Presentation tips?

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I wanted to write a paper about the brain (short/long term memory) but there's no required paper for Anatomy class. He suggested if I wanted to present a presentation for my fellow classmates I could do that for EXTRA credit. How do you feel I could go about this? I was thinking write a rough draft paper (Find data/info.) and create a speech/presentation from that (graphs/statistics/data) what I could find. Any other way to do it?

Cool! I like to make a powerpoint, supplemented by notes. I would break your paper (if you have it written now) down into main points and leave your details with your notes that you can tell your audience so as to not make your presentation moot... is that the way you just said? It's good to keep text minimal on those things, and use charts and pics and whatnot. Or, if you have the resources, you can make a poster, where you'd basically have to keep your text large, and again, use a lot of pics. Then, instead of flipping through slides, you can explain your poster and literally show your points. Very cool if you want to keep it around to show people. I have done many power points and a poster presentation. Posters are for the more artistic, I think. Good luck!

When you've got your presentation written, make sure to practice, practice, practice so it's smooth. Also a good idea to time yourself while you're practicing. You don't want to drone on for 10 minutes if you're only supposed to speak for 5.

Good luck -- you'll do great!

It is better to have moments of silence than frequent "ums." This is one of the most frequent mistakes made in student presentations.

I wouldn't do a powerpoint from a paper you've already written, because it might end up being too long and wordy. The way information needs to be presented in a powerpoint is very different from the way it would be presented in a paper, I think.

I do my powerpoint presentations kind of like a sketch, a slide at a time, and fill them in gradually. First, I think about each of the main points I want to make and use that to title my slides and put in the main bullet points. Then I'll fill in any more points or examples I want to add. Then I'll read the whole thing over in order and try to figure out if someone who didn't already know my topic would think the information was clear. Usually at this point I'll have to find a way to cut a few slides. If it seems OK, I'll add charts and graphs and play with the formatting after that. Then I'll read through it compulsively looking for errors about 4 or 5 times (or until I run out of time). I really ought to practice saying my presentation out loud, and time it, after that, but usually I don't because it feels weird reciting my powerpoint out loud to no one, in a dorm with paper-thin walls. So not the most efficient method ever, I admit, but people seem to understand and like the results well enough, so I guess it works. ::shrug::

Oh yeah, and when you're giving your presentation, be sure to talk slowly and put spaces between words! You seem like you would talk really fast in real life.

Awesome topic, btw. Are you talking about how short term memory and long term memory are different, or their neural basis, or what? Good luck!

Differences and the type of short term/long term memory (there are specific type of memory from "What you ate for dinner last night" to Seeing an item which activates the brain and triggers a past memory to happen.)