As you know, this semester you and a classmate
will be responsible for a 10-minute PowerPoint presentation and a class
hand-out.
By midnight on Friday, February 8th, you and a partner should be signed-up for a topic and date. All topics and dates are first-come first-served. Topics will be crossed off as they are chosen. Anyone that has not chosen by this time, will automatically be assigned a partner, topic, and date.
Follow these steps:
- Click on "Comments" at the end of this post.
- In the "Post a Comment" box, leave the group's names (first and last), section, topic, and the preferred date—only one entry per group is required.
- Be sure that you sign up in the correct section.
Example:
David Cortez
and Kerry Clancy - The World’s Greenest Cities , 03.14.13
Follow these guidelines for the presentation:
Requirements:
- The work distribution is up to each pairing, though it should be somewhat equitable
- The presentation must be approximately 10 minutes in length
- There should be approximately 10 slides, including at least one video clip (no more than 2-3 minutes in length)
- Must include a handout outlining your presentation (25 copies)
- On the day of your presentation, email both your presentation and handout to me at dhdelao@gmail.com.
The best presentations will likely:
- Open with cover and introduction slides
- Begin by contextualizing the topic, then presenting relevant information
- Include visually interesting illustrations
- Avoid a heavy use of animation and effects, choosing instead a compelling visual style
- Engage the class through a conversational style, utilizing questions and/or activities
- Utilize multimedia, such as YouTube*
- Conclude with a summarization of the information presented
Remember, this is an opportunity to be very creative, so feel free to have fun with the visual layout of your presentation.
Lower scoring presentations might:
- Begin without an introductory slide and/or fail to offer contextualization
- Be thinly researched
- Allow visuals to overrun their content
- Not engage the class in any meaningful way
- Fail to incorporate any multimedia
- Conclude without a concluding slide
Remember, you are responsible for providing your own laptop.
Choose from a list of topics, then dates, below:
- What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
Cryptids of the World: Orang Pendek, Ogopogo, and Mokèlé-mbèmbé- How it Works: The Ivory Trade
- Understanding Blood Diamonds
- I Want to Host an Olympic Games
- Cricket for Dummies
- Mind Your Manners: Etiquette Around the World
Four Places to Visit—Before They Disappear - Inside Bollywood Cinema
MTV Around the Globe - The World’s Greenest Cities
- Divorce Proceedings: The Secession Movements of Quebec, Sicily, Chiapas, and Hong Kong
Strange Places: The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Aokigahara Forest, and Area 51 - If You Have to Ask How Much it Costs: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Resorts
How it Works: The Heroin Trade - Explaining Ourselves: The Voyager Golden Records
- All About Eurovision
- Five Endangered Species Around the World
- The Alternative Paris: What Most Tourists Don’t Do or See
- Japan and Whaling
Lost Cities: Derinkuyu, Angkor, Pompeii, and Palenque Megalopolis: The World’s Biggest Cities All About the FIFA World Cup How it Works: Human Trafficking - World Festivals: La Tomatina, Holi, Il Palio di Siena, and Burning Man
Choose from these dates:
Week 05: The United States
Tu 02.19
1. Daimen Ambers and James Medel - Four Places to Visit—Before They Disappear
Th 02.21
1. Hieu Huynh and Caitlin Achiles - Strange Places: The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Aokigahara Forest, and Area 51
2. Anthony Paratore and Mark Moroni - Lost Cities: Derinkuyu, Angkor, Pompeii, and Palenque
Week 07: Maldives
Tu 03.05
1. Charlene Acidera, Danillo Yabut, and Jacquelynnn Nguyen - Cryptids of the World: Orang Pendek, Ogopogo, and Mokèlé-mbèmbé
Th 03.07
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Week 08: Egypt
Th 03.14
1. Jimmy Dang and Jessy Corsillio - Strange Places, Too: La Isla de la Munecas, Hoia-Baciu Forest, and The Edinburgh Vaults
2. Jason Lai and Leonel Alvarez - All About the FIFA World Cup
Week 09: Canada
Tu 03.19
1. Bryan Linda and Jonathan Chen - If You Have to Ask How Much it Costs: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Resorts
Week 11: Germany
Th 04.04
1. Stephanie Nguyen and Kitty Kha - Mind Your Manners: Etiquette Around the World
2. Pamela Baraceros and Minh Tran - Cryptids of the World, Part II: The Yeren, Cadborosaurus, and The Jersey Devil
Week 12: Japan
Tu 04.09
1. David Warren and Jasmine Pandher - How it Works: The Heroin Trade
Week 13: Australia
Tu 04.16
1. Jared Kauk and Jaspinder Kaur - How it Works: Human Trafficking
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Th 04. 18
1. Chris Mirandilla - Megalopolis: The World’s Biggest Cities
Week 14: Spain
Tu 04.23
1.Karina Ng - MTV Around the Globe
Week 15: Saudi Arabia
Tu 04.30
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