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See you all at graduation!

3/22/2017

 
Hey all!

I didn't get a formal goodbye to all of you, so I just want to wish you all the best of luck on your Senior Projects.  You guys have some amazing ideas, and I was so proud of the work you did on your theses and your TED Talks-- I learned a ton from reading and watching you speak, and I wish all adults could see such poised and professional examples of high school students.

For access to the videos of your TED Talks, you can go to my YouTube Channel, and look for the playlist of 2017 Senior Talks.  A few of you on the first day fell prey to technology mishaps- if you presented on the first day and your video is not there, that's why.  

Also, if any of you want the hard copies of your thesis with my comments and the rubric, they are in the graded work box on my desk.  Feel free to grab yours at any point.

I will see you all at graduation- can't wait to talk about you all in my speech.  ;)

Lori

TED Prep, Final Day!  Practice and Room Setup

3/8/2017

 
Guidelines for RE-Submission of your Senior Thesis:
Once you have received your final grade for your paper, you will have the option to rewrite it based on my comments.  Your revised paper grade will REPLACE your original grade.  In order for your re-submission to be accepted, you must follow the guidelines below exactly. 
  • Deadline:  ONE WEEK after the day you received your thesis back from me.
  • Email/share with me your revised draft
  • Submit your draft together with both your previous draft and the graded rubric (put your old draft and rubric in my inbox).
  • Your final draft must demonstrate improvement between drafts
  • I will not be commenting on revised drafts, and the revised grade will replace your original grade
  • Important: Annotations on your final draft  are REQUIRED.  Feel free to highlight, underline, comment, or draw arrows to specific points made, new evidence used, new phrasing etc.  Your final grade depends in a large part on your ability to show growth between drafts in the categories I have outlined in the rubric.  Make it easy for me to see this growth with your annotations.  Even better if your comments are coded to rubric categories.  Annotate as you revise to make this easier on yourself!

Final Review:
  • TED Talk Schedule
  • Panel Schedule and Expectations
  • Cohorts after Spring Break

IMPORTANT TED TALK REMINDERS:
  1. Tech (slides)- If you are running a slideshow for visuals, email or share it with me before you present.  It's easier to run the tech off one computer so we don't have to swap the clicker tech back and forth.
  2. Professional Dress- You should be going all out here!  Look sharp and professional.  You know what that means.
  3. Breathe!  Relax!  But practice!  Have faith that you know this stuff inside and out, because you do.  But also, take the time to practice frequently so that your presentation is polished and impressive.

Room Setup:  Finish and finalize room setup for TED Talks
  1. Move music stuff to Lauren Lucky's room
  2. Sheets/curtains hung
  3. Lights arranged to highlight the speaker
  4. Posters/Schedules around the school
  5. Stage space clearly marked
  6. Speakers/Screen/Projector/Clicker found and set up for easy use
  7. Video Camera + Tripod
  8. Tables and chairs set up with tableclothes for panelists (need 6 tables for this, in 3 rows)
  9. Chairs set up for other audience members
  10. Rest of room is clean, organized, ready for TED Talks and exhibition!

TED Practice
Practice that sucker!  You should aim to practice at LEAST once a day.  And do it in front of other people. Good luck!

TED Prep, Day 7: Critiques and Revision

3/7/2017

 
Hey All- I'm out for another marathon grading today.  After only getting through 1.5 papers yesterday, I realized there was no way I'm going to finish all these in time if I'm at school.  I will be checking email a few times today, so if you have a specific question for me, please feel free to email me!  For TED talk advice, you can also talk to Ashley and Kyle.  See you tomorrow for room setup!  Let's do this!

Guidelines for RE-Submission of your Senior Thesis:

Once you have received your final grade for your paper, you will have the option to rewrite it based on my comments.  Your revised paper grade will REPLACE your original grade.  In order for your re-submission to be accepted, you must follow the guidelines below exactly. 
  • Deadline:  ONE WEEK after the day you received your thesis back from me.
  • Email/share with me your revised draft
  • Submit your draft together with both your previous draft and the graded rubric (put your old draft and rubric in my inbox).
  • Your final draft must demonstrate improvement between drafts
  • I will not be commenting on revised drafts, and the revised grade will replace your original grade
  • Important: Annotations on your final draft  are REQUIRED.  Feel free to highlight, underline, comment, or draw arrows to specific points made, new evidence used, new phrasing etc.  Your final grade depends in a large part on your ability to show growth between drafts in the categories I have outlined in the rubric.  Make it easy for me to see this growth with your annotations.  Even better if your comments are coded to rubric categories.  Annotate as you revise to make this easier on yourself!

TED Talk Critiques
Follow the protocol linked above- if no-one in your group is ready, you can skip this, but remember, the more practice you get the better, even if your talk is incomplete.  If you don't critique today, make sure to seek out critique before you TED Talk!

Revision and Practice
When you finish your critiques for the day, work on revising your TED Talk and practicing.  Seriously, PRACTICE.  This is key to success!


HOMEWORK:
Practice your TED Talk!  We are looking for polished and professional here.  If your thesis had big structural/argumentation issues, make sure to fix them in your TED talk, even if you're not revising your paper!

TED Prep, Day 6: Critiques and Revision

3/6/2017

 
Guidelines for RE-Submission of your Senior Thesis:
Once you have received your final grade for your paper, you will have the option to rewrite it based on my comments.  Your revised paper grade will REPLACE your original grade.  In order for your re-submission to be accepted, you must follow the guidelines below exactly. 
  • Deadline:  ONE WEEK after the day you received your thesis back from me.
  • Email/share with me your revised draft
  • Submit your draft together with both your previous draft and the graded rubric (put your old draft and rubric in my inbox).
  • Your final draft must demonstrate improvement between drafts
  • I will not be commenting on revised drafts, and the revised grade will replace your original grade
  • Important: Annotations on your final draft  are REQUIRED.  Feel free to highlight, underline, comment, or draw arrows to specific points made, new evidence used, new phrasing etc.  Your final grade depends in a large part on your ability to show growth between drafts in the categories I have outlined in the rubric.  Make it easy for me to see this growth with your annotations.  Even better if your comments are coded to rubric categories.  Annotate as you revise to make this easier on yourself!

Starter:  Review Cohort structure and expectations after Spring Break.  Make sure students understand:
  1. When they have to be on campus
  2. What the expectations and purpose of cohort groups are
  3. What the expectations are if students are going to be out of town

TED Talk Critiques
Follow the protocol linked above.

Revision and Practice
When you finish your critiques for the day, work on revising your TED Talk and practicing.


HOMEWORK:
Practice your TED Talk!  We are looking for polished and professional here.  If your thesis had big structural/argumentation issues, make sure to fix them in your TED talk, even if you're not revising your paper!

TED Prep, Day 5: Talk Throughs and Work Time

3/3/2017

 
Hey everyone!  I'm out today on a grading marathon- if you need me, I'll be checking email sporadically.  If I get your paper done today, I'll email you the rubric feedback at the end of the day, and then give you a hard copy on Monday.  Please follow the directions below carefully.

Guidelines for RE-Submission of your Senior Thesis:
Once you have received your final grade for your paper, you will have the option to rewrite it based on my comments.  Your revised paper grade will REPLACE your original grade.  In order for your re-submission to be accepted, you must follow the guidelines below exactly. 
  • Deadline:  ONE WEEK after the day you received your thesis back from me.
  • Email/share with me your revised draft
  • Submit your draft together with both your previous draft and the graded rubric (put your old draft and rubric in my inbox).
  • Your final draft must demonstrate improvement between drafts
  • I will not be commenting on revised drafts, and the revised grade will replace your original grade
  • Important: Annotations on your final draft  are REQUIRED.  Feel free to highlight, underline, comment, or draw arrows to specific points made, new evidence used, new phrasing etc.  Your final grade depends in a large part on your ability to show growth between drafts in the categories I have outlined in the rubric.  Make it easy for me to see this growth with your annotations.  Even better if your comments are coded to rubric categories

Starter:  Send invitation email to your TED Talk to the following people.  Make sure your email includes a polite salutation, the time and date of your TED Talk, your research question, and a brief description of what they can expect at the TED Talk
  1. Family
  2. Senior Project Advisor
  3. Any other teachers/students you would specifically like to attend
  4. CC your Humanities teacher on this email (for credit!)

Initial Feedback and Critique Scheduling
Get into the assigned groups that are on the board.  No matter where you are in your process, you should do the following:
  1. Have each person talk through their presentation in turn.  They should address:
    1. What are you thinking about for your presentation?  Where are you right now?
    2. What are you feeling good about right now- where are the strong points?
    3. What are you concerned about?  Where do you need help?
    4. Show the group your slides or your ideas for visual aids, talk them through what they mean.
    5. What kind of help do you need?  Are there questions you have that the group could help you with?
  2. After the student talks through their presentation, the group will give informal verbal feedback on their slides and their presentation ideas.
  3. The presenter should commit to an area of focus for upcoming work time.

Once every member has talked through their presentations, you should schedule your critiques for Monday and Tuesday of next week.  You can do 2-3/day, as the critique protocol should take 30 minutes.  Write on the board who is being critiqued on what day.

Revise TED Talk Slides and Outline

Take your feedback, make it better!  You’ll need a revised version for formal critiques starting on Monday.

​HOMEWORK:

You need to be ready with a complete presentation (outline of what to say + visuals) by MONDAY.  This should not be a short version of your talk- you should be aiming for the full 15 minutes.

TED Prep, Day 4: Visual Aids and TED Talk Work

3/2/2017

 
ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT RESUBMISSION:
Due to the worst snow day ever, I am a little behind in where I wanted to be with thesis grading (my 2 year old is not super helpful in giving feedback to writing...).  I will be caught up and on schedule by Monday!  


Guidelines for RE-Submission of your Senior Thesis:
Once you have received your final grade for your paper, you will have the option to rewrite it based on my comments.  Your revised paper grade will REPLACE your original grade.  In order for your re-submission to be accepted, you must follow the guidelines below exactly. 

  • Deadline:  ONE WEEK after the day you received your thesis back from me.
  • Email/share with me your revised draft
  • Submit your draft together with both your previous draft and the graded rubric (put your old draft and rubric in my inbox).
  • Your final draft must demonstrate improvement between drafts
  • I will not be commenting on revised drafts, and the revised grade will replace your original grade
  • Important: Annotations on your final draft  are REQUIRED.  Feel free to highlight, underline, comment, or draw arrows to specific points made, new evidence used, new phrasing etc.  Your final grade depends in a large part on your ability to show growth between drafts in the categories I have outlined in the rubric.  Make it easy for me to see this growth with your annotations.  Even better if your comments are coded to rubric categories

Starter: Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs  The art of the slide-based presentation - Today we'll take a close look at slides by comparing Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.  We'll also see how Bill Gates evolved over time into an excellent slide-based presenter.  

Develop TED Talks 
  1. Develop slides and outline what you want to say
  2. By the end of this time, you should aim for being done with initial slides and outline.

HOMEWORK
Finish rough draft slides/visual aids and outline of TED Talk.  You will need these ready for an initial talk-through tomorrow in class!

TED Prep, Day 3:  Library Day

3/1/2017

 
LIBRARY DAY!  9:00-11:45

Develop TED Talks

  1. Develop slides/other visual aids (if using) and outline what you want to say
  2. By the end of this time, you should aim for being roughly 50% done with initial visual aids and outline.

HOMEWORK
Get to the point where your TED Talk is about 50% (maybe even a little more!) outlined, with visual aids developed for that 50%/

TED Prep, Day 2:  SNOW DAY! (but you still have to work)

3/1/2017

 
Starter: A TED talk you've surely seen (on purpose – we care not about his message). Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?  We'll watch this with our graphic organizer.  Debrief organizer in small groups (2/3 students), share out.

TED Analysis:  In small groups, share out your TED analysis.
  1. What patterns did you see in terms of what people liked, and what was interesting?
  2. What were the verbal and non-verbal talents the presenters showed?  Share, write your top two on the board.
  3. Write the top audience interaction technique on the board
  4. What style differences did you note in your group?  What similarities?
  5. Share your different styles as presenters

Student Examples:  Watch at least half of a student example linked on my DP.  Take notes on…
  1. What was their hook?  Was it effective?  Why/why not?
  2. How did this person use positive elements of their own personality to cultivate relationships with the audience and make their talk more interesting?

Short Article: Making presentations in the TED Style.  Read this article, and pick one of the talks described to watch.  Explain why you chose that particular style, then watch it and take notes on…
  1. What stood out to you about this talk
  2. What you want to imitate from this talk
  3. 2-3 specific ideas you got from this talk

HOMEWORK:
Watch ONE MORE student example that you didn’t watch today..  Look for their hook, and how they engaged their audience!

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