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Microteaching
Mini-Course “Public
Speaking for Physicists” for First Year Graduate Students, U of T Physics, Fall
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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.
Coordinator: Jason
Harlow
Office: MP121B, in the North Wing
Email: jharlow at physics
Phone: 416-946-4071
Senior TAs:
Andreea Lupascu
Office: MP 095
Email: alupascu at physics
dot utoronto dot ca
Phone:
416-946-7471 or 416-978-7347
Ben Mossbarger
Office: MP 021
Email: bmossbar at physics
dot utoronto dot ca
Phone:
416-978-4400
Students: All 1st Year Physics Graduate Students + some interested higher level graduate students
Duration: 3 meetings, 7 hours total, spread out over Sep. 5 - 21, 2012.
- 1st meeting is an hour during the morning of Wednesday Sep. 5, 2012 in MP125-A
- Each group will then meet for two hours twice (4 hours total), in MP713, once during the week of Sep.10 - 14, and then again exactly 1 week later.
Audio/Visual
Instructions
(PDF)
Microteaching
Minicourse PowerPoint Presentation shown on Sep.
5, 2012
TATP Teaching Tips
PowerPoint Presentation by Andreea Lupascu and
Limin Jao, from Sep. 5, 2012
School of
Graduate Studies outside link
Gradlife,
Office of Student Life outside link
Grad
Escapes outside
link
Graduate
Professional Skill Program outside link
CUPE 3902 outside link (You are in Unit 1)
Groups [Please
alert Jason Harlow by email if you note are any errors or
inconsistencies!]
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# |
Time |
Place |
Senior TA |
Students – 4 students |
per session plus TA |
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1 |
Mon. |
MP713 |
Ben |
Yanyun Hu |
Zaheen Sadeq |
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2 |
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Ahmad Golaraei |
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2 |
Mon. |
MP713 |
Andreea |
Ian Jardine |
Kevin Marsall |
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5-7 |
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Matthew Badali |
Chris Luciuk |
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3 |
Tue. |
MP713 |
Andreea |
Aaron Liblong |
Lin Zheng |
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5-7 |
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Derek Inman |
Xin Song |
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4 |
Wed. |
MP713 |
Andreea |
Pranai Vasudev |
Kyusung Hwang |
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11am-1 |
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Jipeng Cheng |
Chris Granstrom | |
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5 |
Wed. |
MP713 |
Andreea |
Lukas Stille |
Gregory Gomes |
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6-8 |
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Maria Panlilio |
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6 |
Thu. |
MP713 |
Ben |
Jennifer Sears |
Ashley Cook |
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6-8 |
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Zachary Vernon | |
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7 |
Fri. |
MP713 |
Ben |
Leonid Gilburd |
Dave DeMarco |
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2-4 |
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Ciaran Hickey |
Ilya Stanevich |
Schedule
Group 1: Mon. 2:00 – 4:00pm. Sep. 10 and 17 –
MP713 - Senior TA: Ben
Group 2: Mon. 5:00 – 7:00pm. Sep. 10 and 17 - MP713 - Senior TA: Andreea
Group 3: Tue. 5:00 – 7:00pm. Sep. 11 and 18 -
MP713 - Senior TA: Andreea
Group 4: Wed. 11:00am – 1:00pm. Sep. 12 and 19 - MP713 - Senior TA: Andreea
Group 5: Wed. 6:00 – 8:00pm. Sep. 12 and 19 - MP713 - Senior TA: Andreea
Group 6: Thu. 6:00 – 8:00pm. Sep. 13 and 20 - MP713 - Senior TA: Ben
Group 7: Fri. 2:00 – 4:00pm. Sep. 14 and 21 - MP713 - Senior TA: Ben
Payment and relation to TA work
- This course is not for marks. Attendance will
be taken, and an official record will be kept by the
graduate chair of who participated as Pass/Fail only.
- An unofficial rankingof your public speaking abilities (on a scale of 1-5) will be sent to the undergraduate chair to help determine your future TA assignments.
- All 7 hours are considered “TA Training” and
you will be paid for this.
During the Two Hour Sessions
- There will be 4 students and 1 Senior TA.
- Each student will deliver a 10 minute "teaching-style" presentation on a topic of their choice. Four suggested topics are listed below. The level of delivery should be understandable to a typical first-year undergraduate.
- After each presentation, the presentation will be reviewed for 20 minutes, and comments may be made for the benefit of the speaker.
- 4 speakers with 30 minutes each = about 2 hours
- Newton's Third Law
- Conservation of Angular Momentum
- Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
- Polarization of Light
First Session
- Only the 4 students and the Senior TA will be present.
- Each presentation
will be timed and recorded to DVD video. Immediately after
each presentation, the DVD will be reviewed by everyone, with
minimal commenting. The presenter will receive the DVD
as a keepsake.
- After watching the video, the remaining 10 minutes will be used for discussion and constructive comments about the delivery.
- For each presenter, the 3 peers and the Senior TA will fill out a Feedback Form. The presenter will receive all 4 feedback forms to aid in preparing the second presentation. Results of this first presentation will NOT be shared with the course coordinator, undergrad chair or graduate chair.
Second Session
- The Second Session will take place exactly 1 week later, with the same group members and Senior TA. Each student will either repeat the original 10 minute talk with improvements, or give something totally different.
- Guest observers will be welcome in the second session.
- Comments, questions, discussion, and comparison with the first presentation will last 20 minutes after each talk.
- For each presenter, the 3 peers may fill out a Feedback Form and share it with the presenter. The Senior TA will fill out a Feedback Form which will be then be given to the course coordinator, Jason Harlow. The numerical results of the Feedback will be averaged and shared with the undergraduate chair as an informal assessment of your public speaking ability.
Preparing your talk:
- You are encouraged to use visual aids, such as powerpoint, or the chalk-board. A laptop with projector will be present in each room; you may bring a talk on a USB key, CDRom, or bring your own laptop.
- Time yourself! You must not go over the 10 minute limit – the Senior TA will be timing each presentation and cutting you off at 10 minutes.
Speaking Tips:
- Be well prepared; plan and rehearse the timing of what you will present.
- Have eye contact with the audience members.
- Speak clearly, and loud enough so everyone in the room can hear you.
- Make sure your visual aids are easily readable to all.
- Smiling, open hand-gestures, and voice inflections are okay – don’t monotone!
- Relax and be yourself!
This web page is maintained
by Jason Harlow.