Productivity Suite

Q2 Collaboration What's It About?

11. Powerful Presentations

PART 2

IDENTIFY THE TOPIC

Your team will continue to work on the Planning Document where you will:

  1. Brainstorm some topic ideas, something interesting that your team can be engaged in or is passionate about. If the team wants to use a graphic organizer for this part, open the optional resource below.
  2. Decide on your topic.
  3. Identify the purpose for your presentation: will be informative one where you take a position? 
  4. Identify your intended audience.

Some Rules to Brainstorm with a Graphic Organizer

Some digital graphic organizer tool suggestions:

1. Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint
2. Canva
3. You may have other digital tools suggested by your teacher or already know about.

For Google Slides: You can watch a Mind Map Tutorial with Google Slideshow YouTube (4:32) and/or make a copy of this Google Slideshow Brainstorm Document. 

Charcteristics of Informative and Persuasive Presentations

Some Characteristics of an Informative Presentation:

  • Should include factual information
  • May include definitions, explanations, descriptions, images, events
  • Does not try to persuade an audience or give opinions or take a position

Some Characteristics of a Persuasive Presentation:

  • It opens with a strong introduction that grabs the audience's attention.
  • Begins with a fact or an image that may be funny, emotional, or shocking about your topic.
  • Identifies the problem and concludes with some solutions.
  • Connects with the audience.

An optional and humorous Video with Tips for a Persuasive Presentation

11.Q2 GETTING ORGANIZED

11.Q2 CREATING THE PRESENTATION

11.Q1 Student Checklist (Word docx)

11.Q1 Student Checklist (Google Doc)

 

11.Q1 Teacher Guide (Word docx)

11.Q1 Teacher Guide (Google Doc)

 

MITECS  Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

1. Empowered Learner
a. Articulate and set personal learning goals, developing strategies leveraging technology to achieve them, and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes
b. Build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process
c. Use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways
d. Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies

6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication
c. Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for a variety of audiences

7. Global Collaborator
b. With guidance from an educator, students use technology tools to work with friends and with people outside their neighborhood, city and beyond
c. Contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal

Websites

Videos from Outside Sources

21t4s Videos

21t4s Documents & Quizzes

 


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