Ocean News 08.28.13

• Bear Grylls builds a giant slide on his private Welsh island and upsets locals (Huffington Post)
• Caught on tape: A playful pod of orcas off British Colombia (Vancouver Sun)
• Should hurricanes be named after climate change deniers? (ABC News Australia)
• India: Shark finning banned (Treehugger)
• Detached octopus arms indicate eery signs of awareness (io9)
• Will ocean acidification means less clouds? (Grist)

Multimedia Presentations, Sec. 19

As you know, this semester you and a classmate will be responsible for a 10-minute multimedia presentation and a class hand-out. By midnight on Tuesday, September 3rd, 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:

1. Click on "Comments" at the end of this post.
2. 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.

Example:
David Cortez and Kerry Clancy: Famous Explorers: Captain James Cook and Sir Francis Drake, 10.16.13

Please be sure to post in the correct section!

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)
• You must provide a handout related to or outlining your presentation (23 copies) 
• On the day of your presentation, email both your presentation (or a link) and handout to me at dhdelao@gmail.com.

The best presentations will:

• Have an introductory slide which contextualizes the topic—very important 
• Use words economically 
• Include visually interesting illustrations
• Avoid a heavy use of animation and effects 
• Have a style that complements the subject matter and strikes the appropriate tone
• Engage the class through a conversational style, utilizing questions and/or activities
• Embed a relevant video or audio clip (e.g. YouTube, SoundCloud)*
• Conclude with a slide that summarizes the topic—also very important

Remember, this is an opportunity to be very creative, so feel free to have fun with the visual layout of your presentation.

*If you use PowerPoint 2007, here is a quick video explaining how to embed a YouTube clip into your presentation. Remember, embedding clips can save time during a presentation.

Lower scoring presentations might:

• Begin without an introductory slide and/or fail to offer any context upfront
• Be thinly researched
• Allow visuals to overrun their content, or lack a cohesive style
• Fail to engage the class in any meaningful way
• Lack multimedia
• End without a concluding slide

Remember, you are responsible for providing your own laptop.

These are the topics available for presentations:

1. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
2. Designing the Floating City
3. Cannibalism at Sea: An Overview
4. Examining Maritime Superstitions
5. Piracy: Then and Now
6. Submarines of the Civil War: The Monitor and The Merrimack
7. Exploring the Great Barrier Reef
8. The Legend of Atlantis
9. Sea Shanties Remembered
10. Water Gods of the Pacific: Mazu, Kamohoalii, Sedna, and Tangaroa
11. Legendary Ships: The Mayflower
12. Early Sea Explorers: The Vikings
13. Legendary Sea Cryptids: Caddy, Taniwha, Ningen, and the Lusca
14. Twenty-first Century Treasure Hunting
15. The Tragedy of the RMS Titanic
16. Famous Ghost Ships: The Octavius, The Mary Celeste, and The Carroll A. Deering
17. Shark Attacks: What Everyone Should Know
18. What is the Bermuda Triangle?
19. Haunted Ships: USS Hornet, USS Lexington, and RMS Queen Mary
20. A History of Surfing
21. Legendary Ships: RMS Lusitania
22. The Great Canal Cities of the World: Suzhou, Venice, St. Petersburg, and Alappuzha
23. Early Sea Explorers: The Chinese
24. Life at Sea: Situational Homosexuality
25. Pollywogs and Shellbacks: The King Neptune Ceremony

You may choose from the following dates:

Week 05
Tu 9.17
1. Karine W.—Early Sea Explorers: The Vikings

Week 06
Tu 9.24
1. Gabriel K.—Legendary Sea Cryptids: Caddy, Taniwha, Ningen, and the Lusca

Th 9.26
1. Roy V./Edwin C.—The Legend of Atlantis

Week 08
Th 10.10
1.
2.

Week 09
Th 10.17
1. Oscar J./Jordan M.—Piracy: Then & Now
2.

Week 10
Tu 10.22
1. Sudayisi S./Melanie F.—Life at Sea: Situational Homosexuality

Th 10.24
1. Tiffany M./Angela D.—Famous Ghost Ships: The Octavius, The Mary Celeste, and The Carroll A. Deering

Week 11
Tu 10.29
1. Tipper T./Krisna T.—Haunted Ships: USS Hornet, USS Lexington, and RMS Queen Mary

Th 10.30
1. Jimmy C./PJ S.—Examining Maritime Superstitions

Week 12
Tu 11.05
1. Vieney C./Samantha F.—The Tragedy of the RMS Titanic
2. Jasmine N./Kitty Z.—The Great Canal Cities of the World: Suzhou, Venice, St. Petersburg, and Alappuzha

Week 13
Th 11.14
1. Jasmine G./Joseph W.—Legendary Ships: RMS Lusitania
2. Paul J./Michael C.—21st Century Treasure Hunting

Week 14
Th 11.21
1. Kris G./Karine W.—History of Surfing
2.

Week 16
Tu 12.03
1. Marisa Q./Jackie R.—Shark Attacks: What Everyone Should Know
2.

Multimedia Presentations, Sec. 06

As you know, this semester you and a classmate will be responsible for a 10-minute multimedia presentation and a class hand-out. By midnight on Tuesday, September 3rd, 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:

1. Click on "Comments" at the end of this post.
2. 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.

Example:
David Cortez and Kerry Clancy: Famous Explorers: Captain James Cook and Sir Francis Drake, 10.16.13

Please be sure to post in the correct section!

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)
• You must provide a handout related to or outlining your presentation (23 copies) 
• On the day of your presentation, email both your presentation (or a link) and handout to me at dhdelao@gmail.com.

The best presentations will:

• Have an introductory slide which contextualizes the topic—very important 
• Use words economically 
• Include visually interesting illustrations
• Avoid a heavy use of animation and effects 
• Have a style that complements the subject matter and strikes the appropriate tone
• Engage the class through a conversational style, utilizing questions and/or activities
• Embed a relevant video or audio clip (e.g. YouTube, SoundCloud)*
• Conclude with a slide that summarizes the topic—also very important

Remember, this is an opportunity to be very creative, so feel free to have fun with the visual layout of your presentation.

*If you use PowerPoint 2007, here is a quick video explaining how to embed a YouTube clip into your presentation. Remember, embedding clips can save time during a presentation.

Lower scoring presentations might:

• Begin without an introductory slide and/or fail to offer any context upfront
• Be thinly researched
• Allow visuals to overrun their content, or lack a cohesive style
• Fail to engage the class in any meaningful way
• Lack multimedia
• End without a concluding slide

Remember, you are responsible for providing your own laptop.

These are the topics available for presentations:

1. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
2. Designing the Floating City
3. Cannibalism at Sea: An Overview
4. Examining Maritime Superstitions
5. Piracy: Then and Now
6. Submarines of the Civil War: The Monitor and The Merrimack
7. Exploring the Great Barrier Reef
8. The Legend of Atlantis
9. Sea Shanties Remembered
10. Water Gods of the Pacific: Mazu, Kamohoalii, Sedna, and Tangaroa
11. Legendary Ships: The Mayflower
12. Early Sea Explorers: The Vikings
13. Legendary Sea Cryptids: Caddy, Taniwha, Ningen, and the Lusca
14. Twenty-first Century Treasure Hunting
15. The Tragedy of the RMS Titanic
16. Famous Ghost Ships: The Octavius, The Mary Celeste, and The Carroll A. Deering
17. Shark Attacks: What Everyone Should Know
18. What is the Bermuda Triangle?
19. Haunted Ships: USS Hornet, USS Lexington, and RMS Queen Mary
20. A History of Surfing
21. Legendary Ships: RMS Lusitania
22. The Great Canal Cities of the World: Suzhou, Venice, St. Petersburg, and Alappuzha
23. Early Sea Explorers: The Chinese
24. Life at Sea: Situational Homosexuality
25. Pollywogs and Shellbacks: The King Neptune Ceremony

You may choose from the following dates:

Week 05
Tu 9.17
1. Nick M.—Designing the Floating City

Week 06
Tu 9.24
1. Michael W./Alicia S.—Haunted Ships: USS Hornet, USS Lexington, and RMS Queen Mary

Th 9.26
1.

Week 08
Th 10.10
1. Nazanin Q./Shailene P.—Cannibalism at Sea: An Overview
2. Marcus L./Gabby U.—The Legend of Atlantis

Week 09
Th 10.17
1. Jasmine T./Hoang N.—What is the Bermuda Triangle?
2. Eric T./Roger B.—Early Sea Explorers: Vikings

Week 10
Tu 10.22
1. Anna S./Corynn M.—The Great Pacifice Garbage Patch

Th 10.24
1. Scott C./Grecia C.—Shark Attacks: What Everyone Should Know

Week 11
Tu 10.29
1. Hefziba C./Fabiola G.—Piracy: Now and Then

Th 10.30
1. Michael W./Alicia S.—Haunted Ships: USS Hornet, USS Lexington, and RMS Queen Mary

Week 12
Tu 11.05
1. Ryan T.—Submarines of the Civil War: The Monitor and The Merrimack
2. Mariah T./Lorena D.—Water Gods of the Pacific: Mazu, Kamohoalii, Sedna, and Tangaroa

Week 13
Th 11.14
1. John L./Dom A.—History of Surfing
2.

Week 14
Th 11.21
1. Kevin J./Shelby C.—Twenty-first Century Treasure Hunting
2.

Week 16
Tu 12.03
1.
2.

Week 02

Week 02
Tu 8.27

• Read: WAVE—p. 3 – 86
• Class: Introductions, Lecture—“Balancing Content and Style in a Multimedia Presentation"

Th 8.29

• Read: WAVE—p. 90 – 113
• Class: DIAGNOSTIC ESSAY; Multimedia presentation sign-ups
• Due: REFLECTION 01

Reflection 01: Life's a Beach—Summer and the Ocean

As summer winds down, many of us can reflect on a season of sunny days spent at the beach. In fact, the ocean is synonymous with summer, a key ingredient in the mix of relaxation and fun. What do summers and the ocean mean to you? Is the beach a frequent refuge or a rare indulgence? Or maybe you prefer the beach at night? What are the tastes, smells, sights, and sounds of the beach during summer? For this first reflection, write about your experiences of summertime at the beach.

Include in your discussion at least two of the following:

• "Summer Sounds: Thunk and Clang of a Wooden Coaster" (NPR)
• "Floating in the Summer Tide" (Hartford Courant)
• "Slice of Life" (Salon)
• "Summers on the Beach" (Southern Living)
• "Beach Bonfires Dwindle, but Glow in Memory" (Los Angeles Times)
• "Summer Beach Romances: Some Last, but Most Don’t" (Washington Post)

Requirements:

• MLA Style
• Two full pages in length
• Works cited page

Due: Th 8.29