Assignment for L&S classes

1. Image: “World Map” by Marilyn Wright on Flickr (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martyn404/5203873918
in 5 slides
Country Overviews

2. Brainstorming &
Making Research Questions
What

3. country

4. do

5. you

6.
want

7. to

8. learn

9. about?
What

10. aspects

11. of

12. that

13.
this is the stock image on the Keynote template master
country

14. do

15. you

16. want

17.
to

18. learn

19. about?
What

20. do

21. your

22.
classmates

23. want

24. to

25.
hear

26. about?

27. Topics
Geography
People
Languages
Different aspects of
culture
Traditional vs.
Modern
Government
Image: “2007 Powwow” by Smithsonian Institution
from Flickr / No copyright restrictions
Current Events
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2550183677/

28. Balance
Too much writing makes it a report.
We’re not looking for a report here.
Reports are dull and, to be honest,
nobody really wants to read them, do
they? If your presentations are all
words, words, words, it’s like having to
sit and listen to a lecture. How dull is
that? Sure, some people can lecture in an
interesting way, but they are few and far between.
So what we’re looking for in this project is a
balance between words and pictures.
The other reason that we’re not looking for a
report for this assignment is because when students
get assigned a “report”, their first instict is to
go off to Wikipedia and just copy down the
Choose your images well
information. I’m sure everyone has been in a class
when a student starts reading (with head down) from
a notebook -- or worse straight from the printed
Wikipedia page -- and doesn’t look up until she’s
finished Ugh! And then there’s the content of the
report, if anyone’s still listening. Who cares what
the population of Malaysia is? It’s all so
decontextualized. If anyone really wants to know
the population of Malaysia, they’ll just Google it.
UGH again! If I have to listen to another “report”
like that, I think I’ll go jump off a bridge.
So, back to the purpose of overviews like this. Think about
why you’re doing it. Think about what your classmates want
to hear. Make connections. Make it interesting. Think of
yourself as a diplomat, a “gateway” into your topic. Your
job is to make people care about what you care about.

29. Balance
Too much writing makes it a report.
We’re not looking for a report here.
Reports are dull and, to be honest,
nobody really wants to read them, do
they? If your presentations are all
Where did
words, words, words, it’s like having to
sit and listen to a lecture. How dull is
the images
that? Sure, some people can lecture in an
interesting way, but they are few and far between.
come from?
So what we’re looking for in this project is a
balance between words and pictures.
The other reason that we’re not looking for a
report for this assignment is because when students
get assigned a “report”, their first instict is to
go off to Wikipedia and just copy down the
Choose your images well
information. I’m sure everyone has been in a class
when a student starts reading (with head down) from
a notebook -- or worse straight from the printed
Wikipedia page -- and doesn’t look up until she’s
finished Ugh! And then there’s the content of the
report, if anyone’s still listening. Who cares what
the population of Malaysia is? It’s all so
decontextualized. If anyone really wants to know
the population of Malaysia, they’ll just Google it.
UGH again! If I have to listen to another “report”
like that, I think I’ll go jump off a bridge.
So, back to the purpose of overviews like this. Think about
why you’re doing it. Think about what your classmates want
to hear. Make connections. Make it interesting. Think of
yourself as a diplomat, a “gateway” into your topic. Your
job is to make people care about what you care about.

30. Image attribution
http://search.creativecommons.org/#

31. Image: “Bo” by Joi Ito
from Fotopedia: http://www.fotopedia.com/
items/flickr-2569341936
How should I
make the slides?

32. Prezi
Google
Keynote
presentations
Powerpoint
Pen and paper
Image: “Bo” by Joi Ito
from Fotopedia: http://www.fotopedia.com/
items/flickr-2569341936
How should I
make the slides?

33. Powerpoint
How should I
Keynote make the slides?
from Fotopedia: http://www.fotopedia.com/
items/flickr-2569341936
Google Image: “Bo” by Joi Ito
presentations
Prezi
or if you have another idea...
Pen and paper

34. Powerpoint
How should I
Keynote make the slides?
from Fotopedia: http://www.fotopedia.com/
items/flickr-2569341936
Google Image: “Bo” by Joi Ito
presentations
Prezi
Try it!
or if you have another idea...
Pen and paper

35. Powerpoint
How should I
Keynote make the slides?
from Fotopedia: http://www.fotopedia.com/
items/flickr-2569341936
Google Image: “Bo” by Joi Ito
presentations
Have fun! Learn! Share!
Prezi
Try it!
or if you have another idea...
Pen and paper