Individual Research Report and Team Multimedia Presentation Tips

Individual Research Report and Team Multimedia Presentation Tips and How-to’s

Goal of Task 1 - IRR and TMP • Collaborate to ID an academic or real-world problem • Develop a research question that can be viewed through multiple perspectives • Divide up research that will address question

IRR • An individual contribution to a team research project • Work with team to figure out each person’s approach • Work should be divided so each can find credible sources and consider multiple perspectives • Continually revisit and refine research question to ensure evidence works with focus and purpose • Word count is 1200 not including parentheticals.

On your own… • Make sure your group knows what you are researching • Continuously collaborate with team about research to make sure your perspective helps answer team question • Find a variety of resources. Be sure a majority are from peerreviewed sources like journals. • Sources must be relevant and credible. • Reports must answer “So what? ”

After source evaluation… • Consider most important perspectives that should be shared with your group • Report function is to provide analysis of research on a particular area of the problem or issue • Work must be entirely your own • Make sure your name, school and teacher name are out of report

The report • Id area of investigation and explain its relationship to group issue • Summarize, explain, analyze, and evaluate the main ideas and line of reasoning • Evaluate credibility and relevance of your evidence • Identify, compare, and interpret different perspectives of the problem • Cite all sources consistently and correctly • Use academic language/tone and proper grammar

Team collaboration • Read each other’s reports • Teach your research to other members so oral defense will be successful • Create a group understanding from individual findings • Consider potential solutions to team problem. Conduct additional research as needed. • Evaluate and propose a realistic solution and limitations • Develop argument to support solution

TMP • Your team will develop a presentation with a convincing argument for your team solution. You need evidence, show other perspectives, and show limitations/ implications of your solution. • DO NOT just make a presentation of a summary each of your papers! • 8 -10 minutes. There is no minimum but anything said after 10 minutes will NOT be graded. • Oral defense is not part of the time limit. Each member will be asked a question

Presentations • Present evidence-based argument for their resolution • Include objections, implications, and limitations of competing perspectives. • Use media effectively. Any picture or table must enhance presentation not just make slides pretty. • Engage the audience. What you say and how you say it matters. • Equal participation