. Take away • In these bullets • Reemphasize the most important take-away messages • That everyone should learn • From the paper/topic

20. Discussion questions • Pose one provocative question to start off a discussion of the paper/topic • Post another provocative question to start off a discussion of the paper/topic