How does a chalk talk work?
What is a chalk talk? First, the straightforward answer: A chalk talk is a talk you give about your future research. While your seminar is about your research so far, and how awesome it is, your chalk talk telegraphs your plans for the next five to 10 years, why this research is needed, and why you're the one to do it.
A Chalk Talk is a written protocol in which students respond in writing, in a central place (such as a piece of chart paper), to an important, open-ended question—silently. It is a way to promote discussion and awareness of issues, perspectives, or academic challenges and to demonstrate knowledge of a topic.
- Rule 1: Know your audience.
- Rule 2: Sell yourself.
- Rule 3: Impress the in-crowd…
- Rule 4: … ...
- Rule 5: Play the hand you've got to optimal effect.
- Rule 6: Give a good talk.
- Rule 7: Be kind to your audience's eyes.
- Rule 8: Embody the future.
Chalk Talks offer students and faculty the opportunity to present their research to the Penn community. Talks are held on most Fridays from 2 - 3pm.
Teach students how to use the annotation tool: They will need to hover near the top of their screen, click “view options”, then click “annotate”. Once they click annotate, a separate Zoom bar will pop up that allows them to type, draw, and stamp on the screen.
prelection | address |
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eulogy | oratory |
keynote | parlance |
pitch | bombast |
opus | panegyric |
“Chalk & Talk” is a formal method of teaching with a blackboard and the teacher's voice as its focal point. This method is used in classrooms across the world.
nounspeech given to formal gathering. chalk talk. discourse. dissertation. lecture.
'Talk moves' are the tools used by teachers to support rich, meaningful classroom discussion in mathematics. Posters, flashcards and a chart have been created for teachers to use in the classroom.
Advance preparation
Read recent papers for those closest to your research area. Read other papers that have come from the department you are applying for. Revisit the job description and essential and desirable criteria. Talk to others about their experiences of academic interviews.
What does at the chalk face mean?
To work at the chalkface means to work in education, specifically in a school.
Organization o Tell the audience what you're going to tell them, then actually tell them, then summarize what you told them. o Before you begin, thank audience members for attending your talk. o Give an agenda and briefly state why your work is exciting or important. o Discuss your past and present research efforts.

Enough depth to show the significance of the work and make the audience believe it, but not so much as to bore the audience with unnecessary details that would be more suitable for a specialized audience. Nice graphics (interesting slides, not just text). Don't let the medium become the message!
- The audience determines the talk.
- Practice almost makes perfect.
- Nervous energy is exploitable.
- Every talk should motivate a problem.
- An academic talk is about an idea, not a paper.
- Slides must not overwhelm the viewer.
- Images and diagrams are better than text.
Early history
One of the earliest chalk talk artists was a prohibition illustrator named Frank Beard (1842-1905). Beard was a professional illustrator and editorial cartoonist who published in The Ram's Horn, an interdenominational social gospel magazine.
- Study your favorite broadcasters. ...
- Arrange yourself for front lighting. ...
- Be aware of your frame. ...
- Reconsider your audio. ...
- Say something about yourself by using objects. ...
- Use your tools. ...
- Make appropriate eye contact. ...
- Transmit energy.
A quick and easy way to make Zoom meetings more fun is to add an icebreaker question at the beginning. For example, you could ask participants to share “your name and favorite dessert” or “the first movie you remember watching.” Here is a full list of icebreaker questions for Zoom meetings.
- Assume support. ...
- Decide where you are looking. ...
- Look at people's eyes on the screen. ...
- Look at the webcam. ...
- Imagine they are interested. ...
- Speak from the heart. ...
- Feel your body. ...
- Use “Centering” to feel more at ease.
- communicative.
- conversational.
- outspoken.
- loquacious.
- vocal.
- chatty.
- gabby.
- outgoing.
orator Add to list Share. A person giving a speech is called an orator, like the gifted orator who raised excellent points, making everyone in the audience want to join his revolution.
What are some words for talk?
- speech.
- lecture.
- address.
- sermon.
- harangue.
- oration.
- presentation.
- declamation.
- Explain: State, explain, model, and demonstrate the procedure.
- Rehearse: Students rehearse and practice the procedure under your supervision.
- Reinforce: Reteach, rehearse, practice, and reinforce the classroom procedure until it becomes a student habit or routine.
synonyms: empty words, hot air, palaver, rhetoric. type of: bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality.
cajole | coax |
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wheedle | entice |
persuade | inveigle |
beguile | tempt |
flatter | lure |
OTHER WORDS FOR small talk
banter, chatter, gossip.