Guide to the EPQ Presentation For EPQ Students

Guide to the EPQ Presentation For EPQ Students.

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What needs to be done… Meet up with supervisor to complete production log paperwork Complete final project Make and give presentation Submit A) Journal, B) Production Log, C) Final Project and D) Materials related to Presentation

The Presentation

Example presentation https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=w 4 qzd 6 l. Nq. MM Search EPQ Presentation Alex Beavis

What will we be looking at ü Purpose of the Presentation ü What needs to be covered ü What your supervisor’s role will be in the presentation ü Format of the Presentation ü How best to prepare for the Presentation

Purpose of the Presentation To provide an overview of your entire project – successes, failures and solutions A summary of your final product and conclusion Public presentation – to demonstrate your presentation skills to an audience of nonspecialists

What needs to be covered? For every area to be covered, be sure to: 1. Include evidence 2. Show failures as well as successes – why did things go badly and what solutions did you come up with?

What needs to be covered? The Journey of your Project 1. Why did you choose this topic? 2. An outline of your entire research process What research did you do? Did you do any original research? If so, how? What books / museums / websites /articles etc were especially valuable? Did you find one type of source more useful than another and if so, why? Who did you contact? What kind of responses did you get?

3. 4. What areas of your research went particularly well? Why was this? Good planning? Successful use of time? Making good contact with outside agencies What areas of your research failed? Why? What would you have done differently next time?

5. Your Final Product 6. Provide an overview of your final product What is it? Summarise what it is / says / does etc – remember though that you are explaining this to an audience who may know nothing about the topic! What did you find out / conclude Evaluation of your project In what ways do you feel the project has benefited you as a student and as an individual – what have you learned from this project? What would you do to improve for next time?

What will my supervisor’s role be in the Presentation Your supervisor will have three roles in the presentation: 1. They can check your presentation ahead of time to make sure it runs smoothly and provide you with tips to improve it; 2. At the end of the presentation they will ask you questions. They are NOT trying to test you, but rather draw out points that you might have missed to give you more marks; 3. After the presentation they will write an assessment of your presentation.

What will they assess? 1. How well did you communicate your findings – did you cover it too quickly, did you mumble your way through it, were you unprepared? 2. Did you address all the areas you needed to cover? 3. Were you analytical about the course of your research, about what went well and what didn’t? 4. Did you clearly summarise and explain your final product?

Format of the Presentation Power. Point presentation Video Display board Non-computer presentation Interactive presentation You still need to be present to talk through it, and answer the questions at the end!

Presentation Tips Draft your presentation and run it past your supervisor When using Power. Point, DON’T just read from the board Ask your supervisor for tips about how to and how not to give presentations Write a script or notes that you can use to help remember key points REHEARSING = confidence = success Remember, this is targeted at a non-specialist audience who know nothing about your project!

What needs doing? Arrange a meeting with your supervisor Check draft of final product Check draft of presentation Fill in, with supervisor, end of project review Presentation Use End of Project checklist handout to help you on this one! Give presentation Complete production log Use word document to type up your production log Complete pages 11, 12 and 14. Your supervisor will give you page 13 Complete final product Collate your production log, final product, online journal and all presentation material

Are you nearing the end? Put final touches on production log Sort out journal Put final touches on final product Ensure you have everything sorted and ready to hand in