Taking advice

Consultations are complete. Most groups will have comments on their documents, everyone will have spoken with me about their evaluation and presentation.

If you haven't shared all of you project documents via Google Docs you need to get that sorted out immediately.

The next question your group is called to answer is "What will you do with the advice?" Check your documents, review the previous blog post with "Death by PowerPoint", make the necessary adjustments and rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. You have only one more scheduled lesson before you must present so use the time wisely.

Deadlines

Presentations for BB will be Tuesday 17-November.

Presentations for CBE will be Monday 9-November.

It may seem like a long way off but there is much work to be done compiling better research and polishing presentations for maximum effectiveness. Check your progress against the assessment rubrics on the Resources page. Be aware Cup weekend (and some other things?) may rob you of some lessons.

Both classes will be presenting to some "big wigs" in the organisation so make it a PB! (personal best)

The consultation has begun

The consultations have started. If you haven't had a consultation yet here are some things your group should check/work on before you get there.

1. Fill out the document templates - You can't collaborate if all the stuff is written in one person's book. Get it into the shared document.
2. Ask better questions - The quality of your questions directly affect the quality of your answers. Better questions better answers! Ask for help if you're struggling
3. Consult the assessment rubrics - They're the goal posts. They can be found on the Resources page.

I still think some groups are taking the project a bit lightly. You have to create an informative high quality presentation and that stuff doesn't happen by itself. It takes time, effort and cooperation. A true test of of character and self discipline. Get organised and get working.
To assist with the research and presentation planning stuff (like what's on the list above) everyone should complete the following tutorials on Atomic Learning. Each section takes about 20 minutes and is well worth the time investment. Don't forget to plug in those headphones.

• Affecting Change: Our Greenhouse Earth
  
  
  
  • B. Gathering Information
    
    • Searching on "climate change"
    • Identifying the origin of source material
    • Finding copyright information
    • Recording information in a Google Doc
    • Formatting text in a Google document
    • Adding a hyperlink to your Google Doc
    • Adding a table to outline the presentation
  • C. Creating the Presentation
    
    • Creating a new presentation from a template
    • Modifying the title slide
    • Adding key points to other slides
    • Adding images to a slide
    • Inserting text, images, videos, and shapes
    • Adding hyperlinks to your slides
    • Citing your sources properly
    • Showing a presentation

Thoughts on collaboration

Every couple of weeks you should fill out the online self assessment form (you can also find the link on the Resources page under "for your accountability"). It will help you track your progress and the progress of your group. You may even think of something yo write on your blog in the process.
Here are some of my thoughts on collaboration. I have some termed them as "raise the bar" questions for you...

• When a group of people are collaborating what things might they be saying?
• What words would they be using?
• What would their voices sound like (what tone of voice)?

Coming up with some answers and focusing on these will help to build better relationships within your team. I'd also like to find out what you think about this...
Can you listen without 'hearing'?
I think there is "listening for understanding" and "listening for when it's MY turn to speak".
What do you think? Is there a difference?