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Lesson 14 – Final Presentations

Final Presentations
Leave feedback for your classmates on their presentations.

Final Presentations Feedback Form

Video — What Makes You Beautiful (The Piano Guys Cover of One Direction)

What Makes You Beautiful 
(The Piano Guys Cover of One Direction)

I wonder how much practice they must have done to make this video. Enjoy it again!

Lesson 13 – Practice

You had the opportunity to practice your presentations and get feedback. Next week, we will have our Final Presentations.

Video — Mary, Did You Know? (Petatonix)

Mary, Did You Know? is a Christmas song written in 1991. It has become a popular song for artists to cover. Maybe the best version so far is the one recorded this year by Pentatonix, a popular YouTube artist. Enjoy the video again. I have included the lyrics below the video.

Merry Christmas!

Mary, did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water?

Mary, did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters?

Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?

This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you.

Mary, did you know that your baby boy would give sight to a blind man?

Mary, did you know that your baby boy would calm a storm with his hand?

Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?

And when you kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God.

The blind will see, the deaf will hear and the dead will live again.

The lame will leap, the mute will speak, the praises of the Lamb.

Mary, did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?

Mary, did you know that your baby boy will one day rule the nations?

Did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?

This sleeping child you're holding is the great I AM.

Lesson 12 – Q&A

Q & A
We learned about preparing for the question and answer (Q&A) session.

Presentation Q&A from Daniel Beck

Save the last 30-60 seconds to make your final point. You might say something like:

"If you only remember one thing from my presentation, please remember that …"

After that, pause, and then say "Thank you."


Handouts
You should not give a PDF of your slides as the handout. 

• Design handouts separately in a word processor program.
• Handouts should complement your slides (they should not copy them in design or information).
• Handouts can have details and be text-centered.
• Include your list of sources on the handout.
• Handouts should follow CRAP principles.

Read these blog posts by Garr Reynolds about handouts:

Handouts can set you free
"Slideuments" and the catch-22 for conference speakers

Video — Angels We Have Heard on High (The Piano Guys)

Angels We Have Heard on High
(The Piano Guys)

Now that Thanksgiving is finished, we can listen to Christmas music! This is a classic Christmas song with a twist by the Piano Guys. They use many GoPro cameras and a drone (indoors!).

Enjoy it again (except for the 3rd period class. We didn't have time during the class, so enjoy it for the first time!).

Lesson 11 – Images, Fonts, and Organization

Images
I gave a short lesson on using images well in your presentations. We looked at negative space, the rule of thirds, bleeding, and image size. You can review these principles with the slideshow below.

Prezo Design 2 Images from Daniel Beck

Fonts
I also gave a short lesson on fonts. You can review the slides below.

Presentations fonts from Daniel Beck

Organization
I gave a handout that we looked at. Use it as a resource to help you prepare.


Final Presentations
Continue to build your presentations. 

• Length: 12 minutes (includes Q&A time)
• Use the SUCCESs Checklist to build your message
• Use the CRAP, Images, and Fonts presentations to help your slide design.
• Use phrases and gestures and voice inflection from the handout.

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 – Next Step Presentations (FINAL)

Next Step Presentations (FINAL)
Leave feedback for your classmates on their presentations. Focus on the PUNCH. Be as specific as possible with your feedback.

Next Step Presentations Feedback Form

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 

Lesson 9 – PUNCH and Revisions

PUNCH and Revisions
You had time in class to work on your PUNCH introductions. You also received feedback that you can use to improve your presentations. Next week, you will give your presentation again.

Homework
Go to TED.com and evaluate another new presentation. Choose any presentation you like. Watch the first five minutes carefully and evaluate the presenter’s introduction. 

Use the link below to give your evaluation.

TED Talk Evaluation Form – SUCCESs Version

Video — The Jungle Book / Sarabande (Mayan Style) – (Wonder of The World 3 of 7)

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 8 – Next Step Presentations 1

Next Step Presentations 1
You gave the 1st delivery of your Next Step presentations. Use the feedback form below to help your classmates improve their presentations.

Feedback Form for Next Step Presentation 1


After you receive feedback on your presentations, use the feedback to help you improve your presentations. Also, consider taking video of yourself presenting so you can see what you are doing.


PUNCH
I gave a mini-lecture on beginning your presentation well with PUNCH. Read more about PUNCH at the blog link below.

Presentation Zen – Start your presentation with PUNCH

You can also use the PUNCH slides from our lesson.

Presentation punch from Daniel Beck

Homework
Go to TED.com and evaluate another new presentation. Choose any presentation you like. Watch the first five minutes carefully and evaluate the presenter’s visual message. 

Use the link below to give your evaluation.

TED Talk Evaluation Form – SUCCESs Version

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 7 – Next Step Preparation

You had time to work on your presentations and to get some feedback from classmates. 

Presentation (first take)
Next week, you will give a presentation on Taking the Next Step. You will receive feedback from classmates and me and use that to improve your presentations to give again later.

Use the SUCCESs checklist to improve your ideas.

• Simple
• Unexpected
• Concrete
• Credible
• Emotional
• Story

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 6 – SUCCESs Report and The Next Step

SUCCESs Report
You gave your presentation using the SUCCESs checklist to evaluate a message.


The Next Step
You shared your three ideas for your The Next Step presentations.


Homework
Use the SUCCESs checklist to prepare for each of your three ideas.

Use Google Docs. Follow the steps:

1. Sign in / log in to Google Drive.
2. Click on NEW.
3. Choose GOOGLE DOCS. 
4. In the top left box, give your document the title: 
5. your full name + ASP + L6 Homework (Taro Suzuki's ASP L6 Homework)
6. Write your ideas down. 
7. Due 11/15 21:59 

Begin to prepare a presentation on one of your ideas. You can change your idea, but you must keep the theme.



Please consider signing up for the Oshiba Speech Contest. It is on the same theme and this class will prepare you. Also, I can coach you.

Video — I Won't Give Up (Jayesslee Cover of Jason Mraz)

I Won't Give Up (Jayesslee Cover of Jason Mraz)
Jayesslee is the artist who sang the Gangnam Style cover we watched before. Jayesslee means J S Lee. Their names are Janice (Jay for J) and Sonia (Ess for S) and their last name is Lee. I love their harmonies. It must have been difficult to perform this on one take at the beach.

See the lyrics below the video.

I Won't Give Up

Jason Mraz

When I look into your eyes
It's like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
There's so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you've come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul?

Well I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love, I'm still looking up

And when you're needing your space, to do some navigating
I'll be here patiently waiting, to see what you find

'Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We've got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth it
No, I won't give up

I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use
The tools and gifts we got yeah, we got a lot at stake
And in the end, you're still my friend at least we did intend
For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn
We had to learn how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I've got, and what I'm not and who I am

I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up, still looking up.

I won't give up on us (no I'm not giving up)
God knows I'm tough enough (I am tough, I am loved)
We've got a lot to learn (we're alive, we are loved)
God knows we're worth it (and we're worth it)

I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love, I'm still looking up

Lesson 5 – Sticky Ideas

Sticky Ideas
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

Homework

• Find an advertising campaign and analyze it with the SUCCESs checklist. Make a short presentation on your findings in the next lesson.
• 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.

Video — Mission Impossible (The Piano Guys featuring Lindsey Stirling)

We watched the Piano Guys play Mission Impossible, a popular TV show turned into a movie series. This time they were joined by another YouTube star, Lindsey Stirling. She is known for playing violin while dancing. Enjoy it again below:

Lesson 4 – Layering

In this lesson, you showed your data visuals and I gave feedback. 

I showed you some more ideas about layering. You can see those slides again in the slideshow below.

Layering Graphs from Daniel Beck

Next week we will begin to look at preparing your message.

Homework
Go to TED.com and evaluate a new presentation. Choose any presentation you like. Watch the first five minutes carefully and evaluate the presenter’s visual message. 

Use the link below to give your evaluation.

TED Talk Evaluation Form

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

Slide Revisions
We looked at the revisions you made for your slides.

Data Visualization Slides
We looked at the slides you made to visually show data.

Data Slide Rues from Daniel Beck

Homework
1. Revise your first slideshow based on the feedback from class.

2. Revise your data visual slides.

3. Go to TED.com and evaluate one presentation. Choose any presentation you like. Watch the first five minutes carefully and evaluate the presenter’s visual message. 

Use the link below to give your evaluation.

TED Talk Evaluation Form

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!