Note that an effective presentation does not look like a sequence of bulleted lists. Give credit on your slide for any any tables, pictures, or entire slides taken from some source.

Presentations will occur during weeks 9 and 10 of the class and during the scheduled final-exam slot (assuming that there are students who want to use that slot). I aim to schedule three presentations per class (including the final-exam slot). The extent that week 9 will be used depends on class size and the number of students who do solo projects. I'll assign presentation dates, using the preferences you state (in particular, nobody will present during the final-exam slot unless they want to).

3. Further Information

You are strongly encouraged to work in a team of two on your project. Larger teams won't be permitted unless you make a case for it, or unless we have an unpaired student who wants to pair up. Each team will do one writeup and one presentation. All team members get one grade.

They'll be two milestones preceding giving your presentation and paper:

  1. Milestone 1 is the project proposal. In it you'll identify the book or topic you want, and whom you'll work with. Explain the scope and conception in about a paragraph. If I don't like your project proposal, you'll have to find something else.
  2. Milestone 2 has two parts: a presentation summary and a paper summary. These get turned in at the same time. Outline what you'll say in your presentation. Work out rough slides. Outline what you'll say in your paper, and give me at least a couple pages to read of it.
The most important thing in choosing a project is to find something that you're genuinely interested in. The scope of what I'll approve—almost anything that legitimately has to do with both ethics and technology—is vast enough that you really ought to be able to find something that you're actually interested in.

Good luck and have fun!!