T-Minus 2 Weeks

Jed Rembold

July 29, 2025

Announcements

  • I am working on Portfolio feedback!
  • Rough Drafts in!
    • We’ll be doing some peer feedback on those shortly, so I hope they are in a shareable state
  • Two weeks until presentations!
    • If the first half of next week, you’ll have some time to work on your presentations
      • Professor Kitada-Smalley has also agreed to visit to assist or consult about any last minute data vis questions you might have (or anything else)
    • In the second half of next week, you’ll be giving practice presentations to your peers.

Peer Feedback

More Eyeballs on your writing

  • Peer feedback is important
    • The obvious: it helps identify weaker points in the writing or areas that need work
    • The hidden: it lets you get inspiration or context from what your peers have written
  • In the first half of tonight, you and your partner will read and give feedback on two other group’s rough drafts

Schedule

  • I strongly believe a structured approach is best for this, so we’ll do the following twice:
    • 20 minutes to read through the draft. If it is long enough that you are not sure you’ll be able to get through the entire thing, split sections between you and your partner.
    • 10 minutes to discuss with your partner the strengths and weaknesses of the draft. There is also a poll HERE that you should fill out in this time documenting some of your thoughts. This feedback will be shared with the groups at the end of the night semi-anonymously.
    • 15 minutes to sit down with the other group and swap comments (they’ll have just read your paper). Keep things positive but also give constructive advice as to what they can improve.
      • If there is a weird mistake or glaring logic hole that gets brought up on presentation night, that is partly on your shoulders as a reviewer! Nobody wants that, so do your best to help your peers ensure they are ready.

Round 1

  • Pairs
    • Endy/Brandon and Landon/Chloe
    • Ghson/Paxton/Cameron and Kaiona/Ryan
    • Kendall/Joshue and Andrew/Jace
    • Ruby/Tatum and Nate/Jeffrey
  • Timeline:
    • 6:10 – 6:30: Reading
    • 6:30 – 6:40: Synthesis with partner (and feedback form)
    • 6:40 – 6:55: Debrief with other group

Round 1 Timer

READ Synthesis Debrief Note that thisSVG has JS embeddedwithin it

Round 2

  • Pairs
    • Nate/Jeffrey and Andrew/Jace
    • Endy/Brandon and Ruby/Tatum
    • Kaiona/Ryan and Landon/Chloe
    • Ghson/Paxton/Cameron and Kendall/Joshue
  • Timeline:
    • 7:00 – 7:20: Reading
    • 7:20 – 7:30: Synthesis with partner
    • 7:30 – 7:45: Debrief with other group

Round 2 Timer

READ Synthesis Debrief Note that thisSVG has JS embeddedwithin it

Break Time!

Work Time

Team work

  • You have the rest of the evening to work on your project
  • That might include:
    • Finishing up the last bits of analysis to be able to finish up any unwritten portions
    • Addressing items that were brought up during the peer feedback
    • Working on your presentation
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