– Week 5 – Discussion 1

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.
 

Mock     Action Research Proposal Presentation

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 As you prepare for your Final Project, take this opportunity to create a mock presentation using PowerPoint, or other professional presentation software and present your action research proposal to your peers through Jing, Present.me, or PowerPoint to create your presentation with both a visual and audio component.
 

Your visual presentation must include all nine components of the action research plan and follow the guidelines for creating effective presentations as discussed in the required and recommended video tutorials located in the recommended and required readings section.
 

In order to ensure your viewers experience the full effect of your mock proposal, it is imperative that your voice and a visual presentation complement each other as you explain all nine of its components.  Therefore, it is a requirement you include the video component with audio as you share your action research proposal.
 

You must keep your presentation under five minutes.  Keep in mind, the emphasis is more on you and your ability to share your knowledge, heart, and passion about your topic, while leading your viewers through the nine components of your mock action research proposal.  Your visual presentation will provide the main points of each of the nine components, as you follow the seven by seven rule.  But your oral complement will elaborate to fill in the blanks between those main points.  Thus, you will have the opportunity to provide all the details, important information, and passion behind it to your audience verbally.  This will not only appeal to both visual and auditory learners, simultaneously, it will make your presentation more enjoyable and enriching for both you and your viewers.  Include a link to your presentation or attach it to your discussion post.

Guided Response: View and respond to at least two peers.  As you move through the forum, if you see that some classmates’ posts do not have any posted responses, please view their video and respond so everyone receives feedback.  Provide each other with the following constructive feedback: Areas of strength regarding their action research plan      itself Areas of strength regarding their presentation (think of      the tutorial tips) Pose a question regarding what you saw and heard in      their presentation.  Were there any components that were not entirely      clear?  Make a recommendation for improving or enhancing an      element of their work so as to be better prepared for their final action      research proposal project.

*It is expected you follow-up by the last day of the week to provide a secondary response to any comments or questions your instructor may have provided.  This is part of the grading criteria as a demonstration of critical thinking.

Carefully review the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate this Discussion Thread.