How Will Presentations Be Graded? (Delivery + Content)
DELIVERY (how the presentation is given)-
Volume:
The student speaker should be easily heard from the back of the classroom.
Eye Contact:
The speaker's eyes should remain on the audience's eyes throughout the the presentation. Eye contact should be equally applied to the entire audience. It is a natural instinct for the speaker to look away from the audience when thinking about what is to be said next in the presentation, so speaker needs to resist this urge and keep his/her eyes on the audience. If using slides, speaker should only look at slide for a brief second to make sure the correct slide is showing. Speaker should only look at each slide if pointing out something specific. Speaker should not be reading slide contents.
Inflection:
The speaker's voice should vary in its pitch to keep the audience's attention. If the speaker sounds bored, the audience will be bored also.
Distracting Behaviors:
Speaker should not fidget, adjust hair, adjust clothing, feel clothing, move back and forth in a rhythmic fashion, kick, space fillers (um, like, or ahh), or have nervous laughter.
Body Language/Hand Gestures:
Speaker should use hands to emphasize and compliment the content of the presentation. Hands should not be in pockets or behind one's back. Gestures should be natural to the speaker. Posture should be upright and speaker should use the stage by walking to 2-4 locations on stage (middle, right side of stage, left side of stage, & back to middle) while maintaining eye contact. Walk naturally when transitioning from one location to the next.
The student speaker should be easily heard from the back of the classroom.
Eye Contact:
The speaker's eyes should remain on the audience's eyes throughout the the presentation. Eye contact should be equally applied to the entire audience. It is a natural instinct for the speaker to look away from the audience when thinking about what is to be said next in the presentation, so speaker needs to resist this urge and keep his/her eyes on the audience. If using slides, speaker should only look at slide for a brief second to make sure the correct slide is showing. Speaker should only look at each slide if pointing out something specific. Speaker should not be reading slide contents.
Inflection:
The speaker's voice should vary in its pitch to keep the audience's attention. If the speaker sounds bored, the audience will be bored also.
Distracting Behaviors:
Speaker should not fidget, adjust hair, adjust clothing, feel clothing, move back and forth in a rhythmic fashion, kick, space fillers (um, like, or ahh), or have nervous laughter.
Body Language/Hand Gestures:
Speaker should use hands to emphasize and compliment the content of the presentation. Hands should not be in pockets or behind one's back. Gestures should be natural to the speaker. Posture should be upright and speaker should use the stage by walking to 2-4 locations on stage (middle, right side of stage, left side of stage, & back to middle) while maintaining eye contact. Walk naturally when transitioning from one location to the next.
CONTENT (what is being said/shown) -
The content of the presentation is tied to what the objective of the project was and the guidelines the teacher has provided.
Tower Collaboration Project: (the # of students determines the minimum number of different designs)
1) present one design and discuss it's strengths, weaknesses, and the plan to fix the weaknesses.
2) discuss the collaboration process, how your group worked together, how your group was organized, and strengths of how your team worked together
3) discuss the weaknesses of your group's collaboration process, what solutions were attempted (results?), and what will you do differently in the future
4) explain your contribution to the group
1) present one design and discuss it's strengths, weaknesses, and the plan to fix the weaknesses.
2) discuss the collaboration process, how your group worked together, how your group was organized, and strengths of how your team worked together
3) discuss the weaknesses of your group's collaboration process, what solutions were attempted (results?), and what will you do differently in the future
4) explain your contribution to the group
Themed Resort Marketing Firm:
1) Each student in the group is responsible for creating slides of a Powerpoint presentation and present them. The group can be divided according to each featured selling point:
a) room accommodations
b) food/ dining
c) recreation
d) entertainment
e) relaxation
f) shopping/other
1) Each student in the group is responsible for creating slides of a Powerpoint presentation and present them. The group can be divided according to each featured selling point:
a) room accommodations
b) food/ dining
c) recreation
d) entertainment
e) relaxation
f) shopping/other
Below are some examples of how the slides should look/be organized. Notice that the three main points each have it's own icon (yellow and black) which is very important. Each icon is simple and located in the same spot on the slides (upper right hand corner). As long as there is consistency student can choose the location of the icon.
For the themed resort project students will have to have icons for each aspect of the resort. Some examples might include: 1) transportation to and from the resort, 2) transportation at the resort, 2) rooms, 3) entertainment, 4) recreation, 5) food/restaurants, 6) shopping, and 7) other.
For the themed resort project students will have to have icons for each aspect of the resort. Some examples might include: 1) transportation to and from the resort, 2) transportation at the resort, 2) rooms, 3) entertainment, 4) recreation, 5) food/restaurants, 6) shopping, and 7) other.