Cuyamaca College Honing vs Non Honing Teeth of The Apes Discussion

its about HONING VS NON-HONING TEETH OF THE APES, HOMINIDS AND HUMANS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SAME.

PREPARE YOUR PRESENTATION IN PPT, GOGGLE DOCS OR WHATEVER SLIDE PROGRAM YOU LIKE, BUT – BEFORE UPLOADING SAVE AS A PDF FILE. UPLOAD THE PDF (NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT PRESENT “LIVE” IN A ZOOM SESSION YOU MUST INCLUDE THE COMMENTARY AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION (JUST ADD COMMENTS LISTED “CARD 1, CARD 2, CARD 3, ETC. BETWEEN YOUR PRESENTATION SLIDES/CARDS) YOU CAN DO THIS BETWEEN SLIDES, EASILY NUMBER OF THE SLIDE BEING DISCUSSED. THIS MUST BE INCLUDED BETWEEN SLIDES, AND BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION ( CANVAS WILL NOT UPLOAD 2 DIFFERENT FORMS FOR AN ASSIGNMENT!!! IF YOU IGNORE THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND UPLOAD WITHOUT COMMENTARY INCLUDED IN ONE DOCUMENT YOU WILL LOSE 4 OF THE 10 POINTS RIGHT OFF THE BAT) 2) INCLUDE LOTS OF PHOTOS! PEOPLE LOVE PHOTOS. YOU CANNOT HAVE “TOO MANY” PHOTOS. PHOTOS CAN BE FOUND OF ANYTHING AT: GOOGLE IMAGES HERE (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.) YOU CAN USE A FREE IMAGE CAPTURE SOFTWARE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FROM THE INTERNET. MY PREFERENCE IS “SNAGIT” (THOUGH I HEAR IT IS NO LONGER FREE NOW – THERE ARE PLENTY OF FREE ONES OUT THERE – JUST GOOGLE “FREE IMAGE DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE” 3) IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED POWERPOINT, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE AND IT IS VERY INTUITIVE. (I HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE WORST AT COMPUTER STUFF, AND I MASTERED IT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY) NOTE: I HEAR PPT IS NO LONGER FREE, BUT GOOGLE IMAGES IS. JUST REMEMBER TO “SAVE AS” A SINGLE PDF FILE BEFORE YOU UPLOAD! 4) YOU WANT TO CREATE MANY CELLS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION ( CELLS ARE LIKE PAGES OR BOXES.) 12 TO 20 ARE A GOOD, ROUGH ESTIMATE, ON AVERAGE, BUT USE MANY CARDS AS YOU LIKE. IF THE MAJORITY OF YOUR PAGES/CELLS/CARDS (WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM ) ARE PRIMARILY PHOTOS ( AND THEY SHOULD BE! ) USE MORE. 5) LIMIT YOUR TYPED MESSAGE IN THE ACTUAL CELLS TO 3 “BULLET POINTS” ( NOT SENTENCES OR WORSE, PARAGRAPHS! – YOU CAN USE THOSE IN YOUR PERSONAL DIALOG BUT NOT ON YOUR CARDS. YOU CAN ELABORATE ON YOUR BULLET POINTS VERBALLY – DO NOT TRY TO CRAM ALL THE INFO INTO THE BULLET POINTS! (IF YOU DO NOT PRESENT LIVE, YOU MUST INCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS IN THE WRITTEN DIALOG!) (THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ERRORS STUDENTS MAKE WHEN THEY START) POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED IF YOU DON’T DO THIS. 6) THE FIRST CARD MUST INCLUDE A) THE TOPIC AND B) YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME…AS IN “BY JOHN DOE” USE FORMAL ENGLISH IN AN ACADEMIC EXERCISE! NOT, “HEY, YOU GUYS!” (INFORMAL ENGLISH) 7) YOU MUST HAVE AN OPENING STATEMENT SUCH AS, “HI EVERYONE, I AM JOHN DOE AND TODAY I AM GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT DOMINANT AND RECESSIVE GENES.” (THAT’S IT, EASY PEEZY) 8) THE FOLLOWING CARDS SHOULD ADDRESS YOUR TOPIC THOROUGHLY, AS THOUGH YOU WERE EDUCATING A GROUP OF STUDENTS. COVER YOUR TOPIC. NOTE: YOU CANNOT MERELY GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN YOUR TOPIC! DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA! (OR ANY ENCYCLOPEDIA) IN MOST CASES, YOU NEED TO GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (OR OTHER APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC SOURCES! (IE BIOLOGY) OTHERWISE, YOU GET VERY MUNDANE SOURCES! (“GARBAGE IN – GARBAGE OUT”) THERE ARE ALSO FANTASTIC LIBRARY RESOURCES CONNECTED VIA CANVAS! INCLUDING VIDEOS, ETC. USE OF CURRENT, SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION WILL BE PART OF YOUR GRADE! FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SUGGESTIONS WILL RESULT IN POINT DEDUCTIONS! 9) THE 2ND TO LAST CARD MUST INCLUDE A “CLOSING STATEMENT” – MAKE A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM PRESENTING TO ENDING – LIKE, “I FOUND THIS TOPIC FASCINATING AND I HOPE I HAVE CONVEYED THE INFORMATION SUCH THAT YOU, TOO, HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND FOUND IT AS INTERESTING AS I.” (SOMETHING SIMPLE THAT TRANSITIONS FROM GIVING INFORMATION TO MAKING IT CLEAR YOU ARE NOW WRAPPING IT UP….NOT, “AND THAT’S ALL I HAVE” OR “THE END” – A CLOSING STATEMENT. MANY STUDENTS BLOW THIS ELEMENT AND IT IS EASY IF YOU JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE THOUGHT TO COME UP WITH A SINGLE SENTENCE! (10% OF YOUR GRADE!) 10) THE VERY LAST CARD SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR LIST OF REFERENCES: YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 3 REFERENCES BESIDES THE TEXT, MY NOTES, WIKIPEDIA AND GOOGLE IMAGES! (THOUGH YOU CAN INCLUDE THOSE AS WELL) YOU MAY NOT USE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA! (THEY ARE TERRIBLY OUTDATED AND GEARED TO THE NON-ACADEMIC. (WIKIPEDIA IS A GOOD SOURCE SOMETIMES FOR LOCATING VALID REFERENCES, HOWEVER)

11) LENGTH IS: COVER YOUR TOPIC – IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THIS IN UNDER 4 MINUTES. AFTER 8 MINUTES, YOU HAD BETTER BE GIVING FASCINATING INFORMATION TO KEEP YOUR AUDIENCE’S ATTENTION. I HAVE SEEN SHORTER THAN 4 AND LONGER THAN 8 THAT WERE “A” QUALITY – BUT NOT MANY! 12) IF YOU ARE NOT PRESENTING IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN ZOOM, YOU MUST INCLUDE A PRINTED VERSION OF THE VERBAL PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION, REFERENCING EACH CEL. THIS SHOULD BE BETWEEN CELLS AND INCLUDE REFERENCES TO THE CELLS BY NUMBER. IT MUST BE PART OF THE DOCUMENT YOU UPLOAD -CANVAS WILL NOT ALLOW MORE THAN ONE DOCUMENT TO BE UPLOADED PER ASSIGNMENT – AND, IF IT DOES, I CAN ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO ONE. IF YOU SPLIT YOUR DIALOG INTO A SEPARATE DOCUMENT YOU WILL GET NO CREDIT FOR THE DIALOG.

13) IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM UPLOADING YOUR PRESENTATION, CALL CANVAS 24/7 HOTLINE AT 844 358-6881 IT IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY, NO ONE ELSE’S, SO, WORK WITH THE CANVAS CONSULTANT UNTIL YOUR PRESENTATION IS SUCCESSFULLY UPLOADED. (DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO UPLOAD!)

HINTS: A) DO NOT GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN YOUR TOPIC! THIS IS LIKE USING AN ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT IS 10 YEARS OLD! OR WORSE, SEARCHING NEWSPAPER HEADLINES – YOU WILL GET ONLY THE VERY MOST BASIC INFORMATION THIS WAY….LET’S PRETEND YOUR TOPIC IS DOMINANT & RECESSIVE GENES. GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN PUBLISHED PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY PAPERS, – GO TO 3 OR 4 OF THOSE WEBSITES AND SEARCH, “DOMINANT & RECESSIVE GENES” – THAT WAY YOU GET A SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND, RECENT SOURCE OF INFORMATION. ALMOST NEVER WILL GOOGLE – OR WIKIPEDIA GIVE YOU THE NITTY-GRITTY. WIKIPEDIA IS GOOD, HOWEVER, FOR FINDING SOURCES FOR INFORMATION (BLUE IN THEIR TEXT). ALSO: YOU CAN FIND ARTICLES ON YOUR TOPIC VIA THE GROSSMONT LIBRARY LINK! B) DO NOT BE AFRAID OF USING LOTS OF PHOTOS! PEOPLE LOVE PHOTOS – AND IT GIVES YOU TIME TO LOOK AT YOUR NOTES (OR EVEN READ FROM THEM) WHILE THEY GAWK. ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT ERRORS BY STUDENTS IS NOT PROVIDING LOTS OF PHOTOS. C) IF YOU CHECK AN ARTICLE, INCLUDE IT IN YOUR REFERENCES! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO QUOTE FROM IT OR EVEN DIRECTLY USE THE INFORMATION. IF YOU RESEARCHED IT AND GOT ANYTHING OUT OF IT….LIST IT. (DO THIS IN ALL YOUR CLASSES! LOTS OF REFERENCES GIVE YOUR WORK GREATER CREDIBILITY.