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General Information. Senior Project Presentations. Presentation Date: Wednesday, May 22nd The good news: Show up for your presentation…that’s it. The bad news: If you don’t pass, you have to present again Special requests? See link on SP website. Link closes after May 13.

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  1. General Information

  2. Senior Project Presentations • Presentation Date: Wednesday, May 22nd • The good news: • Show up for your presentation…that’s it. • The bad news: • If you don’t pass, you have to present again • Special requests? • See link on SP website. Link closes after May 13.

  3. Senior Project Presentations • Length: • You have a 20 minute time slot • Aim for 15 minutes: leave time for questions • Over 20 minutes? You might not pass. • Under 10 minutes? You WILL NOT PASS. • Provide a printed or on-screen outline: • Most choose PowerPoint but other media is OK as long as it functions on school computers.

  4. Senior Project Presentations • Visuals! • Pictures, videos, diagrams, graphics, etc • Cite anything that isn’t your own creation. • Save your presentation on a thumb drive! • Send your presentation to yourself by e-mail! • Load it to your panel’s presentation CPU ahead of time! • PRACTICE YOUR PRESENTATION • Homeroom or as arranged in Sr. English

  5. Senior Project Presentations • Use of note cards = OK • Don’t stare at them • Don’t read directly from your slides!!!! • Face your audience! • Edit your presentation carefully!! • Avoid the following: • Um, Uh, Like, Like, Like

  6. On Senior Project Day… • Wear job interview or nice dinner out with Grandma clothes • If project has a uniform, OK to wear that • Check in at front entrance at least 15 minutes before your presentation: GET NAME TAG • NAME TAG = • Free roaming to all presentations • Free food outside counseling office

  7. Presentation documents • Info & Guidelines • Assessment criteria (on reverse) • Planning worksheet

  8. Guiding Questions: Opening • How can you capture your audience’s attention quickly? • Relevant quote? • Quick story about your project? • Image or statistic relevant to your work? • You can do better than… • “My name is Jean Student and for my senior project I did cooking.”

  9. Guiding Questions: Goals & Project Evolution • What were your project goals and how did they change? • THINK ABOUT… • What did you want to learn? • How did your goals change as you became more skilled at whatever you were doing? • How did your project change over time? • Did those changes require you to change your goals or expectations? How so?

  10. Guiding Questions: Overview • What were your project’s major activities? How did you spend your time? Who helped you? • Summarize your project • Explain where/how you spent your 60 hours • Who did you work with? Why were they valuable to you? *General overview here: cover all major pieces! *Add visuals to illustrate your project/hours and add interest for your audience

  11. Guiding Questions: Overview • What did you achieve, produce or conclude? • What was the outcome of your project? • What did you learn? • Was your project successful? • If so, what did you learn in the process? • If not, what did you learn in the process? • If you have a final product show it! • Include visuals!

  12. Guiding Questions: Closer Look • How can you put a magnifying class to your project? • GOAL here: depth over breadth • Suggestions: • Identify a problem you had and explain how you solved it OR • Showcase a small part of your project in depth OR • Demonstrate a new skill and explain how you acquired it OR • Tell the story of a day (or 2?) in the life of your project OR • Ask your panel what they’d like to see!

  13. Guiding Questions: LEARNING • What new skills and knowledge have you gained from doing this project? • In what intangible ways have you grown during this project? • Intangible growth … ability to balance multiple demands, the growth of work ethic, development of analytical thinking, increased practice in collaboration, persistence in solving problems, time management etc. • Review your reflective journals as you consider this question.

  14. Guiding Questions: Do Over? • What changes would you make if you could start over? • What advice do you have for the class of 2014?

  15. Guiding Questions: The End • Conclude with an idea, image or sound that is fitting. • Tell another quick story • Talk about why you enjoyed completing your project • End with an anecdote or a metaphor • Thank people who helped you…

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