Presentation Schedule

Here is the tentative presentation schedule.  It may change depending on if people drop the tutorial, have a scheduling conflict, etc.  I just wanted to provide you with a rough estimate of when you will  be doing a presentation

Abbas	M	Maltby in Film Reader	10/21/2010
Arias- Argueta	B	Belton (online)	10/7/2010
Arutselvan	A	Adams (online)	11/4/2010
Balasubramaniam	R	Textbook Chapter 6	11/4/2010
Boozary	T	Textbook Chapter7	11/11/2010
Chin	M	Lipsitz (online),	11/18/2010
Cremonese	M	Haralovitch (online)	11/18/2010
Cugliari	E	Corkin (online)	11/25/2010
Davidian	A	Textbook Chapter 10	12/2/2010
Hay	C	Textbook Chapter 11	1/6/2011
Hussein	M	Textbook Chapter 12	1/13/2011
Kraljevic	M	Chapter 13	1/20/2011
Lai	C	Ryan and Kellner in Film Reader	1/20/2011
Luong	J	Anderson (online),	1/27/2011
Luu	H	Kraidy (online)	1/27/2011
Mckenzie	S	Bordwell in Film Reader	10/30/2010
Ngo	K	Aufderheide (online)	2/3/2011
Nguyen	D	Boddy (online)	2/3/2011
Parameshvaran	V	Gray (online)	2/17/2011
Shah	T	Textbook Chapter 17	3/3/2011
Sharifi	M	Textbook Chapter 18	3/10/2011
Singh	A	Schatz in Film Reader	3/17/2011
Sinha	M	Holt (online)	3/17/2011
Sivayogalingam	S	Prince in Film Reader	3/24/2011
Zarka	S	Nochimson (online)	3/24/2011

Presentation Schedule Update

Seminar lists are still being adjusted, so I am loathe to make up the finalized presentation schedule just yet.  A reminder to this week's (and future) presenters: Please email me your questions and summary at least two days before the oral presentation, so I can go over them and confirm that you are on the right track. 

Reading Presentations

What I am looking for in the ten to fifteen minute presentation is a summary of the main points or themes of the text, compare and contrast the previous viewpoints expressed in class discussions, lectures, and film screenings, and to critically assess the piece and its relationship to the broader themes and issues considered in the course.  You may use powerpoint, film clips, or any other piece of technology you think will pedagogically aid your presentation.  You must also prepare two or three questions from the reading to facilitate class discussion and a written summary.  Please email me your questions and summary at least two days before the oral presentation, which I will review and post to the tutorial blog.  The presentation will be 5% of your participation mark, and is pass/fail, which means if you do the presentation, summary, and questions you get 5%.

Learn to Read!

The following is a Harvard website with some useful critical reading suggestions: http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/lamont_handouts/interrogatingtexts.html

These habits will greatly assist in preparing for your presentations by guiding you towards the most important information in each reading, while forcing you to think critically in relation to the course as a whole.

Academic Supports

1 – Librarians – as a resource for research and citing works properly – each discipline has certain librarians assigned to them http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/Home/ResearchAndInstruction/askaquestion

2 – Writing Center S329Ross (416-736-5134) http://www.yorku.ca/laps/writ/writing_centre.html

3 – Learning Skill Services, Counselling & Development – offer workshops on learning
how to learn, organizational issues, time management (416-736-5297) www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp

4 – ACMAPS – Atkinson Centre for Mature and Part-Time Students http://www.yorku.ca/acmaps/

5 - ESL – (416-736-2100 ext 22940) http://www.yorku.ca/eslolc/keele/default.asp

6 – Counselling & Disability Services – (416-736-5383)
Location:W128 Bennett Centre for Student Services http://www.yorku.ca/cds/lds/

Email Policy and Office Hours

I can meet on campus Tuesdays and Thursdays, or downtown any other time.  Please email me so we can schedule a time to meet that best fits both of our schedules.  Please allow me at least 48 hours to reply to an email; however, I should be apply to reply within a couple hours.

I will not respond to emails 24 hours before an exam, and 24 hours after returning an exam.  If you feel the need to send me an email 24 hours before an exam with a question about the course material, clearly you are under-prepared, and should face the consequences of your under-preparedness.  In the past, I have encountered students who have attempted to draw me into frantic email conversations before exams, and they still performed poorly.  I am more than happy to discuss an exam mark with you, but please take the 24 hours after an exam to collect your thoughts, let your potentially angry or betrayed feelings percolate, so we can have a constructive conversation.