If there is no access to the technology needed for this lesson, try the following options:
Mini Lesson: Instead of showing students the sample presentation using a LCD projector, print out copies of the presentation for students to view or display the presentation on tranparencies using an overhead projector.
Student Activity: If there is no access to computers for students, instruct students to complete the Storyboard handout for each slide of their presentations. If there is no access to the Internet, insruct students to focus on the text and colors for each slide first, and go back later to add pictures and other visual elements.
Objectives
Students will learn how to create a persuasive multimedia presentation.
Students will apply this skill to creating visuals for their group multi-media presentation.
The class will watch a sample PowerPoint presentation. Students will volunteer to read a sample letter while looking at the sample presentation. The class will assess it according to the criteria laid out in the presentation rubric. Students will learn how to use PowerPoint to create effective multimedia presentations. They will storyboard their PowerPoint slides using their oral presentation notes as a guide. They will work in their groups to begin their PowerPoint presentations.
Focusing Question
How do you create a persuasive multimedia presentation?
Mini Lesson
Using PowerPoint (10 min.)
Introduce the focusing question that guides this lesson. Connect this question to the previous lesson.
Explain to students that they will create a PowerPoint presentation to correspond to their oral presentation.
Introduce students to the basics of creating visual presentations on PowerPoint. Show the Guide to PowerPoint. Use the Guide to Powerpoint to guide students through the basics of PowerPoint. Focus on how to save presentations and how to add background colors, text boxes, and images.
Distribute Handout 5.2a: Storyboard.
Show students the sample storyboard. Explain to students that the storyboard illustrates how to organize a presentation. Tell students that they need to find five images to accompany their text (one image per slide.) Note: The sources slide does not need an image.
Explain to students that they will create a six-slide multimedia presentation. Instruct students to create six slides with the following headings:
Introduction
Supporting historical evidence
Supporting current events, facts, statistics
The other side - and why you disagree
Conclusion
Sources (plus their names, school, and grade)
Distribute Handout 5.2b: Presentation Rubric.
Discuss with students the criteria for creating a PowerPoint presentation. Ask students to pay attention to these questions while they create their PowerPoint presentations.
Does it have an appropriate amount of text?
Does it have appropriate visual images?
Does it have a balance of images and text?
Does it clearly note all the sources?
Review the sample rubric with students. Ask students to read the “4” category on the rubric for each element of the presentation.
Show students a sample presentation. Ask students to score one slide of the presentation in each category on the rubric.
Students should plan their slides using Handout 5.2a: Storyboard.
Explain to students that they should collaborate to create each slide of the presentation. Each student will use the computer to create the slide that illustrates his or her part of the oral presentation. The other students should provide suggestions and assistance.
Direct students to use computers. Instruct students to open PowerPoint and begin creating the six-slide PowerPoint presentation.
Explain to students where to save their presentations.
Today, you are going to begin creating your multimedia presentations to go along with your group oral presentations.
You will use the Storyboard handout to plan out each slide of your presentation. If you need assistance using PowerPoint, open the Guide to PowerPoint on the Step 5 page of the Constitution Today website.
The Presentation Rubric outlines all of the elements of a good multimedia presentation. Let's review the categories on the rubric and what you need to do to get a 4 in each category.
Let's look at a sample presentation so that we can identify what makes an effective multimedia presentation. Score each slide of the presentation according to the rubric.
Now you will create your multimedia presentations. Remember to save your presentation to the appropriate place with the appropriate name. Save your presentations periodically in case you have problems with the computer.
As you create your presentation, think about the following:
Does it have an appropriate amount of text?
Does it have appropriate visual images?
Does it have a balance of images and text?
Does it clearly note all of the sources you used?
Student Activity
Create the Multimedia Presentation (30 min.)
Students should work in their group to create the six slides they will need for their presentation. Students should make sure to save their presentation in the appropriate place before they begin.
After they have completed typing the heading in each slide, inform students that they can use images from the Image Bank located on the student website in Step 5: Build Consensus or search for images using Google Images http://images.google.com/.
Explain to students that they have a limited amount of time to create their presentations. It is important that they do not spend too much time on any one slide. They will have about 5 minutes for each slide. Remind students that the slides should complement their oral presentation, not replace it. Guide students to use the appropriate amount of text on each slide. Note: Students will tend to spend a lot of time creating the first slide. Encourage them to set up the six slides first, inputting headings and text. This will help them budget their time appropriately. Monitor the groups closely to make sure that none of the groups fail to create six slides. Every five minutes make sure students are moving on to the next slide.
Monitor group discussions. Observe students creating their presentations. Encourage students to work on each slide together.
If necessary, limit the number of slides that students will complete during this class period and complete the activity over two class periods.
Lesson Summary
How do you create a persuasive multimedia presentation? (5 min.)
Revisit the focusing question.
Ask students to share their strategies for creating their multimedia presentations.
Review with students some key components of a PowerPoint slide.
Homework Activity: Explain to students that they should finish their storyboards for the presentation if they have not completed them in class. Students should storyboard their own individual parts of their scripts.
How do you create an effective multimedia presentation? Sample Responses: It is important to plan out the presentation before you begin. Using the Storyboard helped our group to get a clear idea of what kinds of pictures we would use on each slide. This way we would not have the same information on each slide.
My group created each slide together. We each had control of a different part of each slide. One person chose the color. Another person wrote the words. Someone else chose the picture.
Assessment
Use the multimedia presentation to assess students’ ability to work collaboratively in groups.
Use the storyboards to assess students’ understanding of how to plan the visual elements of a multimedia presentation.
