CS232

Presentations
Discussing the technology of a computer peripheral device
due: Wednesday, May 7 & 9 (last day of class)

Assignment

Choose a computer peripheral device and prepare a 10-minute talk, including handouts, on the technology behind it.

Details

1. Clear your choice of peripheral technology with me before proceeding. Ideally, every group will discuss a different technology.
2. You are to work in the following teams.
   • Steve & Greg
   • Adam & Gill
   • Mia & Andrew
   • Bill & Sarah
   • Christine & Chris
   • John & Brian
   • Conor
3. Team members can divide the work any way they want except that everyone must spend a little time giving part of the presentation (it need not be divided equally among team members).
4. Plan on presentations of about 10 minutes, including time for questions.
5. Teams are responsible for writing up a handout and giving copies of the handout to the audience.
6. Teams are responsible for knowing their material in more depth than needed for the presentation so that they can (appear knowledgeable when they) answer questions from the audience, including me.
7. To help you prepare your talk, I am making available a nice set of guidelines for making technical presentations.
8. If you would like me to take a look at an outline of your talk or a draft of your handout, I'm hapy to do so. You are also encouraged to show your materials to others and give a test run in front of others.
9. You will be graded on all aspects of your presentation, including content, clarity, organization, etc. Your handout must be neat and have no grammatical errors.

Extra Credit

• If you give a particularly impressive presentation, I may give you more than 100% on this project.

What to hand in

There is nothing to hand in, unless you use PowerPoint slides or similar electronic materials, in which case I'd like an electronic copy.