
LESSON 4: How to Improve Presentational Skills
Introduction
The fourth lesson covers presentational skills needed to do well on the Decades Project. For this lesson, you will work on your final presentation. You will first watch a multimedia presentation on improving presentational skills. Then you will read the corresponding readings. Next, you complete the presentational skills assignment and participate in the discussion question for presentational skills. Finally, you will complete the brief presentational skills quiz to check your skills!
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
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Develop a script.
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Develop a multimedia presentation.
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Assess and select appropriate visual aids.
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Perform practice presentations.

MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION

The multimedia presentation will talk about the objectives to improve presentational skills and go over the learning activities for this lesson. If you would like more information on different presentational methods, please complete the readings below. If you would like to practice your presentational skills, please complete the activities below.
READINGS
Eggleston, Steve. "Key Steps to an Effective Presentation." Stephen Eggleston. 2013. Web. 25 Mar. 2016. <http://seggleston.com/1/writing-and-communications/key-steps>.
"Preparing a Multimedia Presentation." Senior High School. Web. 25 Mar. 2016. <http://www.basdk12.org/Page/7288>.
"Presentation Tips." Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology. Web. 25 Mar. 2016. <http://www.washington.edu/doit/presentation-tips-0>.
"Select Appropriate Media." Archive of Learning Design Instructional Guides. Web. 25 Mar. 2016. <http://archive.tlt.psu.edu/learningdesign/multimedia/selectmedia.html>.


Introduction
For the fourth assignment, you will create a website to show off the final products of your Decades Project multimedia presentation. Once your script is complete, you will add the transcript to your website. Once your multimedia presentation is complete, you will add it to a different page. Once you select visual aid components, you will add them to your website on a different page, explaining why you chose them. On a fourth page, you will annotate various presentation practice sessions and talk about how your group mates came across issues and solved them.
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ASSIGNMENT

DISCUSSION QUESTION




