Powerpoint

=2010 A New Decade: What Matters Now?=

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CC6.2 Select and use the appropriate strategies to communicate meaning before (e.g., identifying purpose and audience), during (e.g., acknowledging sources), and after (e.g., revising to enhance clarity) speaking, writing, and other representing activities.======

-design elements -strategies to communicate meaning || -technology has created many changes in the way we think, act and interact -using images to support a presentation can be very powerful -that design is equally as important as the technology -that slides are meant to support an oral presentation not be the presentation -other people's ideas and quotes can be used to support one's point of view but must be acknowledged (cited and documented) -that individuals can determine how others can use their creative works || -how to search for images -how to save images -powerpoint techniques -insert slides, images and text boxes -modify images and text boxes -effective speaking/presenting techniques -cite and document a source using an online citation generator ||
 * **Knowledge** || **Understanding** || **Skills** ||
 * -'creative commons'

Assessment:

 * 1) Performance task: Deliver an oral presentation supported by four slides created with presentation zen techniques.
 * 2) Other evidence: reflection, quick writes, discussion, observation

=Learning Activities:=

Activate Prior Knowledge

 * List on the index card provided at least five words that come to mind when you think of 'Powerpoint'.
 * Share with the person next to you... add any other words that occur during your short conversation.

Acquire Knowledge: What is Presentation Zen?
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 * **Round the Room and Back Again Activity** (Data Driven Dialogue, p. 108)
 * jot down on a piece of paper the idea that stands out for you from the two videos watched
 * set paper aside - walk around the room and share your ideas with others. Do not write anything down.
 * collect five - seven ideas
 * back at your table write down the ideas collected
 * share and extend your list

[|Less is More: Making Your Presentation Zen-tastic] [|Teens embrace presentation Zen] (follow the 'concept of presentation zen link)
 * Read the following post**s (individual reading in lab)
 * **Task: First Word/Last Word**
 * in the large group - form into groups of six
 * on the chart paper provided - create an acrostic for the words **//Presentation Zen//**

Metaphorically Speaking: Where do I find images?
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 * Creative Commons**
 * Demonstrate how to do a Creative Commons search on //[|Flickr]//

[|Creative Commons: What does it mean?]
 * Recommended but optional reading**

Acknowledging the Ideas and Creative Works of Others: Citing and Documenting

 * [|Gettysburg Address]From: [| If Lincoln had PowerPoint - and GarageBand] 
 * **Online Citation Generator: // [|BibMe] // **
 * // Demonstrate how to use BibMe with a Flickr image //

**Assessing the Performance Task** Task:
 * Examine the examples in the following slides - how do they reflect 'presentation zen'? Refer to your acrostic and to the 'round the room' discussion
 * Collect ideas from the large group

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 * large group completes Level Four
 * small groups complete other levels and criteria

Powerpoint How -to's
-briefly demonstrate how to
 * insert a slide
 * insert an image
 * insert a text box
 * selecting font and text colour - copy and paste to preserve consistency

Hands-On Activity

 * hand-out readings from [|What Matters Now] //-//
 * work as individuals or in small groups to 'story-board' slides

Computer Lab

 * volunteers from rubric activity demonstrate collaborative creation of rubric
 * individuals or small group complete performance task

Recommended but optional viewing:
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Sharing
-ask volunteers to share their short presentation (2 - 3). Refer to rubric.

Reflection
Reflection on the essential question, //What matters Now?// and what you learned about what makes a good presentation?

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