1. Mentoring and Presentations
Elizabeth Bigelow
CS C
September 27, 2000

2. Our luck continues..
One round of mentoring and presentations will be dropped from the schedule. But you should feel free to schedule addition sessions as needed
Will need to schedule some optional make-up lectures
If in the early evening, food will be provided
Discuss time

3. Presentations Presentations are scheduled for three teams on Monday
Presentations should concentrate on technical issues.
In order to be effective, presentations should have handouts for detailed diagrams

4. Presentations, continued
All teams from last week were asked to have a follow up meeting with me—I was in office at time I expected to see you…
It was my intent to give you final suggestions for your presentations at that time

5. Contacting Me My home phone number is on the website
I have many meetings during the afternoon—but will be available to you from 5-7 (or later with prior request) most days
If you don’t get an response as soon as you think you should during the day, call at home. I often work there during the early part of the day

6. Mentoring
Mentoring sessions will be 20 minutes in length. Time limits will be strictly observed.
There are several objectives
To give project specific feedback
To allow each team member to contribute
To practice conveying technical information in a professional, succinct manner
To allow the instructor and TA’s to gain insight into thought processes and which team members are contributing

7. Mentoring Do’s & Don’t’s
Do recap project proposal
Do pick out the interesting or difficult parts of your work
Do bring hard-copy of your presentations (preferably in power point format)
Do prepare and check timings
Do think through whether a summary level diagram is more appropriate than a detail diagram (usually you’ll need both)
Don’t try to cover everything

8. Continued Do provide detail level information on handouts
Do allow all team members to showcase their work
Do appoint a note-taker, so that all suggestions and action items are recorded
Do put results of your mentoring session on your team website
Don’t panic if you get a number of action items from instructional staff—if incorporated into your work and presentations, will not adversely affect grade

9. Mentoring, continued
Don’t waste time parroting text book information—rather, show how you applied it.
Don’t assume that the TA’s or I are as close to your project as you are

10. Feedback Only one team followed guidelines
When seeking guidance, create a slide
Outline of Issue
Pro’s & Con’s for each issue considered
Mentoring sessions should rely less on projector, more on hard copy; all team members should participate—more of a discussion
Presentations should be formal, using projector and laptop. Class should ask questions

11. Feedback, continued Essential to get in Together J
Expected for Monday’s presentations

12. Laptop Logistics
When you turn the laptop over to someone else, send me an
Not for extended use by one team
Turn in to Angie Brookins Wean 5116 or to me if she’s not in her office (after hours, etc.)