You can
use artwork, tables, graphs, pictures, etc. but have in mind this golden rule which
is: “keep it simple”, no crazy background, distracting animations, etc. Absolutely
no inserted audio/videos, no animations
for your presentation.
– The
first slide should have the title of
your presentation, name of your team, your names, school name,
semester/year, etc.
-The
second slide must have an Introduction
and objective.
– The
slide before the last slide must have a Conclusion
for your talk (recall here the main information conveyed by your presentation).
– The last
slide must have References and sources you used to prepare your presentation
(books, videos, magazines, reviews, complete online links, Wikipedia etc.….)
– The Body of your Presentation is between
the second slide and the last 2 slides.
– So, excluding
the first 1 slide and last 2 slides (that’s 3 slides in total), how many “substance”
slides should you have for your presentation? Keep in mind that you have 15
minutes to present (12 min for the talk, 3 min for questions and discussion). You
can have as many slides as you want, as long as you budget your time so that
you do not go over the allocated time (15 minutes).
– Topics: whenever
possible, all the topics should be approached with “Microbiology and Health” in
mind. You can use anything you want from the course/textbook/online to prepare
your presentation. You can do some
research online (Wikipedia, science daily magazine, microbiology sites, books, etc.).
I understand the titles of the topics are vague. You can have a generalist
approach for your presentation and then be more in depth with one aspect of the
topic. For instance, if I have to talk about “Microbial Toxins”, you would
introduce it, what it is, give many examples (maybe use a table), and take one
or two of these toxin examples and expose it/them in details: explain what they
are, source, what they cause, how they cause it, how they can be prevented,
cured, etc.…
– Naturally,
when you start putting together your ideas, you will have questions, please
feel free to email me your questions and I will be happy to help you.
– Remember:
before you start power-pointing, the best approach is for you to write an outline for your topic. In this
outline, in a few lines, you describe what you intend to talk about. The
outline will also help you contain your topic so that it does not spill out in
all directions.
– How to
work together with your partner: you can meet on zoom if your schedule permits.
-How to
prepare your slides? Every slide should have a title. Avoid using text-only
slides, or image-only slides, always use a mixture of text and slides, text on
left side, image n right side. Avoid too much text on the slides. See
the posted file: How to prepare Slides for OP (what not to do).
– How to
prepare for the talk:
*Once you
have your slides in place, make sure everything is clear (most authoring
softwares can check for spelling errors, but don’t let them correct for you, they
fail miserably sometimes, so do the corrections yourself).
*Rehearse
your talk in front of your computer, maybe with your partner. Use a timer to
control the pace.
*Absolutely avoid reading the slides. Use
flashcards, one per slide, that summarizes the content of the slide; you
can read that card if you wish, but really your comment on each slide would be
giving us the essence of that slide.
* Throughout
you preparations, try to anticipate questions that will be asked by the
challenging team (at least 2 questions) and perhaps also by the audience (3-5
minutes of Q&A in total).
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