Presentation Skills, October 2013

First Christian Academy Technology and Computer Class

October, 2013

Developing Presentation Skills

We’re going to work on putting together a presentation and then presenting it in class in a couple weeks.

Assignment: Pick a topic from the list below and start researching.

• A current event in the news
• A historical event
• A story from the Bible
• A review of a book you read recently
• A technology product that you would like to use

Your presentation needs to have at least TEN slides (no more than fifteen) and at least FIVE pictures in it. Slides may have pictures and text on the same slide. You may have no more than TEN words on any one slide. One of the goals of this project is that you will be able to give your presentation and NOT read from the screen. The screen should only have your main points that you will elaborate while talking. Creative presentations will be rewarded...make it look great and spend time on it.

You won’t be graded on how well you speak or if you are nervous. You WILL be graded on how little or much you need to look at your screen. The goal is to have it all memorized and change slides at the right time and be ready to talk about what’s ON the screen without looking AT the screen.

Your presentation must be between 3 and 5 minutes. Anything less or more will deduct 10 points. Practice your presentation at least 5 times with a timer so you know what you’re going to say and how long it will last. (hint, this is where many people lose points, and usually for not having enough memorized to talk about. Practice and get to four minutes, and if you forget some material, hopefully you’ll make it in the range needed).

You’ll be graded October 23 for progress. Your slides should be DONE within one week and then you’ll spend time memorizing and practicing the next week. Assignment is DUE October 30, 2013.

You'll be graded on:

 Time.  Your presentation needs to be between 3 and 5 minutes.  Any shorter or longer and you'll lose 10 points.  Use a stopwatch and practice it at least 3 times so you know you're within the time frame.  (20 points)

 Did you put effort into the presentation with pictures, text, and graphics.  Does it show that you put time into it? (20 points)

 Do you have between 10 and 15 slides?  (20 points)

 Did you keep to the 10 word limit on each slide? (20 points)

 Were you able to talk about your subject and not just read what is on each slide?  You should be able to provide additional details as you go along.  Just use summary sentences on the presentation, then talk it through when you present.  (20 points)