The Nitty-Gritty

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Do you have a title page?

Is your grammar and spelling correct?

Is your layout appealing and uncluttered?

Is your background color appropriate (i.e. can you easily read the text)?

Is your text size appropriate and colors used to enhance the content of your text?

Do all your pictures have captions? (if appropriate)

Have you copied all your images (digital or scanned) into a folder on your floppy that will be turned in?

If you used a digital camera, did you take your pictures on the highest resolution setting for the camera?

If you used a digital camera, have you saved each photo as a TIFF and a JPEG on your floppy?

If you used 35 mm film or slides, did you send in the original picture or slide with your project?

Did you put your name and phone number on each photo if you want it back?

Have you used bullets to organize your text information?

Have you placed photos on your slides so that they do not interfere with your text?

Have you copied your presentation, all digital images, and your narrative onto a floppy to turn in?

Your Stewardship Project Presentation

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Have you fully described your stewardship project in a succinct way?

Have you used pictures to illustrate the development and implementation of your stewardship project?

Have you limited your presentation to between four and eight slides?

Have you included the following items: Introduction to Stewardship Project

Objectives of the Stewardship Project

The Stewardship Project Activity (nuts & bolts)

Outcomes & Impacts of the Project

If you don’t have PowerPoint, have you cut and pasted the information onto 11x17” paper?

If you don’t have PowerPoint, have you taped the original pictures carefully in place?

If you don’t have PowerPoint, have captions been attached to original photographs and slides?

If you don’t have PowerPoint, have you contacted your workshop host to get assistance in digitizing your presentation?

Your Stewardship Project Narrative

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Is your grammar and spelling correct?

Have you single-spaced your narrative?

Is your narrative one-page long?

Have you included the following items: Introduction to Stewardship Project

Objectives of the Stewardship Project

The Stewardship Project Activity (nuts & bolts)

Outcomes & Impacts of the Project

Have you put at the top of your narrative the following information:

      Project Title

      Teacher Contact: Your Name, School Address, City, Zip,

            School, District, School Phone, Email (optional)

Is your narrative interesting and inspiring to read?

We encourage you to use PowerPoint presentation software if at all possible; however, presentations can be developed in a program such as Adobe Pagemaker or other equivalent program. 

Contact Valerie Eichman if you have any questions.

Phone: 217/244-8809; 
Fax: 217/333-2614
Email: eichman@illinois.edu.