Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Outreach/Directions/Lecturer
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- 04/10/09 16:09:13 (18 years ago)
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Outreach/Directions/Lecturer
v4 v5 1 1 Turnout is typically around 50-200 people - a mixture of Columbia students (15%), local families (20%), and amateur astronomers (5%) and interested adults from the community (60%). At a recent event we took an informal poll of the attendees and determined that only 25% of them were affiliated with the University, meaning that 75% of our audience is from the general public as a whole (great news)! Furthermore, 25% of our audience is coming from outside of Manhattan, which surprised us all. 2 2 3 For those of you putting together a public lecture, I recommend you prepare it as though you are explaining an astronomical topic to someone seated next to you on an airplane with no background in science. I tell parents of children who might attend, that they will likely get something out of the lecture, but not necessarily everything. When choosing a topic for a lecture, make sure it is something that you are personally interested in as well as something you have some basic knowledge about. Oftentimes the best topics are *not* related to your own research.3 For those of you putting together a public lecture, I recommend you prepare it as though you are explaining an astronomical topic to someone seated next to you on an airplane with no background in science. I tell parents of children who might attend, that they will likely get something out of the lecture, but not necessarily everything. When choosing a topic for a lecture, make sure it is a subject that intrigues you, a subject that will potentially intrigue a layperson, and it is a topic on which you are knowledgeable. Oftentimes the best topics are *not* related to your own research. 4 4 5 5 The guideline of 30 minutes is rough, as you may go a little over or under the 30 minute mark in duration. Lectures are generally given in Pupin 301, a large lecture hall with capacity for ~300 attendees. There are 4 chalk boards, a digital projector, a DVD/VHS player, a video camera to project books or other non-digital images, a speaker system, and a wireless microphone. The speaker system is set to work with the wireless microphone (but you do not need it if you project your voice) as well as the output headphone jack from your laptop. You will need to bring a laptop, dongle, pointer, presentation, and yourself by fifteen minutes before the lecture is set to begin. If you do not have a laptop or laser pointer, we can use the ones purchased for the astronomy lab by the department, but please let us know in advance that this is what you plan to do. As the lecturer, you are expected to arrive in the lecture hall 15-20 minutes before the lecture begins, to set up and be ready to start at the appointed hour. If you have any questions, please contact Cameron.
