Your group will present a summary of one chapter in the textbook.

The purpose of this assignment is to (a) give learners a full exposure to the material within the text, (b) allow members to experience team-tasking and diversity in close interpersonal interaction with other students, and (c) provide an opportunity for learners to apply critical skills and creative solutions to the presentation of course content.

It is intended to be a fun, innovative assignment.  Emphasis is on creativity and clarity.  Keep those dual goals in mind: Creativity and Clarity.

TCP Project

Text Presentation Project

Monterey Peninsula College

Professor: Daniel S. Fox, Ph.D.

Task:

• Your group will present all or part of the text chapter in an INNOVATIVE manner, and then quiz the class on their comprehension of the material. 
• This assignment entails: (1) creating a written summary of the core concepts and principles in one chapter of the text, and (2) developing a creative presentation of selected core ideas.

Written Summary:

• Product:  The group will provide a one-sheet, 1-2 page summary of the content of the chapter to every student in the class.  It may be a two-sided sheet, but the font size may be no less than 10 pt. and no more than 12 pt.
• This sheet should not be given out to classmates until after the group presentation and after the quiz.
• The Summary should contain as many of the core concepts in the chapter as possible, be in the same order as the chapter, and include complete sentences in its outline.

Group Presentation:

• The presentation should be between 15-20 minutes, and should demonstrate appropriate presentational strategies and practices, such as the use of:

a.      presentation aids (i.e., overheads, handouts, poster board),

b.     a clearly organized presentation (i.e., preview, body of main points, and a summary), and

c.      clear delivery (articulation, pronunciation, volume, pitch, rate, eye-contact, appropriate use of gestures and movement).

• Any combination of presentational strategies may be used, including those which involve the audience, use various media, or utilize dramatic/theatrical modes; how this is done is entirely up the group.
• However, MS PowerPoint should be used as the one of the visual aid tools.  A copy of the PowerPoint presentation should be provided to the instructor at the end, along with the group chapter summary.
• The emphasis is on innovation and clarity.   Note: the presentation that is dry, ho-hum, non-interactive, and plainly an “essay on legs” will receive significantly lower marks.  It takes little effort to merely read the content of the summary sheet to the rest of the class.  The challenge here is to get out of the typical, frequently ineffective modes of communication. 

Link to organizational templates in Power Point.