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