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Worst Preso EVER!

Teacher Lesson Plan

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Summary of the Build Process

Choose a Topic

Break One Rule Per Slide

Five Per Deck

Connect

Students choose a topic they like or dislike

(Pets, sports, food, subjects, etc.)

The goal is to highlight the errors; too many broken rules on a slide creates a jumbled mess!

Break a total of 5 rules per student in the student slide deck.

List the rule being broken on the slide.

** Consider allowing students to work together in collaborative groups to assist each other.

EduProtocols Field Guide Book 1, page 45

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Goals

Culture Goals

  • Learn that time limits are given for activities
  • Learn to finish on time
  • Practice giving full attention to the task at hand

Academic Goals

  • Students learn basic presentation-building skills
  • Students practice speaking in front of class
  • Students practice presenting

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Teacher Big Ideas

  • Focus on finishing within a time limit
  • Students present someone else’s presentation

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Presenting the Slides

Presentation

Student Feedback

Secret Plot Twist

Allow 2 - 3 minutes for students to present a classmates slides to the entire class.

Allow for students to provide feedback about the presentations. The authors suggest having 3 - 5 students sit in front of the room in the style the American Idol judges to make it fun while allowing students to feel comfortable sharing their voice in the classroom.

Students should not be told ahead of time that they will be presenting someone else’s slide deck. This adds a fun layer to the project and helps the students understand the concept being taught by allowing them to be emotionally detached from the presentation.

EduProtocols Field Guide Book 1, page 46

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Prepare for the Activity

  1. Show the video “Life after Death by Power Point - Clean Edition” by Don McMillan on the next slide or one of the other options below.

Do’s and Don'ts Worst Preso EVER! EduProtocol Presentation

Worst Preso EVER! EduProtocols

  • Make a basic template or use one of these, ; template1 (LCSC Elementary Version with how to links) template2 (EduProtocol Version), to share in Canvas with your students.
  • Share Slide Deck template with your students.

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** Make sure to preview the video before sharing it with your students.

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“Life after Death by PowerPoint” by Don McMillian

Video doesn't work at LC, but works at home!

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Worst Preso Ever Teacher Instructions from Gold EDU

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Instructions Activity 1

  1. After previewing a suitable video and/or slideshow, present and discuss them with your class.
  2. As you show the video/slideshow, pause after each DON’T or “no-no” topic to discuss each one.
  3. Share one of the templates with the students and have them create a slide that “breaks the rule” of the label.
  4. Ask students to pick a topic on which they would like to do a presentation.
  5. After they have completed a “Don’t” or “no-no”, then have the student create a correct version of that component.
  6. Fun Twist - Have students present a peer’s slide deck.