Each student will give a 15 minute oral presentation in front of the class. Topics and schedule will determined during the first week of class. After the presentation, there will be a 5 minute class discussion, in which the other students can ask questions, or make comments about the presentation.
The schedule for student in-class presentations is subject to change, and any changes will be announced in class.
If you want to use PowerPoint or other presentation software, you have to email the slides to the instructor at least two days before the presentation. The slides should not contain more than 100 words in total.
Notes to help your memory are fine. (Of course your presentation cannot consist only of reading).
Your presentation will be judged on the clarity of expression, the extent to which your presentation is well organized, the quality of information conveyed, including mathematical correctness, the extent to which you've added new information (information not already covered in class), the extent to which you've considered the important issues and are able to answer the group's questions about them, and the extent to which you've help spark new questions from other students.
Your presentation will be graded out of 10 points, according to the following rubric (approximately):
Submit the outline, bibliography and (if needed) slides this (https://goo.gl/forms/cGNqeh8kXey4FHxV2) google form.
Speaking in front of a group can be scary (..that's an understatement..), but the atmosphere will be supportive and encouraging. During your talk the rest of us will be working hard to understand your material. Since you're the speaker we'll be asking questions so that you can help us understand. When we ask a question you don't need to think quickly, just clearly. If some of your answers are "I didn't think about that; I'll answer it next time," that's perfectly fine… if you indeed try to answer in the nearby future.
Keep in mind: Your presentation should contain a brief historic frame of the topic you are discussing, a brief mathematical frame and a very clear discussion of a particular math point. This math point can be, for instance, the solution of a problem, or the proof of a statement. Your "math point" has to be something you understand very well.
These guidelines are adapted from those written by Prof. Chas.