11 October 2004
Assignment: Presentation assignment
As mentioned in your syllabus, each group is responsible for doing one in-class presentation designed to introduce us to that day's reading and to guide our discussion of that reading. Your group assignments were made somewhat randomly (aside from attempting to create a kind of balance in the groups), and the group numbers were assigned purely alphabetically. Presentation dates have been assigned in group-number order, and thus, totally randomly. If these dates are absolutely impossible, you should let me know immediately.
Each member of each group should be responsible for part of the presentation; how you divide up that work is up to you, but everyone should speak. What the presentation looks like is likewise entirely up to you. The presentation should, however, take NO MORE THAN 15 minutes, and should lead into a well-facilitated and energetic discussion. We'll spend some time this afternoon discussing how that might best be accomplished.
For now, presentation dates are as follows:
Group 1: October 20
Group 2: October 25
Group 3: November 1
Group 4: November 3
Group 5: November 15
Group 6: November 22
Group 7: November 29
