End-of-the-semester+project

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Getting Ready for Group Work
//Learning and working in groups involves shared and/or learned values, resources, and ways of doing things. Effective groups learn to succeed by combining these factors. Your group, and each individual within it, will only be as effective as they are willing to respect differences within the group.// Source: Study Guides and Strategies, [|Group Projects] To find out more on Group Work, access the following two links. Use them to get your group going. [|Organizing and Working on Group Projects] - A step-by-step process form to efficiently organize group projects. Muskingum University [|Group and Cooperative Learning] Page [|Group Member Roles] - your list of roles to choose from [|Why Students Dislike Group Work and Advantages of Group Work]. Tips for choosing a team leader. [|Benefits of Group Work] - motivational list


 * This is your gateway to the end-of-semester project activities. **

Project Topics
Access the Project Topics page to select your favourite.

16/11/2010
In-class discussion and preparation of group work. Forming teams and selecting topic.Building group project pages.

In-class discussion of how to build efficient oral presentations. See also activities in Week 8.

In-class/online discussion and teacher feedback on outlines presented on wiki group project pages.

In-class/online discussion and teacher feedback on draft PowerPoint presentations.

**7 Jan 2011 - 10:00 to 12:00**
Hungarian section presentation session

**7 Jan 2011 - 12:00**
Romanian section presentation session

Project Evaluation
See Project Evaluation page to see the assessment criteria for your projects.


 * Key skills online guide at the University of Surrey. Enter the site by clicking **Enter**, click on **Writing Skills** and find the **Referencing** tutorial.
 * References and Citingfrom UEFAP
 * Citing References from the Writing Centre at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * The Citing Machine from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University can help you build citations by inserting the necessary information.
 * Neil's Tool Box a collection of simple online tools to do things quickly and easily. For example you can generate a Harvard citation, check your work for plagiarism, creates quick links to resources on the web where you may not have thought of searching, etc. Fun and easy to use!
 * Authorship and Plagiarism site from the University of Essex. A detailed presentation of these important notions pertaining to academic integrity.
 * Referencing Skills at MySkills site at the University of Essex.
 * Avoiding Plagiarism handout and a Quiz on Plagiarism from the University of New South Wales

How to Build an Effective Presentation

 * [|How to Write an Effective Presentation] – tips from experts
 * [|Preparation Stages] – explained in detail
 * ** [|Presentation Planner] ** - for those in a hurry who need step-by-step guidance. Give it a go, it's worth it!
 * for other presentation tips (including PowerPoint tips) go to Week 8 page

Tools for Preparing Your Final Product

 * Presentation Tools
 * Research Tools
 * Video Tools
 * [|PowerPoint Training]
 * CoolToolsforSchools - loads of other interesting stuff in the annotated list

Project Pages
Please access the pages of your section and write down your group configuration.

Final group project - Romanian section

Final group project - Hungarian section