Week-10 Presentations - Why We're Not Making Them

Question:

Why don't we have a presentation time for our project? I don't mind that we don't have to do that extra work, but I'm curious about your reasoning on this decision.

Response:

My belief when putting together this course was that the week-10 presentations didn't make sense for our sections for the following reasons:

• Everybody is doing the same thing in our sections, whereas other sections have more varied projects.  I felt it would become boring to everyone to hear the same issues addressed many times.
• I asked a considerable effort of you in putting together the weekly posts as well as the assignments.  Making the last week a lighter load seemed like a good idea.

I'd be glad to hear from the class if you think adding the presentations another time would be beneficial.

Jim Mitchell