Student presentations are coming on really well.


Objective


The objective of this class is for students to introduce something they are interested in (such as a hobby or particular item), explain why they like it and why they chose it. After that, they should give the audience 2-3 questions about their presentation to check comprehension.


Tools


I initially planned to do the presentations in Minecraft only, where the plug in FramePictures would be used. However, it has a few problems by the looks of things. When I moved out of the area where I had been making my presentation and then moved back in again, the picture had disappeared. 


I instead chose to use Google Docs, and in particular their presentation software. So what I have settled for can be seen in the above picture. 

1. Students make a placeholder to show off something about their presentation in a booth. In the picture you can see a gameboy, some beer and spirits, and Garron (i think he is called, he is from LoL) etc.
   
2. In each of the booths is an NPC created with Citizens 2. This NPC has the skin and name of the person assigned to that booth.
   
3. On the stand that the NPC is on, a sign is placed which can be clicked to give a URL link to the presentation online (such as this). This was done with the plugin: Variable Triggers.
   

Contents of the presentation


A very loose guideline was given for students including:

• A title
  
• What you are talking about
  
• Why you chose it
  
• The best thing about it
  
• How long you have been doing it (or how long you have had it if it is an item)
  
• Why others should do it. (or should want it)
  
• Conclusion
  
• Three Questions
  

Students made their presentations during the remaining class time, sharing a link with me so that I could provide corrections and give advice.


Next week students will present what they have created to their classmates and we will conduct a quiz (based on all of the questions students made as part of their presentation).