Notes for our second face-to-face seminar. Charlottetown, PEI, Saturday, 29 Oct, 2011.

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GLIT 6756:
Becoming
Informed
Consumers of
Literacy Research
Colin Lankshear & Michele Knobel
c.lankshear@yahoo.com &
micheleknobel@gmail.com

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Things to take care of…
 Make sure we have a list of who is
in your group and which article
you’re critiquing
 Make sure we have a copy of the
article you group is critiquing

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Final write-up: Hints and tips
 The write-up requires reading beyond
your focus article; be sure to signal this
extra reading in your paper
 Tenor of paper is academic; includes
paying attention to in-text citation and
APA referencing conventions, and
bibliographic conventions etc.
 Include sub-headings to help structure
your paper effectively
 Leave time for your group to work on the
full draft--your paper should have one
“voice”

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Some pitfalls to avoid
 Re-description alone; must include
analysis and evaluation
 Treating your paper as a question-
response type of text
 Being too literary (e.g., avoid including life
narratives for each focus article author).
 Treating limitations as grounds for the
dismissal of a study

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Two samples….

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The presentation itself
 6 groups @ 30 minutes each = about 3 hours plus
changeovers
 Leaves some time in the morning for last minute preparation
 Aim at 20 min of talk and leave10 min for discussion; be
sure to generate provocative questions for your audience
 Bring your PowerPoint presentation on a thumb/flash/jump
drive (along with back-up copies)
 Presentation should focus on your critique and evaluation
of the research design of the study, not on re-describing the
study
 Not everyone has to speak, but everyone must be involved
in designing the final presentation

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Presentation software
 PowerPoint
 Prezi.com
 Glogster.com

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Recap on final assignment
components to be submitted by
or at the final session
 A digital copy of your final paper;
including all group members’
names and email addresses; email
to us: micheleknobel@gmail.com &
c.lankshear@yahoo.com
 A digital copy of your PPT
presentation

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A “good” powerpoint…
 Has on average only 4 points per slide
 Summarizes key points being made
 Doesn’t include big chunks of text
 Isn’t read from the screen
 Makes use of good contrasting
colours
 Doesn’t have gratuitous images or
sounds

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Course website
http://sites.google.com/site/ourmsvup
ages/pei-fall-2011
There are 3 exemplars of typical final
papers posted here.