The PresentationHow to Make it a Success

…or not.

Beginning to Prepare

• Have your product evaluated and complete any re-do’s of your product before your presentation date.

• The idea of the presentation is to share your successful independent creation of a unique product.

• Present yourself in the best possible light by allowing adequate evaluation time.

Prepping the Presentation (cont.)

• Your Annotated Bibliography should also be complete and evaluated before the presentation. Your research is complete since you have used that research to complete your product.

• Your journal should be up to date as well.

• You should not do your Reflective Paper until after your presentation is complete.

No-Walk Letters• Some of you will be receiving no-walk

letters in April:

• If you are scheduled to present next week, but you still have not shown your teacher your project or written work.

• If you are presenting in May, but have not completed a proposal by now.

• If you have not shown any serious effort to complete this requirement.

The Presentation is…

• A chance to share your Project with a team of evaluators and anyone important to you.

• An opportunity for you to show off your finished product.

• A way to celebrate the work that you have completed.

And most importantly…

• The chance to prove to a panel of evaluators that you are ready to graduate, in the sense that you can successfully be responsible for your own learning on a major project of your own design.

Presentation Format• See p. 43 in CP Guide.

• 30 minute time slots

• 20 minute presentation

• 15-17 minutes prepared material

• 3-5 minutes questions

• Panel: two teachers + your field expert (you invite) + possibly community members + possibly students + anyone you wish to invite (parents, etc.)

• The two teachers will evaluate (the others may offer feedback)

Presentation Components

• Introduction: Briefly introduce yourself and the project and explain why you chose the project. (2-3 minutes)

• Describe the major research and ways that you gained the knowledge necessary to complete your project (3-5 minutes)

Share your Product• You must share your finished product in

some way. (5-8 minutes)

• Bring it in if possible.

• Some other ways to share:

• Slideshow

• Photo album

• Recording*

• Short video*

• *No more than 5 minutes of your presentation time should be used for an audio or video presentation.

Conclusions

• Discuss the significant lessons learned.

• Discuss how you might use this knowledge in the future.

• How can you apply this knowledge to your future learning goals?

(2-3 minutes)

Questions

• Be prepared to answer questions from the panel about your project, your product, your research, and your future learning goals (3-5 minutes).

• This is often the make or break segment for a questionable project or presentation. This is where you can either prove yourself or fall on your face. Be prepared.

The Presentation has Two Rubrics

• CONTENT (Page 45).

• This is the material discussed in the previous slides.

• You must score an average of 3 to pass.

• DELIVERY (Page 46).• You are making a formal, public

presentation.• Study the traits and practice your delivery.• You must score an average of 3 to pass.

Delivery Traits

• Use of Voice:

• Volume is audible, not a monotone, inflection and enthusiasm is appropriate.

• Eye Contact:

• Speaker makes eye contact with the audience. Student uses notes, but does NOT just read off note cards. It needs to be obvious that the speaker has rehearsed.

Delivery (Cont.)

• Body Language/Presence

• Speaker shows poise. Speaker does not fidget.

• Speaker is dressed appropriately for an important event such as this.

• Hand gestures are not distracting.

• Again, there is evidence of rehearsal.

Delivery (Cont.)

• Visual Aids/Use of Technology

• Visual aids are attractive, appropriate and show evidence of thoughtful preparation.

• Speaker is responsible for ensuring any technology is compatible with available equipment (more later).

• Any visual/audio/technology is an enhancement to the presentation. It is not a mirror, or a substitute.

Delivery (Cont.)• Organization/Pacing/Evidence of

Rehearsal

• The presentation needs to be well-structured to the content timings above.

• Speaker has enough information to fill the time. But not too much.

• Speaker has rehearsed transitions, use of technology, and speaking voice so that (s)he is fully prepared, and to minimize the “nerves.”

• Speaker seems excited to share this information with the audience, and projects confidence and poise.

Technology• Each room will have the following:

• MacBook (with DVD player)

• Attached to projector or TV and sound (probably the classroom TV speakers)

• You may bring your own computer if necessary, but you will only be able to hook up video and sound--no internet connection.

• If you do this and need to show internet content, store cached pages to your computer before the presentation.

Technology Formats• You must use the following formats

• Written work (shown on the computer):• Word• RTF• Pages

• Sound and Video:

• QuickTime• PowerPoint• Keynote

Technology

• Use one of these types of media for your files:

• CD-R and CD-RW formatted as ‘universal’ (9660)

• DVD data disc• USB drive

Technology Test and Plan B

• Computer Lab 3 available all day all week to check and confirm your presentation format will work. If it works in Lab 3, it will work with the MacBook in your presentation room.

• Do NOT show up to your presentation time without having done this step.

• You will likely NOT be rescheduled due to technological mishaps, if your presentation is otherwise successful.

• Have 3 hard (paper) copies of your presentation slideshow on hand.

Reminders will be sent home next week

• We attempted to accommodate your presentation requests as much as possible, but logistically it was not possible to do this 100%. Your letter will have your day, time, room and faculty panel members.

• There are NO extra time slots.

• You will NOT be allowed to reschedule or change your date. You are expected to be at your assigned time. This is your first priority.

What happens if you miss or fail your presentation?

• If you try and fail, you will be given a chance to re-do. Schedule to be determined at faculty convenience.

• If you are a no-show, you will need to meet with me to determine whether you will be allowed to re-schedule or whether you should plan on completing this requirement in the summer or next fall.

• You will need a very convincing reason in order to be allowed to reschedule.

Bottom Line

• You job for this presentation is to convince the panel and your supervising teacher that you have spent significant time creating a substantial culminating project that you can share with us and of which you are hopefully proud.

• If you can’t do that-either this time or during a re-do, you will not graduate.

Final Thoughts:• This is important. Take it seriously.

• Rehearse.

• Dress up a bit. Look like a young adult.

• Rehearse.

• Be creative-especially in how you share your product. Is it unique? How can you make it stand out, even if it is not?

• Don’t miss your presentation.

• Rehearse!