Voice Disorders
In- Class Presentation
Spring 2003
It is a given that you will present information as a professional in the field of
speech-language pathology. Therefore, the class presentation is an attempt to
help you become familiar with some common instructional media and to provide
an opportunity in a fairly safe environment for practicing your oral presentation
skills.
The necessary hardware and data projector will be provided. Your assignment is
to create a computer-generated slide presentation. “PowerPoint,” a component
of MS-Office. You can prepare your presentation anywhere, but if you do not
have personal access to the hardware and software, it is probably available in
local computer labs
Class Project:
Prepare a class presentation to be completed with Microsoft PowerPoint. The
PowerPoint presentation must be at least 10 minutes in length but cannot, under
any circumstance, exceed 15 minutes in total time. There must be at least 5
slides, not including a title slide. Slide transitions and effects are acceptable.
The purposes of the project are:
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to convey information orally to the class
to increase the class exposure to relevant topics
to gain exposure with contemporary technology
to provide practice with professional presentations.
Instrumentation:
Class meets in a “tech room” managed by the College of Communication Arts
and Sciences. A full multi-media cart (PC with zip disk, CD-R), VCR and data
projection system are available. Room 106 Oyer has all the necessary hardware
and software needed to complete the assignment.
Content:
Each presentation should contain at least 5 slides, approximately 1 slide in view
for no more than 3 minutes. Slides may contain pertinent facts, definitions, data,
graphs, pictures, media clips, references, animations, etc.
Consider this requirement a “professional” presentation that is similar to a
conference “Technical Session.” Technical Sessions are focused on a particular
topic; they emphasize logical conclusions, and assume that the listener has a
basic understanding of common aspects of speech-language pathology. You
might think of the focus as toward listeners with at least a basic knowledge but
expect some listeners with moderate to considerable knowledge on the topic.
Given those constraints a presentation will require careful organization,
completeness, clarity of thought and speech, content accuracy and careful
organization.
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Rehearse your presentation.
Practice using the hardware and software.
Time the practice to be sure it is within the guidelines.
Use a set of notes or an outline to structure your presentation.
Remember: you’re not the only one who will be apprehensive, so will
everyone else; be a good listener.
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Schedule of Presentations
April 1, 2003
Andrea Bossuyt
Emily Buchanan
Lisa Campbell
April 3, 2003
Mary Beth Dehn
Laura Dinges
Michelle Dotto
April 8, 2003
Dan Fogerty
Kelly George
Amber Grzelak
Melissa Velez
April 10, 2003
Nicole Heavilin
Rebecca Horvath
Rachel Jungkind
April 15, 2003
Laurie Kozlakowski
Christine Kujawski
Rachel Lang
April 17, 2003
Meghan Moynahan
Sara Panian
Nicole Paquette
April 22, 2003
Julie Phillips
Stefanie Teal
Nicole Tessari
April 24, 2003
Karen Vanderploeg
Josh Vanstee