Senior Projects: Oral Boards Registration 2014 Mrs. Reinhard Senior Project Coordinator 1

Oral Boards Days Friday, May 2 – From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Saturday, May 3 – From 8:30 am to 12:00 pm Indicate preference when registering – See Mrs. Reinhard about conflicts by April 4 2

Registration for Oral Boards Complete your registration online (Clark website, Senior Projects page) by midnight on March 31. Identify yourself correctly 3

Registration: Project Information Identify your project carefully The way you type your title is how it will show up to the judges: bird Populatin monitoring Monitoring Bird Populations minotoring bird Popultions 4

Registration for Oral Boards Indicate your presentation day preference – It is ONLY a preference – Actual time slot depends on many factors See Mrs. Reinhard about any time conflicts before April 4. (room 5302) 5

Registration for Oral Boards Student photographers and videographers will be recording events. They will not interrupt, but would be in the room during the presentation; let us know what is comfortable for you. 6

Registration for Oral Boards What equipment will you need? 7

Registration for Oral Boards What equipment will you need? 8

Registration for Oral Boards Do you need to use a school laptop? Mac (Macbook with OS 10.7, Microsoft Office 2011, with DVD player) PC (PC laptop with Microsoft 2003, with DVD player) 9

Registration for Oral Boards 10 A Thunderbolt to VGAB Mini DVI to VGA C DVI to VGA

Registration for Oral Boards 11 We will try to have the firewall lowered, but you should have a back-up plan if you need the internet: the school doesn’t have total control of keeping it available.

Registration for Oral Boards Other equipment: easel, cd player, piano – anything available at Clark – write it in here. 12

Registration for Oral Boards Room type: please read the options carefully and choose the appropriate one; for most of you that will be Reg – a regular room. 13

Registration for Oral Boards Room type: please read the options carefully and choose the appropriate one; for most of you that will be a regular room desks to side for display - Need 10 sq feet of clear space in front

Registration for Oral Boards Is anyone else participating as part of your presentation? (For most of you, NO) If that someone is a senior at Clark, please type his/her name so that both of you can be scheduled accordingly. 15

Registration for Oral Boards At the end, be sure to click “Done” to register. If you click on “Cancel” nothing will be saved/entered and you will have to start over. Be sure you have registered by midnight on March

Preparing for Oral Boards Day Dress professionally Allow plenty of time to arrive Don’t bring an audience: it’s time to be a professional - not a child, friend, or sibling Wait quietly until called in Present Leave quietly 17

Presenting Might your topic offend? Approach it carefully - allow for differences of opinion. Might your photos/video be graphic? Warn the judges before you show them. Might something be shocking? Warn them and introduce it carefully. 18

Public Speaking Formal tone and language Remember Mr. Netto’spresentation? Ways to review it: 19

Preparing your presentation Important speech components  CONNECTION paper - field work - final product  LEARNING STRETCH 20

Be professional and flexible. If the room arrangement is not what you need, simply say “Excuse me just a moment while I rearrange these desks for the presentation.” Then rearrange them and move on. That will make you look much better than complaining, “This is so not what I requested.” Presenting 21

Presenting If you do run into a technological problem during your presentation, there will be tech support available. Call the office – 1258 – and politely request tech support. “I need tech support with a mac/pc in room #______, please.” We will send someone right away. Thank the students who help you. It will make you look good. 22

Review quiz 1.When are Oral Boards? 2.When does online registration end? 3.What happens to you if you do not register for Oral Boards? 23

Review quiz 4.What will you do if you lose your handout of this PowerPoint and don’t remember how to register? 5.How can you help yourself present well? 24