Microteaching

Mini-Course

“Public Speaking for Physicists”

for First Year Graduate Students,

U of T Physics,

Fall 2010

 

 

Welcome! The goals of this mini-course are to practice talking up in front of a small group, and discuss the challenges and joys of public speaking. We believe that oral presentation skills are important to your future. These skills do not come naturally, but can be practiced and learned.

On Sep. 9, there was a terrific 2 hour presentation by Libby Harper-Clarke from the Teaching Assistants Training Program at Robarts.  Here are The Slides for the TAPT Talk.

 

Coordinator: Jason Harlow

Office: MP129A, in the North Wing

Email: jharlow at physics

Phone: 416-946-4071

 

Senior TAs:

Lisa Roach

Office: MP 415

Email: lroach at physics dot utoronto dot ca

Phone: 416-978-5177

 

Heather Andres

Office: MP 619

Email: handres at physics dot utoronto dot ca
Phone:
416-978-1499


Students: All 1st Year Physics Graduate Students + some interested higher level graduate students

 

Duration: 3 meetings, 5 hours total, spread out over Sep. 9 - 24, 2010.

 

Course Outline (PDF)

 

Feedback Form (PDF)

 
Audio/Visual Instructions (PDF)

Groups [Please alert Jason Harlow by email if you note are any errors or inconsistencies!]

#

Time

Place

Senior TA

Students – 4 students

per session plus TA

1

Mon.

MP713

Lisa Roach

Lin Dan

Stephen Foster

 

2-4

 

Ben Mossbarger

Zhenfu Zhang

2

Mon.

MP713

Lisa Roach

Di Tian

Nicolas Quesada

 

5-7

 

Zhuyuan Tang

Winnie Pun

3

Tue.

MP713

Lisa Roach

Xiaoyi Zhao

Graham Edge

 

2-4

 

Andrei Romero

Robert Schaffer

4

Tue.

MP713

Heather Andres

Abdullah Al Rashid

Yuchong Li

 

5-7

 

Elliot Sales de Andrade

Nelson Lai Chung Liu

5

Wed.

MP713

Heather Andres

Ed Harris

Juan Miguel Arrazola

 

11am-1

 

Chantal Hutchison

Daniel Fine

6

Wed.

MP713

Heather Andres

Shreyas Potnis


 

4-6

 

Ian Chan

Ellen Dyer

7

Wed.

MP713

Lisa Roach

Yang Yang

Parinaz Aleahmad

 

6-8

 

Nathan Cheng

Parisa Zareapour

8

Thu.

MP713

Heather Andres

Alex Forcier

Nairui Liu

 

2-4

 

Yukun Ren

Joseph Mendonca

9

Thu.

MP713

Harlow

canceled

canceled

 

5-7

 

canceled

canceled

10

Fri.

MP713

Heather Andres

Yao Tian

Russell Blackport

 

12-2

 

Matin Hallaji

Sean Trim

11

Fri.

MP713

Lisa Roach

Daniel O'Keeffe

Deepak Chandan

 

2-4

 

Mario Palasciano

James Mracek

 

Schedule
Group 1: Mon. 2:00 – 4:00. Sep. 13 and 20  – MP713 - Senior TA: Lisa Roach

Group 2: Mon. 5:00 – 7:00pm. Sep. 13 and 20 - MP713 - Senior TA: Lisa Roach

Group 3: Tue. 2:00 – 4:00. Sep. 14 and 21 - MP713 - Senior TA: Lisa Roach

Group 4: Tue. 5:00 – 7:00pm. Sep. 14 and 21 - MP713 - Senior TA: Heather Andres

Group 5: Wed. 11:00am – 1:00pm. Sep. 15 and 22 - MP713 - Senior TA: Heather Andres

Group 6: Wed. 4:00 – 6:00pm. Sep. 15 and 22 - MP713 - Senior TA: Heather Andres

Group 7: Wed. 6:00 – 8:00pm. Sep. 15 and 22 - MP713 - Senior TA: Lisa Roach

Group 8: Thu. 2:00 – 4:00. Sep. 16 and 23 - MP713 - Senior TA: Heather Andres

Group 9: Thu. 5:00 – 7:00pm. Sep. 16 and 23 – MP713 - Senior TA: Jason Harlow (canceled)

Group 10: Fri. 12:00 – 2:00. Sep. 17 and 24 - MP713 - Senior TA: Heather Andres

Group 11: Fri. 2:00 – 4:00. Sep. 17 and 24 - MP713 - Senior TA: Lisa Roach

 

Payment and relation to TA work

 

During the Two Hour Sessions

 

Suggested Topics (choose one, make it fun, discuss specific examples!)

 

First Session

 

Second Session

 

Preparing your talk:

 

Speaking Tips:

 

This web page is maintained by Jason Harlow.