Monday, August 26, 2013

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 topicvery 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 topicalso 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.

22 comments:

  1. Vieney Causor & Samantha Figuroa: The Tragedy of the RMS Titanic, 11.05. 13

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  2. Jimmy Chen and PJ Sandhu: Examining Maritime Superstitions, 10.30.13

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  3. Tiffany Martinez and Angela Diaz, Famous Ghost Ships: The Octavius, The Mary Celeste, and The Carroll A. Deering, 10.24.13

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  4. Marisa Quarrato and Jackie Richter- Shark Attacks: What Everyone Should Know on 12.03.13

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  5. Jasmine Garcia & Joseph Won: Legendary Ships: RMS Lusitania, 11.14.13

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  6. Tipper Truong and Krisna Truong: Haunted Ships: USS Hornet, USS Lexington, and RMS Queen Mary, 10/22/13

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    1. I moved you to the 29th. Thought that's be a better topic a couple days before Halloween. :)

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  7. Hi I'm Kris and I still need a partner for a presentation. I was interested in the topics of Piracy Then and Now or Water Gods of the Pacific.

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  8. Hi Kris! This is Karine Worley. I am also interested in those topics! I also need a partner. Feel free to email me at iwamura_karine@yahoo.co.jp

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  9. Hi I'm Paul I recently added the class and I need a partner for the presentation.
    I am interested in the topics:
    1) Twenty-first Century Treasure Hunting
    2) Designing the Floating City
    3) Early Sea Explorers: The Vikings

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  10. Shri Singh and Sanjeev Singh, Section 19, What is Bermuda Traingle? 11/14/13

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  11. Shri Singh and Sanjeev Singh, Section 19, What is Bermuda Traingle? 11/21/13
    The date i posted above was taken so we chose this date which has not been taken.

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  12. Jasmine Nguyen and Kitty Zhou: The Great Canal Cities of the World: Suzhou, Venice, St. Petersburg, and Alappuzha, 10.29.13

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  13. Oscar Jimenez and Jordan Madarang, Section 5, Piracy: Then & Now, 10/17/13

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  14. Roy Vannakittikun and Edwin Chen: The Legend of Atlantis, 9.26.13

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  15. Hi, My name is Karine Worley. I still need a partner for the presentation. Feel free to email me at iwamura_karine@yahoo.co.jp if you are interested in any of the these topics so we can start working on the presentation.
    A)History of Surfing
    B)Floating City
    C)Treasure Hunting
    D)Water Gods of the Pacific
    E)Legendary Cryptids
    F)Great Barrier Reef

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  16. Kris Gabriel and Karine Worley: History of Surfing, 11.21.13

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  17. Sudayisi Sebina and Melanie Fujiwara section 19. October 22. situational homosexuality

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  18. Paul Johnson and Michael Cheadle: 21st Century Treasure hunting 11/14/13

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  19. Does anyone else want to do the history of surfing?

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