Poster Presentation Tips

By Jon OaksJan 19, 2011
Here are few links I have gathered for those planning to make a poster presentation, or who wish to pass these tips onto your students.  This is a skill that has not come easy to me as I am colorblind.  =D Scientific Literature and Writing: Poster Presentations Creating Effective Posters: An Effective Poster Advice on Designing Scientific Posters Presentation Tips from Society for Neuroscience Poster Presentations:  Designing Effective Posters Tips for Presenting Your Research in a Poster Presentation - link to short 3 page PDF file Poster Presentation Tips - link to short 2 page PDF file  
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10 Potentially Helpful Resources

By Jon OaksJan 17, 2011
Here is the most recent set of helpful resources that I have sort of stumbled upon out of well over 200 hundred that I've looked at today: 1.  Broad Texter - This is a service that allows you to create a group so that your students can join so that they can receive text messages from you.  In fact, I've set up one for my students that I hope to use in the near future.  Feel free to sign up at the top of the page if you're so inclined. 2.  Smart Teaching Blog - My biggest advice when looking at…
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Math Poster Contest

By Jon OaksDec 15, 2010
Inspired by a poster of the Quadratic Formula that one of my students brought in today, I'm making it official!  Next term I'm going to have a Math Poster Contest between both of my classes at IADT, and I think that in addition to being a 100 point project, that the winner will receive a gift card to an undisclosed location.  I don't want to disclose that information yet because if this thing gets to be as big as I am envisioning it to be, I might recruit some sponsors for some even bigger prizes.  I have some tricks up…
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