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IT Teacher Mr Hu

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New Species of Monster – ProjectYEAR 6

This section is for you to complete at the end of each lesson, it is designed for you to reflect on what you have done during the lesson:

Student Learning Log Teacher Comment

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Project Brief - New Species Found!During the Summer Holidays two studentswhilst out for a walk spotted something veryodd, lurking in the wooded area locatedin The hills of Cinque Terre.

It is reported that both students went to investigate and were amazed by what theydiscovered.

It is believed they have found four newspecies of animals. The students took a picture on their mobile phones as evidence and then spoke totheir parents.

The parents contacted the local authorities who then investigated the new species. The four new creatures have now been captured as they could pose a threat to local wildlife, and the public.

The students have had the honour of naming the four new creatures and zoologist have been busy researching their behaviour.

Name Blob Grob Slob Sidney

Images

Key Facts 1m Height20kgno hair/fur

1.5m Height20kgSharpe Claws and Razor Sharp teeth

.8m Height15kgSome hair on top of head

1.75m Height25kgShort arm spanHair on top of head

Description Likes eating pizza, hates to move too much, when Blob does move there is a slime trail where they have been. When threatened Blob excretes a gas that smells like cheese and onion.

Grob likes to raw meats. Grob has razor sharp teeth and claws. When threatened Grob growls.

Slob appears to be very lazy. Slob likes eating chips. Slob spend around 23 hours a day sleeping and 1 hour eating.

Sidney tries to eat anything. Sidney appears to be the stupid monster. When Sidney feels threatened he will curl into a ball.

Project Task.

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The four new species are being put on display at Flamingo Land Zoo. You have been asked to create a professional PowerPoint presentation target at a teenage audience that is informative about the four new creatures. Your presentation need to look professional and have a corporate image. Your presentation will need to include text, images, and sound. The presentation will need to consist of five slides.

Outline of Lessons:

Lesson 1 Introduction of the project and learning about what is, why we use, and how we create a master slide.

Lesson 2 Create a draft 6 slide PowerPoint presentation

Lesson 3 Use/improved use of images in a PowerPoint Presentation

Lesson 4 Use/improved use of Sound in a PowerPoint Presentation

Lesson 5 Peer and self evaluation of PowerPoint Presentation

Lesson 1. Introduction of the project and learning about what is, why we use, and how we create a master slide.

Understand

Develop

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Task - Getting OrganisedBy now you should have created a folder structure in; the My Document' area.My Documents > year 6 > yourname

Within your ICT subject folder create a folder called 'Monster Presentation' all the work you do on the computer should be saved into this folder with appropriate file names.

Task - Research Questions.You have 10 minutes to research using books, dictionaries, or the internet to find out what the following key words mean. Make sure you write down what each word mean.

Consistent:-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Corporate Image:______________________________________________________________________________________

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Audience:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task - Rough Design.Now you know what consistent and corporate image means. You now need to apply that same aspect to your PowerPoint presentation. To do this you will need to create a master slide (don't worry, Mr Hu will guide you through the process), but before we do anything you need to draw out your layout slide for your presentation slides. (remember to label everything you draw)

Task - Creating your Master Slide.Now that you have designed your Master Slide outline and your teacher has shown you how to create a Master Slide and using the key features, you now need to create your own Master Slide that's drawn above.

Make sure your remember to save you work into the appropriate folder and call the file-name 'Master Slide'

Homework 1.Imagine that you have just discovered a new monster species; you now need complete the research table

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shown on the next page. This information will be placed in your power point presentation.

This page will be scanned into your computer and presented on one of your PowerPoint slides. You need to consider the quality of your presentation, use of colours and spelling.

Image of Monster

Name of Monster

Features

Lesson 2. Create a draft 6 slide PowerPoint presentation

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Task – Planning your presentation outlineYou will need to plan your presentation and each slide, complete the table below.

Please note: - images of the monsters are available on the school network area.

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e 1 Title – The Dell Monsters

by student nameWhat will you have on this slide:Image of all the monsters and introduction text of how they were found

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e 2 Title What will you have on this slide:

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e 3 Title What will you have on this slide:

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e 4 Title What will you have on this slide:

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e 5 Title What will you have on this slide:

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e 6 Title What will you have on this slide:

Make sure your remember to save you work into the appropriate folder and call the file-name 'The Dell Monsters'

Homework 2.You have been asked by Flamingo Land to create a presentation for the new Monster

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Species Display. They wants the presentation to be suitable for a teenage audience and it must include details about each monster (see project brief)

Your task is to design where text and images will go on your six slide presentation for new monster species using the storyboard.

Lesson 3 Use/improved use of images in a PowerPoint Presentation

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You should have some kind of presentation that you started from last lesson about new species of monsters found in The Dell's, wooded area. You now need to consider how using suitable images makes your presentation more effective. A good image used in the right place can say a thousand words.

Task – Using Correct imagesConsidering your target audience, you need to consider what would be a suitable image, answer the following by circling the image you feel would be suitable.

Task – Making improvements to your imagesNow you need to complete your PowerPoint presentation and making sure that you use the most appropriate images.

Make sure your remember to save you work into the appropriate folder and call the file-name 'The Dell Monsters v1'

Homework 3.Your task is to find 2 examples of images that have been created without text eg road sign. You need to write down what the image is and why the image doesn’t need text to be understood.

Lesson 4 Use/improved use of Sound in a PowerPoint Presentation

For a leaflet about foot and mouth For a road sign to the beach

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Task – Use of Sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiuOI1UBgHQ

Your teacher will play you a short video clip from a film answer the questions in the space provided

What was the difference between the two film clips?

Which one did you prefer?

Task - Adding suitable sounds

Your teacher has now demonstrated how to include sound into your PowerPoint presentation. Now it’s your turn to include sound into your PowerPoint Presentation.

Please note: - sound clips are available on the school network area.

Homework 4.

You should have by now got an understanding of the effective use of sound. Complete the blanks in this short paragraph.

Using sound in a PowerPoint presentation can be very ____________. It can grab the audiences _____________. However if you use too many sound clips in your presentation it can _____________ you audience from the message you are trying to get across. It is advised that you should have no more than _________ sound clips to each slide.

effective distract attention one

Lesson 5 Peer and self evaluation of PowerPoint Presentation.

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Task – Almost there....You will now need to print out your PowerPoint presentation as handouts, with two slides per page.

Evaluation Time: Complete the project evaluation sheets; you will need someone else in your class to complete the peer evaluation section. (tick the appropriate boxes)

SELF EVALUATION Not so Good OK Great

How well do you think you worked on this project?

How appropriate was your use of images?

How appropriate was your use of sound?

Did you enjoy this project?

None Some Lots

Did you need teachers help?

Did you need to get help from a friend?

You now need to ask someone in your classroom to answer the remaining questions

PEER EVALUATION Peers Students Name:

Not so Good OK Great

Was the presentation informative?

Was there a good use of images?

Was there a good use of sound?

Do you think it’s suitable for a teenage audience?

Task – But not just yet...

You are now going to review what you have learned in this unit and to make brief notes about:

• Why it is important to know the audience for a presentation• Why you need to be clear about the purpose of the presentation

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Use the table below to explain why each of the points are important for an effective presentation.

It is important to know the audience of a presentationbecause …..

It is important to have a clear purpose for the presentation because ……

How are the following features used to attract audience’s attention and help get information across:

fonts

colours

images

sound

How could you have further improved your presentation for adults ?

(Think about audience and purpose!)

Well Done - You have now completed this project....

Make sure you place your work booklet and any printouts into your folder