Video — Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Pentatonix)

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
(Pentatonix)

This Christmas tune is from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet. The story takes place on Christmas Eve. This performance is amazing. I wonder how many hours they must have practiced for this song.

Enjoy it again.

Lesson 10 – The Story Message

The Story Message
We looked at The Story Message handout. Use this handout to:

• Organize your message (p. 57)
• Prepare your introduction (what, why, and overview) (p. 63)
• Prepare evidence (numbers and examples) for the body of your presentation (p. 70)
• Use transitions between your main points and sequencers between your numbers and examples (pp. 75, 77)
• Prepare your conclusion (summary) (p. 88)

Next Week
Prepare to give an introduction to your presentation with the what, why, and overview.

• Prepare 3-5 (or more) slides: one for each part (3 or more slides recommended for the overview).
• Use introductory phrases from p. 63.
• Practice and be ready to give your introduction next week.

Lesson 9 – Social Issue Presentation Preparation

Social Issue Speech
We are going to build up to our next speeches step by step. Next week you will give the Introduction part of your speech to a partner. First, choose your topic.

Education for immigrants in France.

Homework

For next week, prepare an outline of your talk

Also, start researching and gathering data. If you have time, begin to work on data graphics for your presentation.

Video — Indiana Jones Rocks Petra with this Arabian Classical Remix! - The Piano Guys (Wonder of the World 4 of 7)

Indiana Jones Rocks Petra with this Arabian Classical Remix!
(The Piano Guys Wonders of the World Series)

This is the fourth in the series where The Piano Guys go to one of the 7 Wonders of the World.  In this video, they go to Petra a city built into the rock in Jordan. The name Petra means rock.

Because Petra was a location in the 3rd Indian Jones movie, they use music from the soundtrack in this tune.

Enjoy the video again.


 





You can read more about the New 7 Wonders of the World in simple English here:
New 7 Wonders of the World 

Video — The Jungle Book / Sarabande (Mayan Style)

The Jungle Book / Sarabande (Mayan Style)
(The Piano Guys Wonders of the World Series)

This is the third in the series where The Piano Guys go to one of the 7 Wonders of the World.  In this video, they go to Chichén Itzá on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The most famous view is of El Castillo, a big Mayan pyramid.

The music is a medley of tunes from the soundtrack to Disney's The Jungle Book. Did you see the bear and the panther in the video? They are two main characters from the movie

Enjoy the video again.


 



You can read more about the New 7 Wonders of the World in simple English here:
New 7 Wonders of the World 

Lesson 7 – PUNCH

Today we looked at your The Next Step presentation. I gave you feedback and taught you about starting your presentations with PUNCH.

Revise and improve your presentation for next time by using the feedback, SUCCESs checklist, and PUNCH introduction.

Punch
Read more about PUNCH at the blog link below.

Presentation Zen – Start your presentation with PUNCH

Presentation punch from Daniel Beck

Video — The Mission / How Great Thou Art - The Piano Guys (Wonder of The World 2 of 7)

The Mission / How Great Thou Art 
(The Piano Guys Wonders of the World Series)

This is the second in the series where The Piano Guys go to one of the 7 Wonders of the World.  In this video, they go to the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). They also visit Iguazu Falls near the border of Argentina. 

The music is a mashup (mix) of two tunes. One is called Gabriel's Oboe. It is the most famous music from the soundtrack of the movie The Mission. The setting of the movie is at Iguazu Falls. It is a wonderful movie and I strongly recommend it. It has a beautiful theme about love (not romantic). I cry every time I see it. The other music is a Christian hymn called How Great Thou Art.

Enjoy the video again.


 

You can read more about the New 7 Wonders of the World in simple English here:
New 7 Wonders of the World 

Lesson 6 – Next Step Presentation Preparation

SUCCESS Checklist Presentation
You gave your presentation on a commercial message and evaluated the message using the SUCCESS Checklist.


Presentation Idea Report
You gave a report on your ideas for the Next Step presentation. Next week, you will share your progress with me.

Video — Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends (The Piano Guys – Wonders of the World Series)

Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends 
(The Piano Guys Wonders of the World Series)

This is the first in the series where The Piano Guys go to one of the 7 Wonders of the World.  In this video, they go to the Great Wall of China. Enjoy the video again.





You can read more about the New 7 Wonders of the World in simple English here:
New 7 Wonders of the World 

Lesson 5 – Data Visualization Upgrade and SUCCESS Report

Data Visualization Upgrade
You shared your new data visualizations. 

SUCCESS Report
You reported on the messages of two companies.

Homework

• Prepare a report presentation about the slogan(s). Use the SUCCESS checklist and find examples of commercials, posters, advertisements and how the other items from the checklist were used to make their messages sticky.
• Prepare outlines for three ideas for your The Next Step presentation. 
• A next step that was taken by you or someone else in the past.
• A next step that you or someone else should take to reach a goal.
• Advice for someone planning to take the next step.

Lesson 4 – SUCCESs (Sticky Ideas)

In this lesson, you showed your data visuals and I gave feedback. Improve your visuals or make new ones based on the feedback and on the slides I showed you. You can see those slides again in the slideshow below.

Layering Graphs from Daniel Beck

We looked at the SUCCESs acronym from the book Make It Stick by Chip and Dan Heath. 

Find a message (commercial, story, saying) and analyze it with the SUCCESs formula. You can see the slides from that presentation below.

Sticky Presentations from Daniel Beck

Video — Gangnam Style (Cover by Jayesslee on YouTube)

We watched Jayesslee's (Janice & Sonia Lee) cover of Psy's Gangnam Style. They are a talented pair of Korean-Australian twin sisters from Sydney. Enjoy it again below:

Lesson 3 – Data Visualization

First Presentation Revision
You presented again with your revised slides.


Data Visualization
I taught you about making graphs and visuals.

Data Slide Rues from Daniel Beck

Video — Cello Wars (Star Wars parody by The Piano Guys on YouTube)

The Piano Guys are my favorite YouTube artists. They have great music AND great videos. This one is a parody of my favorite movie from my childhood, Star Wars. Now people call it Episode IV (4) or A New Hope, but it was Star Wars to us when it came out. It wasn't until the stupid prequels (Episodes I, II & III) years later that those names were used.

The ideas of lightsabers, fighting ships flying across the screen, laser guns and The Force were all new and very cool. Star Wars was the first real blockbuster movie. If you wanted to see it when it came out, you might have had to wait hours and there were no reserved seats back then. It stayed in the cinemas for over a year.

I have included a modern trailer of the movie below the Piano Guys video. The original trailer was not very good. Enjoy!

Lesson 2 – First Presentation

First Presentation
You gave your first presentation and I gave you feedback. 


Images Mini-lecture
I gave a short presentation on the use of images in your presentations. We looked at negative space, the rule of thirds, and bleeding images. Try to use these concepts in your future presentations. You can review the concepts in the slideshow below.

GTB Prezo Images from Daniel Beck

Font Mini-lecture

We learned about the difference between serif fonts and sans serif fonts and other principles.

Presentations fonts from Daniel Beck

Homework
Upgrade your first presentation based on the feedback and mini-lectures.

Video – Tom Sawyer by Rush

As I told you in my self-introduction, the Canadian rock trio, Rush, is my favorite band. Geddy Lee, the bass player, is also the singer and keyboardist; Alex Lifeson is the guitar player; Neil Peart is the drummer and lyricist (writer of the words).

Rush's best-known song is Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer is the name of a famous character is American literature. Mark Twain wrote a few novels with Tom as a character who observes human nature. Tom was a boy and had a friend named Huckleberry (Huck) Finn. Huck had his own novel in which he made a raft (small flat boat) and traveled down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave.

In the introduction part of the video there is an animation with characters from South Park (a popular TV show). The characters have their own rock group called Lil' Rush. They start to play Tom Sawyer, but stop to have an argument. It's because the singer confuses Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.

In this song, Peart (the writer) thinks of himself as a "modern-day Tom Sawyer". So, this song is really about himself. I have included the lyrics (words) below the video if you would like to read them. Enjoy!






Tom Sawyer
Words: Peart    Music: Lee & Lifeson

A modern day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean, mean pride

Though his mind is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
He reserves the quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river

What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his skies are wide

Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets high on you
And the space he invades
He gets by on you

No, his mind is not for rent
To any God or government
Always hopeful yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent
But change is

What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the witness, catch the wit
Catch the spirit, catch the spit

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his eyes are wide

Exit the warrior
Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets by on you
And the energy you trade
He gets right on to the friction of the day

Lesson 01 – Orientation and CRAP Design

Welcome

Welcome to our class blog for Advanced Presentations (Academic Skills) class.

I look forward to teaching you all about presentations in the coming term.

First Assignment

Give a short presentation about yourself.

Prepare slides to present on your own laptop next week.

You can use your own photographs. You can also use graphics from the Internet. If you know how to credit the source, include that.

Your presentation should include:

1. Name
2. Academic background (current & previous majors also)
3. Academic interests
4. Personal information (family, hometown, interests)

Make a title slide and practice using contrast.

In your presentation software, open a new file.

Make a title slide with the following points.

• Title
• Subtitle
• Name
• Major
• School
• Date

Use the CRAP principles to design your title slide.

You can review the CRAP presentation and the Images presentation again below.

GTB Presentation Design 1 CRAP from Daniel Beck