Part 4: Class Presentation (100 points/20% of the final grade)
Due Date: First day of Week 8
Our last week of class will turn the spotlight on you! Essentially, YOU become the teachers. Based on the research you have done on your individual topics, you are to present your findings to the class in a well-crafted original presentation. Your presentation should cover the components listed in the rubric below. Your presentation is due the first day of week 8 so that the class has time to review your work.
The presentation
Your presentation can take any form you choose that is conducive to an online format. This includes narrated slide shows (e.g. Powerpoint, Prezi, Knovio), podcasts or audio recordings, written materials (e.g. brochures, pamphlets, research posters, etc.), YouTube videos, etc. Your presentation should contain about 10-15 minutes of content. Use the rubric presented below to structure your work. Be sure to touch upon each required component to earn as many points as you can.
Discussion questions
In addition to your presentation, you will post a discussion question about your topic for your classmates. Your question should be open-ended and thought-provoking to ensure a rich discussion. Throughout the week, each student should monitor the comments generated by his/her discussion question and respond to the comments accordingly.
The Week 8 discussion participation score requires you to post a response to the discussion questions for at least fiveclass presentations.
Peer evaluations
In Week 8, you are to view and respond to the presentations of at least two other students, but you are encouraged to view as many presentations as possible.
Your final presentation will be graded according to the following criteria: Category | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | Presentation(20 points) | Interesting and original presentation that holds audience attention(20 points) | Interesting presentation that holds audience attention most of the time (17 points) | Delivery not terribly interesting, but able to maintain interest of the audience some of the time(14 points) | Delivery not interesting at all; audience attention often lost or not engaged (11 points) | Topic statement & significance(10 points) | Clearly explains topic Explains why topic is important in modern society (10 points) | Clearly explains topic and why topic is important to society, but some minor aspects are missing (8 points) | Explains topic and why topic is important, but some major aspects are missing (6 points) | Topic is unclear ORthere are several factual errors(4 points) | Traces history of topic and its impact on society(10 points) | Effectively traces history of the topic and its impact on society (10 points) | Traces history of topic with minor omissions(8 points) | Traces history of topic with major omissions(6 points) | Poor or no effort at tracing history of topic(0 points) | Incorporation of relevant data and research(10 points) | Incorporates relevant references to at least 5 scholarly sources(10 points) | Incorporates relevant references to 3-4 scholarly sources(8 points) | Incorporates relevant references to 1-2 scholarly sources(6 points) | No references to scholarly sources(0 points) | Cross-cultural comparison(5 points) | Clear and well-stated comparison of how topic impacts at least one other culture(5 points) | Cross-cultural comparison made, but with some details missing(3 points) | Cross-cultural comparison implied, but major details missing(1 point) | No cross-cultural comparison made(0 points) | Policy Issues(5 points) | Clear and well-stated illustration of how policy impacts chosen topic(5 points) | Impact of policy on chosen topic mentioned, but with some details missing(3 points) | Policy impact implied, but major details missing(1 point) | No mention of policy impact(0 points) | Discussion of future trends and how technology in this area will impact society in future(10 points) | Excellent and thorough discussion of future trends and impact(10 points) | Good discussion of future trends and impact, though some minor points missing(8 points) | Fair discussion of future trends and impact, but lacking in clarity and/or major points missing(6 points) | Unclear or no discussion of future trends and impact(0-4 points) | Citations(5 points) *reference list must be provided somewhere in the presentation | Correct use of in-text citations and reference list(5 points) | Mostly correct use of in-text citations and reference list(4 points) | Several errors noted for in-text citations or reference list
(2 points) | Many omissions of citations and references(1 point) | Mechanics(5 points) | No misspellings or grammatical errors in materials(5 points) | A few minor misspellings and/or mechanical errors in materials(4 points) | Several misspellings and/or mechanical errors in materials that do not detract from the presentation(3 points) | Several misspellings and/or mechanical errors in materials that detract from the presentation(2 points) | Discussion question(5 points) | Posts excellent discussion question to classmates(5 points) | Posts good discussion question to classmates(4 points) | Posts fair discussion question to classmates(3 points) | Poor or no discussion question posted for classmates(0 points) | Monitoring peer feedback(5 points) | Excellent job responding to class comments(5 points) | Good job responding to class comments(4 points) | Fair job responding to class comments(3 points) | No response to class comments(0 points) | Peer evaluation(10 points) | Questionnaire to be provided. | Total | /100 |