The 9UP Presentation
Presentation
Guidelines for Students
All groups should follow these guidelines in
the preparation of their presentations. This will help the process go smoothly
on each night and ensure we make the best use of time without going on too
long.
Ø Each
presentation should be about 10 minutes long (and no more than 15 minutes!)
Ø The
presentation ONLY concerns your action research project (ie. not scavenger
hunt)
Ø Each
presentation must involve some use of ICT, either short video clips, a
PowerPoint display, or a web page
Ø Every
member of the group must present some of the information
Ø You may
use small prompt cards but you may not read directly from prepared notes
Ø Be
prepared for audience questions (from teachers, parents and other students)
Structure of the Presentation
Please use these steps as a guideline only:
1. Introduction/hypothesis:
someone must introduce the group members, explain your hypothesis and why you
chose this particular topic
2. Methodology:
tell the audience about the sort of data you collected, why you chose this, and
how you went about collecting it
3. Data/findings:
Present the data you collected; use graphs and tables to explain and analyse it
4. Conclusions:
What did your data actually show? Did
the evidence support the hypothesis or not?
5. Reflections:
How confident are you that you are correct? If you had more time, what else
could you have done? Do you think the results would have been different? Overall
what did you gain from the experience?
6. Audience
questions
Analysing
Data
Easily the most important part of the whole
project is collating your data, analysing it and using it to either support or
refute your hypothesis. Your data will include some of these:
Questionnaires Recorded
interviews Observations Anecdotes (stories)
Researched information Graphs,
tables of numerical data
Data can take various forms. When you report
your findings, use graphs, tables, pictures, and recorded interviews rather
than plain text.
We recommend you place all of your
questionnaire data into an Google Sheets spreadsheet. The auto-filters will enable you
to isolate different members of the community you spoke to, such as
males/females/under 20 years olds etc. You will then be able to make some
conclusions.
This is the only way to reliably
report statistical information from samples with different sizes. For example
one survey could show 6 females out of 20 people interviewed agreed with a
certain statement. The figure ‘6’ means nothing, but 6/20 = 30% means a lot more.
You need to think very carefully about what
the data is telling you. You must support your hypothesis using the data, or
show that the hypothesis cannot be supported. Remember it is OK if the data
does NOT support your hypothesis.
Check out the presentation below for some ideas.
Worried about public speaking? That's ok, it can be a scary experience. Have a look at this presentation for some tips on public speaking.
This is a very good presentation, but it has some weaknesses.
Sample Presentation
