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Goals & Objectives:
The goal of a presentation is for students to gain advanced understanding
of a given concept allowing them to teach others.
Sample objectives include:
After completing a presentation activity, students will:
- gain advanced understanding of concept x
- gain understanding of various concepts
outlined in the presentations of other students
- increase skills in producing presentations
- demonstrate evaluative level
understanding of given concepts
- link various concepts into a cohesive presentation
as determined by successfully attending to 80% of the requirements.
Prerequisites:
- None other than adequate Web access.
Materials and Resources:
What needs to be prepared in advance by the teacher? Some technology through
which the students can give their presentation.
What does the student need to bring to the lesson? Students will need software
from which to produce the slides for the presentation.
Guiding Questions for this Lesson:
How well can the students articulate their knowledge on a given concept
and prepare materials to teach others that knowledge?
Lesson Outline and Procedure:
Synchronous Presentations
- Students are given the assignment providing detailed explanations of
the requirements for their presentations. See also Group
Reports activities
when groups are involved.
- Students are provided with topics, select a topic from a list, or come
up with their own topics. The instructor should approve of all topics before
students begin. Topics should be chosen to reduce likelihood of academic
dishonesty by keeping them temporal, specific, and different from term
to term.
- Time is provided, typically at least a week, for students to prepare
a presentation on that given topic. In some cases, a specific software
application may be used. Tutorials to a given application should be available.
- Students then give their presentations using an approved method. Groups
of 3-5 students will view each others works for individual projects and
possible provide peer review/feedback. For group projects, if groups of
3-5 students are used in a 20-25 student class, then everyone may be present
during the presentation. Typically, a 15 minute presentation including
10 minutes for presenting and 5 minutes for questions is chosen.
- Following the presentations, the instructor will provide feedback. There
may also be peer review. Some form of rubric should be included upon which
students can guage their performance.
Asynchronous Presentations
- Students are given the assignment providing detailed explanations of
the requirements for their presentations. See also Group
Reports activities when groups are involved.
- Students are provided with topics, select a topic from a list, or come
up with their own topics. The instructor should approve of all topics before
students begin. Topics should be chosen to reduce likelihood of academic
dishonesty by keeping them temporal, specific, and different from term
to term.
- Time is provided, typically at least a week, for students to prepare
a presentation on that given topic. In some cases, a specific software
application may be used. Tutorials to a given application should be available.
- Students then record their presentations using approved software.
- Other students as assigned and the instructor watch the submitted presentations
and provide comments. Some form of rubric shoudl be included upon which
students can guage their performance.
Learning Activities and Assessments:
- If tests/quizzes are used later in the course, some questions should
reflect knowledge revealed during the presentations.
- Peer review can be added for additional incentive for students to pay
attention, to allow students a chance to develop evaluative level knowledge
of the topics, and to assist in scoring.
- A rubric should be included. Typical criteria for presentation rubrics
include: overall presentation, graphical appeal, relevance, articulation,
content, clarity, organization, currency, constructive comments within
peer reviews, and possible group parameters.
Teaching Strategies and Highlights:
What are some tips to help the lesson run smoothly?
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To engage the students, a topic for the activity must be chosen that will
ignite and maintain their interest.
- To allow for students to gain thorough understanding of the curriculum,
they should be divided so that everyone presents and/or watches presentations
on a majority of topics.
- Provide a sample presentation.
- The presentations can occur prior to a detailed lecture/discussion on
the given topics, providing the instructor the chance to delve deeper into
important topics and highlight what might have been missed during the student
presentations.
Accommodations:
- Some students with language
difficulties may need additional time for the review. A text-only alternative
in which chat spaces are used instead of audio should be available if needed.
Visually impaired individuals should have an audio only option.
Timeline:
How much time would a typical online student require to complete such a
lesson? This lesson typically requires 10-15 hours to prepare and 1 hour
in presentations.
Learning Connections:
What connections to other
topics exist within the lesson? This will depend on the scaffolding of the
activity. In general, students can be assigned to topics that allow
for them to both present their own topic and review the topics of other students
so that each student is engaged in work across the curriculum.
Ideas for Lesson Evaluation and Teacher Reflection:
How did the students like the lesson? End of semester evaluations should
ask about the usefulness and learning accomplished through such activities.
Attention should be paid to the amount of feedback from peers that was truly
constructive.
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