Y7Seminars

**Seminars**

**What do I do well? What skills do I have? How can I share my expertise through a seminar? **

** LI: to plan effectively and present a seminar to my class **

**Learning Intention - To establish the expectations of this unit. **
 * **What would you expect to learn from listening to someone else’s seminar? **
 * **Y Chart – What do you think a good seminar would look, sound, feel like? **
 * **Length – minimum of 10 minutes - can be longer depending on the topic **
 * **Interesting ways of presenting ie: use of posters, whiteboard, computer presentation, audio, power point, props, drama, demonstration, song, poetry,game,model **
 * **Creating in front of the class, eg. science experiment, cooking, craft **
 * **Posture - this is a different form of presentation from the formal speech **

**Requirements:** ** -3 focus questions ** ** -Visuals (legible) ** ** -  Quiz **

** Possible topics to consider: ** ** -ease of finding information ** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;"> -appropriate ** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;"> -personal knowledge of and interest in topic **

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;"> Learning Intention:LI: to effectively plan my seminar ** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;"> How do I research? **


 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Use a variety of information sources. **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Focus research. Dogs is too huge a subject. However, the feeding of corgis narrows the subject to manageable levels **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Primary and secondary sources are necessary **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Sources can be **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;"> interviews, ****<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">books, internet, emails, surveys, prior knowledge,documentaries, DVDs,News, **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">3 focus questions are necessary **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Black/White hats – selecting relevant information **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Use graphic organisers to sort and organise information **

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;"> Presentation **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Presentation: This is a talk rather than a speech - students will be informing/ explaining/modelling/demonstrating/persuading others to be as interested in the topic as they are **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Inform the class and teacher of their questions before they begin their presentation **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Make sure any posters etc are legible for the students sitting at the back of the room, and do not read from them; do not have a power point zooming in and out; speak in a clear voice; include the audience **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Prepare a quiz for students; can be a game, puzzle, set of questions **


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Graphic organisers to sort information **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Finding information on the Internet **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Finding Keywords **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Multiple Intelligences **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Use of appropriate technologies for presentations **