Discussion ideas

 In RC220a, there are 3 discussion questions:

• Discussion - Engaging a narrative
• Discussion - Engaging an object
• Discussion - Engaging a practice

PowerPoint Presentation Tips

PowerPoint slideshows should enhance your presentation, not detract from it. Here are a few simple tips to start you on the right track.

1. INTRO SLIDE: Title of presentation, date, presenter name
2. OUTLINE SLIDE:
   1. Main points of what you will talk about
   2. Then follow the structure you’ve laid out
   3. Start broad, finish specific
   4. Rank Information (What NEEDS to go on the slide)
   5. Simplify
3. CONTENT SLIDES:
   1. Cover detailed information based on your outline
   2. As many slides as you need, as many as 1-2 per minute
   3. Remember PowerPoint is more visual than verbal: “a picture is worth a thousand words”
4. FINAL SLIDE:
   1. Audience will likely take away the last thing you say
   2. So make a point to have the last slide be meaningful
      • provide contact information for followup?
      • pose a question for discussion?
      • finish with a joke/or light hearted conclusion?
5. SLIDE TYPES:
   1. TEXT:
      • Bullet points, not complete sentences
      • 4-6 points per page
      • No large blocks of text, audience stops listening, and reads
      • Helps the audience focus on what you are saying
   2. IMAGES:
      • Avoid clip art… everyone has seen it before, lacks emphasis
      • Images should be good: not pixilated, out of focus, too dark
      • Cropped to remove distractions
   3. GRAPHS/DIAGRAMS:
      • Make them as simple as possible
      • To be grasped in just a few moments, not studied at length
6. DESIGN ISSUES:
1. TEMPLATES:
   • Use a consistent background and layout for all slides
   • The template sets the tone of your presentation
   • choose it carefully
   • Avoid really bright backgrounds, or cluttered layouts
2. FONTS:
   • Choose two at most, nothing cursive or ornamental
   • Stick to sans-serif fonts, for legibility
   • Minimum of 18 point, 20 to 24 is better
   • Main points/titles bigger than subpoints/content
3. COLOR:
   • High contrast dark on light, or light on dark
   • Use color with care, to emphasize your talk
   • Avoid extremely bright colors, hot pink, neon orange, acid green
   • Do not combine red/green, yellow/purple, or blue/orange
4. ANIMATION:
• Use sparingly, and be consistent
• Avoid distracting or annoying sound effects

Source: MGT6110 Week 3: https://worldclass.regis.edu/d2l/le/content/146299/viewContent/4009955/View 

Discussion to reflect Jesuit Value

One of the central elements of Regis education is reflection. It’s an essential component of the Jesuit experience—reflection—action educational paradigm. That is, in Jesuit education, we work hard to learn material and experience something new, to reflect upon that experience or information and how it has shaped us, and to look to understand how we ought now to act in light of that. In this question (and future questions like it), we are asking you to pause and engage in deep reflection.

Source: RC220b Week 1

https://worldclass.regis.edu/d2l/le/content/188558/viewContent/4037631/View 

Class discussion leader activity

 Collectively, each group is responsible for the following:

Create a VoiceThread presentation, within which your group makes a PowerPoint and utilizes the audio or video function to present the key takeaways from your assigned chapters.

Presentations should cover the main ideas and key terminology from your assigned chapters. What do you find to be the most important information from that chapter? Focus primarily on the best practices chapter (chapters 3, 5 or 7) and use the examples/case studies chapter (chapters 4, 6 or 8) as supplementary material to highlight and apply what you learned. After watching your VoiceThread, we should have a good sense of the key ideas, lessons and terms from that chapter.

Throughout your presentation, pose 3-4 discussion questions for your classmates to discuss. Some questions should be factual, asking fellow students to summarize main point(s) of the readings, and others should be open-ended, asking students to share their interpretations and opinions of the topic as it was presented by the group.

Feel free to introduce resources or examples beyond what is in the textbook (though this is not required). Please cite any additional sources on the slides in APA format. For APA guidance see library resources.

Please treat this as a professional presentation – your preparation, familiarity with the subject and professionalism matter. There is no number of slides or time requirement; be thorough but remember that more doesn’t always equal better (pick what you think are the most important elements to highlight and explain).

Please create your VoiceThread in the appropriate week’s module in WorldClass by Wednesday at 5pm. This assignment is worth 20 points. You will be graded on your thoroughness of explanation, evidence of understanding the topic, professionalism, quality of discussion questions and organization/flow of the presentation. Class Discussion Leaders Assignment Rubric.

Source: PRL435 https://worldclass.regis.edu/d2l/le/content/271281/viewContent/3941555/View 

Jesuit value activity

VoiceThread Activity: Community Service Project

Context: Ignatian Pedagogy espouses the Jesuit value of People for and with others. This value embodies a spirit of giving and providing service to those in need and standing with the poor and marginalized. We are encouraged to pursue justice on behalf of all persons. Service-learning projects are excellent examples of this value at work in the world.

As we wrap up this term and you complete your Global Artifacts Project, reflect upon how your scholarship intersects with one or some of the core Jesuit values. Beyond your final project, how might the Jesuit values converge with our readings throughout the term?

Regis University Center for Service-Learning Video

Description: Watch the above Center for Service Learning video from Regis University. Next, conceive of and discuss a community service project stemming from the fields of literature and creative writing, that you would like to develop. Give us the elevator pitch (1 minute or less) for your project and discuss your literary service-learning community/audience and the objectives or goals of your project. In your project selection, consider the Jesuit value of People for and with others. In what ways does your project provide service to those in need and/or pursue justice on behalf of all persons?

Please create 2-3 presentation slides for your elevator pitch. Create a new VoiceThread. Upload your presentation slides to your VoiceThread: Community Service Project first and then add audio or video comments to your slides.

Source: MALW608 Week 8 

https://worldclass.regis.edu/d2l/le/content/268902/viewContent/3911329/View