About+me+project

=Aims=
 * to plan and create a presentation about yourself
 * to learn ‘fitness for purpose’ when using text, images and other ways to enhance a presentation
 * to learn how to adapt a presentation for a specific audience
 * to evaluate the presentation

=Tasks=


 * Task 1 || Organise the structure of your presentation ||
 * Task 2 || Insert appropriate images into your presentation ||
 * Task 3 || Choose an appropriate slide design and colour scheme. ||
 * Task 4 || Insert appropriate sounds and animations. ||
 * Task 5 || Why use bullet lists to present information ||
 * Task 6 || Create a 2nd version for a different audience. ||
 * Task 7 || Evaluate your finished presentation. ||

Task 1
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 * Your job is to produce a Powerpoint presentation about yourself that you will present to the rest of the class when it is complete.
 * Look at this presentation by a student called [|Pat]. Do you think this is a good presentation? What will you do in your presentation after watching this one?
 * Plan your presentation
 * What will be on each slide
 * What information do you want to give people about yourself
 * Your name
 * What is your home country
 * What is your home country famous for
 * What languages do you speak, what does your language look like
 * Who are the members of your family
 * What are your hobbies
 * Do you have any pets
 * Favourite music
 * What else would you like to put in your presentation
 * Create at least 10 slides with headings so that you know the order of your presentation
 * Format the text so that your presentation has the look that you want
 * Save your work in the correct place - Your teacher will help you with this.

Task 2
=Images=

Objectives
Today you will learn:
 * Choose appropriate images
 * Search for images using the clipart gallery
 * Search for images using google image advanced search
 * Learn about choosing images suitable for a particular audience and purpose.

I am looking for you to:
 * Add more text to your slides
 * Insert at least one clipart image
 * Insert at least one image from the internet

Activities
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 * 1) Discuss different image types - vector and bitmap - use [|ppt]
 * 2) Watch a demo by your teacher on how to do an image search using clipart. Then insert some appropriate images into your presentation
 * 3) Demo inserting a saved image (Insert image from file)
 * 4) Demo an image search using Google image search

Task 3
=Fonts, colours, sizes and styles=

Objectives
Today you will learn:
 * learn about choosing appropriate fonts and colours
 * learn about some of the 'rules' which apply to fonts and colours in publications

I am looking for you to:
 * insert appropriate images into your presentation
 * choose the best font styles, sizes and colours

Activities
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 * 1) Look again at the presentation by [|Pat]. What is good use of colour?
 * 2) View [|presentation] of explanation of fonts, colours, sizes etc.

Task 4
=Sounds and animations= Today you will learn:
 * learn how sound and animations can be used to enhance a presentation
 * Learn how to insert animations and sound into your presentation

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 * insert appropriate sounds and animations into your presentation

Task 5
=Bullet Lists=

Objectives

 * We will look at what is a bullet list
 * We will try to understand when to use a bullet list...
 * ...and when not to use one.

Activities
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 * Look at your teacher's example of how to make a bullet list
 * Decide if your presentation would be better with some information in a bullet list

Task 6
=Preparing a presentation for a certain audience=

Activities
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 * Look at your presentation, how is it suitable for the audience of the rest of your class?
 * Prepare another version of your presentation, but this time for Mr Murray and Mrs Jackson (very serious people)
 * How is your presentation different?

Task 7
=Assessment=

Your presentation will be assessed like this:-

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 * **Below average** || **Good** || **Excellent** ||
 * I have created a presentation with one slide || I have created a presentation with more than one slide || I have planned what slides I needed for my presentation and created more than one of them ||
 * I have added some text to a slide || I have added appropriate text to my slide || I have added appropriate text to my slides and formatted it to enhance my presentation ||
 * I have added an image to my slide || I have added appropriate images to a slide || I have added appropriate images to my slides and provided the source of web images ||
 * I have used colour on my slide || I have used appropriate colours on my slide || I have used appropriate colours in my slides and used background colours and text colours ||
 * I have used an animation on my slide || I have used appropriate animations on some of my slides || I have used appropriate animations on some of my slides and explained why have chosen them ||
 * I have made some changes to my presentation to make it better || I have evaluated my presentation to make sure it was suitable for the intended audience || I have changed the style and content of my presentation and delivered it using a mixture of text, images and spoken words to engage the audience ||