Unsolved Mysteries - Presentation Part (TIME TO BE CREATIVE!)
Put your "Creative Hats" on - you need them! You have 2 weeks (NOT IN-CLASS TIME) to investigate your unsolved mystery as the television series, "Unsolved Mysteries" will be airing following this time. In that time, you will need to do a full investigation and complete the multi-media task (of your choice) "Unsolved Mysteries" needs for air time. Of course you know that time is precious and must be used carefully and efficiently. I am certain that you will do everything possible to make Unsolved Mysteries, and most importantly, YOU, proud of your work and what you have accomplished.
Which type of multi-media are you choosing? PowerPoint... Presentation (video 3 minutes)... Presentation (live 3 minutes)... Visual Display. Technology has to be used in some way in your presentation - even if it is pictures up while you are doing your skit. If you worked with your team - YOU are still presenting your own findings, someone else should not be telling about your mystery unless it is written in the skit that way (playing the role of "expert"... "eyewitness" ... "reporter" ... etc. When presenting, do NOT JUST READ your material - you need to present it to us... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE - DO NOT JUST READ YOUR SLIDES TO US!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!! (This is me begging... could you tell?) Also, do not just COPY-AND-PASTE what you find - summarize and give us the main points/details.
Remember - this is not a copy-and-paste kind of project... this requires thinking, problem-solving, and reasoning on your part. You should be able to explain yourself without a doubt. You are being given a 'head-start' on the resources for this project. You may do your own investigating... do not rely only on this site to help you.
Be creative in your presentation method - what would you want to see/hear from a presenter? Would you bore yourself? If so, change the plan - you are in control. Think back to the samples in class - how did they catch the audience's attention. Be creative - do not settle for mediocre. Have fun!
Presentation DOs:
1. SPEAK UP loud and clear - we ALL want to be able to hear you! If you are making a movie - speak up so we can hear you.
2. Your VOICE TONE should vary... don't just have a monotone (flat, same sounding) voice, sound excited, mysterious, ridiculous, confident, etc.
3. Have GOOD EYE CONTACT with your audience - if you are making a movie, this should already be done.
4. KNOW YOUR MYSTERY - you should know your mystery inside and out. Summarize your findings ... absolutely do not just copy-and-paste everything you read onto your slide, that is a HUGE NO-NO!! Plus, nobody wants to listen to you read!! You should be able to keep it fairly simple and to the point. Tell the main things - do not read everything!! Reading everything says you did not put in time and effort to do your best work!!! you should know the facts and details already. If you have studied your mystery and practiced your presentation (multiple times), you should be prepared.
5. ENTERTAIN your audience... would you want to see/listen to your presentation? If you wouldn't, then what makes you think your teacher/classmates do? Liven it up, make it exciting, engaging, and entertaining. This project has a lot of opportunity for some fun, silliness, creepiness, and creativity - it is up to you to make it that way.
Presentation DON'Ts:
1. TALK SOFTLY so nobody in the room can hear you. You have important things to say, be heard. Speak out - a 'presentation voice' is not the same as a 'conversation voice'.
2. Speak MONOTONE without emotion. If you sound bored, then your audience will be bored.
3. STARE AT THE COMPUTER or STARE AT YOUR PAPER. Do not stare at your paper, especially if you have raised it over your mouth - then we can't see you or hear you. Do not stare at the computer monitor - then your back is to us, we probably can't hear you then either.
4. BE UNPREPARED with your presentation. You should not have copied-and-pasted information from the Internet onto your screen or paper. Even worse, now you are going to try to read it to us when you don't really even know what it says, you don't know how to pronounce any words, everything on the page is unfamiliar - BAD, BAD, BAD.
5. BORE YOUR AUDIENCE during your presentation. Be prepared, be exciting, be mysterious, be in the moment.
Quick Click Review
Below is a quick look at all the pieces/sites to this Unsolved Mysteries WebQuest. You should be able to follow your way through each page, but if you need to hop directly to a page, check out each statement below. Find the clipboard on each page, use should see these statements and should be able to navigate your way around.
--> I need to listen to the video explanation again, click here!
--> I need to re-read the introduction, click here!
--> I need to look over the 5 explanations (background, theories: reasonable and unreasonable, what still remains a mystery, my own theory, click here!
--> I need to check out the presentation part again - along with the "Dos" and "Don'ts" list, click here!
--> I need to get a look at those mysteries again, click here!