Fall 2011- WEEK 4 (10/23/11)
Presentation and Blogging Workshop
Agenda:
1. Icebreaker: Mafia, facilitated by Maggie
2. Presentation Workshop led by Linda and Yishion
3. Activity: Crime Scene game, faciliated by Maggie
4. Blogging Workshop led by Bernice and Lauren
5. Group discussions on projects
6. Teambuilding Activity: Chocolate River/Lava Pit
Presentation Workshop:
By: Linda & Yishion
Outline:
Introduction (Thesis)- 3-4 sentences that sums up your argument; provide general background information
Body- Supporting points and your research
Conclusion- Provide solutions, ideas, personal thoughts (a summary of your thesis)
Yishion discussed an actual college PowerPoint presentation she made for one of her courses, as pictured at right.
Suggestions by students when doing presentations:
- Use index cards or speaking point notes in PowerPoint
- Eye contact with audience (get their attention)
- Ask audience questions (attract audiences/their interest, get them engaged)
- Tone of voice (volume)
- Stay "grounded"- be aware of your body language
- Know your stuff!
* To prepare, practice in front of people who don't know about the topic you are talking about
Student Project Format:
- Should be 10-15 minutes long
- Each member of group should have equal time speaking
- Provide introduction, argument and conclusion
- Utilize any visuals you want including: pictures, PowerPoint, charts, YouTube videos, etc.
- Come up an activity relating to your topic (required and must be interactive! Think: games)
- Submit bibliography, visuals, outline, etc. by Friday before session
Introduction (Thesis)- 3-4 sentences that sums up your argument; provide general background information
Body- Supporting points and your research
Conclusion- Provide solutions, ideas, personal thoughts (a summary of your thesis)
Yishion discussed an actual college PowerPoint presentation she made for one of her courses, as pictured at right.
Suggestions by students when doing presentations:
- Use index cards or speaking point notes in PowerPoint
- Eye contact with audience (get their attention)
- Ask audience questions (attract audiences/their interest, get them engaged)
- Tone of voice (volume)
- Stay "grounded"- be aware of your body language
- Know your stuff!
* To prepare, practice in front of people who don't know about the topic you are talking about
Student Project Format:
- Should be 10-15 minutes long
- Each member of group should have equal time speaking
- Provide introduction, argument and conclusion
- Utilize any visuals you want including: pictures, PowerPoint, charts, YouTube videos, etc.
- Come up an activity relating to your topic (required and must be interactive! Think: games)
- Submit bibliography, visuals, outline, etc. by Friday before session
Blogging Workshop:
By: Bernice & Lauren
Idea Formation and Organization Process:
Example: How to play soccer?
Steps for creating blogging piece:
1) Research topic
2) Who is your audience?
3) Main ideas
4) Create outline
5) Start writing!
Sample Blog Post by Mentors, Bernice and Theresa:
http://sharedstories.weebly.com/1/post/2011/04/day-of-remembrance-april-9th-2011.html
Check out Linda's blogs:
http://yummyfoto.wordpress.com/
http://jaywalkingjapan.wordpress.com/
Student Project Format:
- Minimum of 350 words
- Consist of an Introduction, Body (argument) and Conclusion
- Provide visuals such as pictures, videos, etc.
* Can pose questions at the end for comments by readers
- Submit final draft to mentors by Saturday at 5pm
Example: How to play soccer?
Steps for creating blogging piece:
1) Research topic
2) Who is your audience?
3) Main ideas
4) Create outline
5) Start writing!
Sample Blog Post by Mentors, Bernice and Theresa:
http://sharedstories.weebly.com/1/post/2011/04/day-of-remembrance-april-9th-2011.html
Check out Linda's blogs:
http://yummyfoto.wordpress.com/
http://jaywalkingjapan.wordpress.com/
Student Project Format:
- Minimum of 350 words
- Consist of an Introduction, Body (argument) and Conclusion
- Provide visuals such as pictures, videos, etc.
* Can pose questions at the end for comments by readers
- Submit final draft to mentors by Saturday at 5pm
Rules to blogging:
No profanities what so ever! Do not use any bad words. This blog is a positive an encouraging space, we will not accept any posts that use profanities.
Write how you speak. However try your best to keep grammatically correct. We want the blog to sound like you are speaking to an audience. You can keep the tone to your writing relaxing and not so "rigid" in format.
We encourage opinions. We want to know your opinions so write whatever you feel is on your mind.
Don't write anything hurtful or distasteful. We encourage challenging opinions but do it in a respectful way. If you are unsure ask your mentors.
Spell check! Check your spelling.
Personality counts. This is your time to show who you are!
No profanities what so ever! Do not use any bad words. This blog is a positive an encouraging space, we will not accept any posts that use profanities.
Write how you speak. However try your best to keep grammatically correct. We want the blog to sound like you are speaking to an audience. You can keep the tone to your writing relaxing and not so "rigid" in format.
We encourage opinions. We want to know your opinions so write whatever you feel is on your mind.
Don't write anything hurtful or distasteful. We encourage challenging opinions but do it in a respectful way. If you are unsure ask your mentors.
Spell check! Check your spelling.
Personality counts. This is your time to show who you are!
Teambuilding Activity: Chocolate River/Lava Pit
To end the session, we did a teambuilding activity where we had to pretend we needed to cross a Chocolate River or a Lava Pit with 6 marshmallows, in this case, we used folders. In the picture at the right, we are deciding on a plan to cross over to the other side. This was a fun teambuilding activity to get everyone to work together and come up with a plan to get over the river.
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ASSIGNMENT: Continue to work on your presentation or blog posting and submit to mentors before Sunday.
