CompCon!

Multimedia & Design Workshop for Panel Presentations

CompCON!, is a series of panel presentations where YOU as a student share, interact, and perform for your audience (instructor, fellow classmates, visitors) connected to the research you've done this semester on your discourse community project. This is your chance to show off your project in a variety of ways during your scheduled panel - you will receive credit based on level of participation, Q&A, interactive components, and audience members will take notes and engage as well. This is the week where YOU get to highlight your project in style! 

Purpose & Function

• During your panel, be prepared for the following:
  • Have your Ipad, Laptop, or other device ready to show off data visuals, visual evidence, and materials you've made for your project.
  • Prepare a handout, promotional material, or advertisement for your discourse community.
  • Be prepared for Q&A with attendees.
  • Have an interactive component with the attendees: e.g. game, code to scan for a survey, demonstration, etc.)
  • Bring in Physical Artifacts - Poster/materials your discourse community uses, physical items to show n'tell.

Panel Presenter Slide

• On the days you do NOT present, each day you will engage in meaningful interaction with your peers and for the purpose of submitting the CompCon! Self-Assessment and Interaction assignment:
  • Be respectful and engaged with your classmate's panel, materials, demonstrations, or other content.
  • Participate in each panel - Don't hog all of the space for one panel but get around to others.
  • These are like mini-showcases with discussion, show n' tell and interactive elements, so DON'T GO OFF IN A CORNER BY YOURSELF SOMEWHERE!

Attendee Etiquette Slide

In-Class: Work on CompCon! Materials

• What objects, items, materials can I talk about and discuss?
• What physical manipulative items could I use to show my expertise?
• How can I make my D.C. Research stand out?

Artifacts & Space

Brainstorm ?'s:

• What graphs, charts, or data visuals should I use?
• What infographics should I show off that I've worked on?
• What series of social media posts should I show off that I or my D.C. have created?

• Should I perform a demonstration during my panel? 
• Should I have my audience play a game, scan a code, or interact with other content?
• Should I create a handout?
• What questions should I anticipate?

Interaction

Brainstorm ?'s:

• Am I advertising or promoting my D.C.?
• Do my attendees understand my expertise within the group? 
• How is my research coming across to them?

• Visual Synthesis and Research Toolbox (linked in Week 14).
• CompCon! Panel Materials Workshop (linked in Week 14).
• YOUR Discourse Community and Genre Analysis Drafts!!

• Use these slides, resources, and our past activities, to work on and plan content for your panel or for use in your Final report.

Credit will be awarded under Workshop Day 1 Check-In.

Our Class Resources

Panel Workshop Day 2

In groups today, we will interact with classmates who have very different discourse communities and ideas for their panels. Based on ideas and work from Monday, engage in the following:

• Everyone share how they are producing content/activities for their panel showcase. - Read Posts & Discuss.
• Take turns and each person in the group come up with a potential question you have at this stage in their research or pre-panel question - you can leave this in our discussion thread.
• Once ready, I will open up the Group Debugging Form Survey for you to take.

• Be sure to greet your attendees! Be prepared to share your content in multiple ways for your audience and anticipate questions!
• Workshop Materials: Use class time to design more visuals, slides, outline how you will present, what kind of interactive or demonstration element will you have?
• Physical artifacts/objects: How will you share content that is important to your D.C.?

Show N' Tell - While interacting in your groups today, get feedback on something you've created or an idea you have for your panel. Leave a comment in our week discussion thread - Panel Workshop Day 2

Tips for Using your 50 minute block time:

CompCon! Debugging Questionnaire Group Surveys (CLICK BELOW):

Group Surveys on Panels and Discourse Community Research

• Review the assignment prompt posted in Canvas:
  • Have I designed a unique and professional cover page for my project?
  • What template best suits my needs for the section of the report?
  • What section titles do I want to use in my report?
  • What remaining pieces of evidence (secondary, primary, visual) still need to go into the report?
  • Professionally, you are have conducted semester-long research into your discourse community and your report should chronicle your findings to engage and interest your audience!

The Final Research Report (DUE Final Exam time)

• Do I have all of my visuals created?
• Do I have access to all objects/artifacts I will bring to my session?
• Have I created an outline of what I will cover?
• Have I created an interactive component to my panel or a demonstration connected to my research?
• Do I have secondary/primary sources or content ranging from video, social media, or other content to share connected to my project?
• Am I prepared for my panel session? Which day next week will it be?
• Having a mixture of panel components is a good idea.
• DESIGN your Panel Name Tag!!!

COMPCON PANEL CHECKLIST (Friday):