DD 1.

You will read and prepare a brief presentation summarizing the relevant points of information contained in a Diving Deeper article. In this submission you will be graded based upon the quality of your slides. In your Diving Deeper Presentation you will be graded based upon the quality of your presentation. 

Learning Objectives

The student will demonstrate their ability to read, understand and identify key points in a reading. 

The student will write a presentation that demonstrates their ability to communicate and reteach key points that they have learned in an article. 

• First

Sign up for your Diving Deeper topic.

• Second

Go to the module you selected and review the Diving Deeper readings.

Select a reading that interests you. 

Third

• Return to your Diving Deeper sign up page above. Click on the dots on the right hand side for your group.

Select the option for your Group Homepage.

On the Group Homepage write your name and the title of the article you have selected. 

Each article may only be selected one time by one student.

If someone has already selected the article you wanted, you must choose a different article. 

• Article preference will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. If you create slides for an article that someone else has “dibs” on first, you will not receive full points for your assignment, so be sure to sign up early, and double check that your article is available. 

Fourth

• Read your article and take notes, identifying the most important points in the article. 

Write your Powerpoint presentation about your article (12 slide minimum) (reference page is on the 12th page). Follow the format below:

Introduction to the article

What is the title? 

• Who is/are the authors? 

Who published the article? 

• Briefly tell us what the article is about in 1-2 sentences. 

Important information in the article

• 5 points

Synthesize the article with other class material

• Consider other concepts that you have learned either in this module or in past modules. 

Discuss how this article relates to that learning and increases our understanding of the past and present learning

Conclusion

Summarize what you have told us in the introduction and body of your presentation

Summarize your synthesis