Summer Term 2014/15

Obtaining Credits (Zasady zaliczenia)

You should prepare 2 presentations (some text, films and photos), which you moderate (ask questions, comment on your friends’ opinions) during one week of the course. Moreover, each week you read/watch and comment on the published presentations.
Send me your presentations at least 5 days before the date of their publication.
Each week of our work finishes on Sunday at 11:55 p.m.

The dates of our work on the blog:
1. 09-15.03

2. 16-22.03

3. 23-29.03

4. 13-19.04

5. 20-26.04
6. 04-10.05

7. 11-17.05
8. 18-24.05

9. 25-31.05
10. 01-07.06

11. 08-14.06
12. 15-21.06

Your blog address is http://konwersatorium1-ms-pjwstk.blogspot.com/

Konwersatorium internetowe polega na przygotowaniu:
1. raz w semestrze 2 prezentacji.
Prezentacja składa się z tekstu, filmów, zdjęć (pamiętamy o prawach autorskich). Moderujemy ją. To robimy przez tydzień. Proszę o przesłanie prezentacji na mój email co najmniej 5 dni przed jej publikacją.

Uwaga! Proszę pamiętać, że ma być to temat interesujący dla grupy. Na koniec semestru będziemy głosować na najlepszą prezentację (osoba ta dostanie wyższą ocenę).

2. W pozostałe tygodnie zapoznajemy się z materiałami zaprezentowanymi przez kolegów i koleżanki lub przeze mnie (filmy, programy, prezentacje, interesujące artykuły) i komentujemy je oraz komentarze kolegów/koleżanek. Jeśli temat na przypisanym blogu nam nie odpowiada lub nie ma na nim prezentacji, wtedy pracujemy na innym (możliwość pracy we wszystkich grupach, które prowadzę).

Oceny za aktywność wystawiam w każdym tygodniu pracy, odrębna ocena jest za prezentacje, każda dodatkowa aktywność, np. link do interesującego artykułu, filmiku na YouTube jest mile widziana i punktowana.

Należy pracować systematycznie, lecz jeśli ktoś zapomni o pracy na blogu np. przez tydzień lub nie ma czasu, może być w dwójnasób aktywny w następnym tygodniu. Można uzyskać nawet 2 oceny za pracę tygodniową.

W każdym tygodniu pracy na blogu przypominam o deadlines.

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