Thirteenth Workday

See the new page "Q&A" for Questions and Answers about the final TED-style talk. If you have any additional questions, please add them to the comments on that page.

We are coming down to the wire! Including today, we have three more days in the lab.

You should be focusing on finishing up your project, revising work that needs revision, and creating/rehearsing your final presentation. You may not read your presentation, so if you need them, any notes must fit on one small index card.

Twelfth Workday

Your focus right now should be:

• Finshing the last few things you need to do to complete your project.
• Writing your interview transcript/notes and reflection and posting it as a page to your blog.
• Ensuring that you have your four static pages.
• You should have a project proposal/elevator talk page.
• You should have an interview page.
• You might consider pages for:
• Background information on your project.
• Evidence of completion of your project.
• A final formal reflection.
• Works Cited.
• Beginning to work on your final TED-Style talk.

TED-Style Talk Work

• Think about what you learned yesterday.
• Check out these pages for some specific suggestions:
• 5 Secrets of a Successful TED Talk
• The 7 Steps To Delivering A Mind-Blowing TED Talk
• Check the "Inspiration" page to see other people's ideas of great TED talks.
• A few samples of the type of talk you will be producing have been added to the "Inspiration" page. (They may be both good or bad!)
• A YouTube search can lead you to other samples of 20Time Project Talks.

On TED Talks

Reread the information in the 20Time Information Packet.

Read this article from the Chicago Tribune: What TED talk speakers teach us about presenting

Then from this website. TED talk Topics, choose three talks.

Take notes:
Make sure you summarize at least 2 things from their talk.
Answer the following:
1. What was the end product?
2. What was goal of the project?
3. What did the speaker learn about their project?
4. Describe the format of the TED talk.
5. In what ways can you imitate this talk for your TED talk?

Turn your notes in before you leave and also complete the form below...

Eleventh Workday

Graduation is in the air and we are in need of help picking this years graduation cover. Please visit this page: http://goo.gl/forms/X2MXxJ8nvE. The cover with the most votes will be printed and used as the cover.

Voting will close on Friday April 15 at the end of the school day.

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Your interview is due this Saturday. You need to have your questions approved before you conduct your interview. What you learn needs to be reflected upon and posted as a page to your blog. You should already have a page for your proposal and elevator pitch. (So this is two of the four pages you should have - what will your other two pages be?)

If you don't remember the steps for creating a page, please see these instructions. The only fiddly bit is that once you have created a new page, you must go back to add it to the list of pages to show (see step three in the instructions).

Tenth Workday

So -- if you have hit some bumps in the road, make sure that you have gotten back up, brushed yourself off, and continued moving forward. You can blog about the challenges you are facing, but if you are facing a challenge every week, you need to stop, refocus, and work on revising your plan.

Remember that your interview is to be completed by 4/16! You need to have:

• 7-10 questions approved by the teacher
• meet with your expert, obtain permission to record the interview
• post to your blog a two page reflection on the interview and the information you learned (make this another page!)
• post supporting information (recording)

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