Fieldwork Presentations
(ED 311)
(10 points)
Each student will prepare a brief PowerPoint and oral presentation for the class. These
presentations will be shared late in the semester to demonstrate how the field work
experiences have enhanced your learning to teach literacy in the early grades. Refer to the
course objectives on the syllabus to frame your presentation, i.e., your presentation
should demonstrate how your field experiences contributed to your learning course
objectives. Be sure to provide concrete examples from your each of your experiences to
support your points (i.e., Tuesday placement, Wednesday work at Sandy Knoll, and
Thursday teaching episodes at Cherry Creek).
Steps to follow:
1. Prepare a PowerPoint that clearly provides evidence of what you have done that
meets each objective. If you cannot think of anything that meets the objective,
provide some thoughts on what you wish you could have experienced in the field
work that would have met the objective. Be clear on what you actually did and
what you wish you could have done.
2. Prepare a 10 minute oral presentation that shows how your field experiences have
enhanced your learning this semester based on these objectives.
3. Be ready to do your presentation on the due date.
4. Submit your Powerpoint to nstander@nmu.edu via an email attachment before the
date of your presentation. Presentations will be evaluated using the rubric below.
Fieldwork Presentation Rubric
(10 points)
Name _____________________________
Points _____/15
Excellent
Powerpoint clearly
demonstrates an
understanding of each
objective and how it looks
in practice; oral
presentation enhances and
expands the information in
the PPT
Satisfactory
Powerpoint demonstrates
knowledge of the objectives
but application of the
objectives in practice is
unclear; oral presentation
simply reads information
from the PPT
Needs improvement
Powerpoint does not clearly
demonstrate that student
understands the objectives
and can apply them; oral
presentation does not
address objectives or their
application thoroughly. No
information beyond what is
in the PPT is shared.
5 points
Powerpoint is professional
in appearance and goes
above and beyond the usual
3-4 points
Powerpoint is professional
in appearance using simple
formats; oral presentation is
0-2 points
Powerpoint is less than
appealing to the audience;
oral presentation is weak
in use of hyperlinks,
animation, sound, etc.; oral
presentation is done with
poise and confidence
adequate but lacks a
confident, knowledgeable
tone
and unconvincing
3 points
Entire presentation
demonstrates excellent
language and mechanics
skills
2 points
Presentation and/or
Powerpoint have some
language and/or mechanical
errors
0 -1 points
Presentation and/or
Powerpoint lacks
professional quality in
language and/or mechanics
skills
2 points
1 points
0 points