Greenbank Global Challenge

In teams of two ONLY, complete the following. 

Step 1 - Download and install Google Earth

Step 2 - Download this task file

Step 3 - Download this student questions sheet and look for the yellow pushpins used to identify locations around the globe. 

Step 4 - Good Luck!

Feedback

Emika (NHL Lockout)

- excellent use of graphics
- great slide layout (3-4 points per slide)
- consistency and continuity between data slides
 - great delivery (spoke to audience and not at at them)
 - excellent reference list
-  well done.


Max & Brendan (Video Games)

- informative topic and content
 - careful - 7.38 hrs converted to time is not 7hrs 38 min
 - try not to say things like "we don't have" or "we didn't do" intro and conclusion slides or reference list
- good video clip
- try to share the speaking part equally
- careful with slide layout - try to balance info in the key so it is readable
- balance your slides and choices so that there a no "0" choices and reduce the number of bars on the chart with little or no data

Jonathan (Police corruption)

- good delivery (spoke to the group)
- interesting topic with lots of potential
- careful with slides (typos and balance of graph and key info)
- try to narrow topic to 1 element of police corruption
- careful with the "other" category. When it is too broad it can overshadow the results of your choices
- try to label your graphs (x and y axis) more accurately

This is an email that I received some time ago on Aid agencies. The information and content is unverified. - Mr. Oickle

NOTE

these numbers may not be 100% accurate as this is the results of a previous survey

 Disclaimer:

I have NOT personally verified any of this information - yet.

Just passing it on as something to think about.

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JUST A REMINDER!!! Keep these facts in mind when "donating". As you open your pockets for yet another natural disaster, keep the following facts in mind; listed below are the highest (worse paid offender) to the lowest (least paid offender). The worst offender was yet again for the 11th year in a row is, UNICEF.  Only $0.14 from the actual donations goes to the UNICEF cause. The CEO for UNICEF receives $1,200,000 per year.  Perks include Royal Royce limosine for his exclusive use where ever he goes, and an expense account that is rumoured to be well over $150,000. The second worst offender this year is the American Red Cross.  Out of every dollar they bring in, about $0.39 goes to related charity causes. The President and CEO, Marsha J. Evans, her salary for the year ending in 2009 was $651,957 plus expenses. The third worst offender was again for the 7th time was the United Way.  About $0.51 per dollar of income goes to charity causes. The President of the United Way, Brian Gallagher, President of  receives a $375,000 base salary and so many numerous expense benefits it's hard to keep track as to what it is all worth, including a fully paid lifetime membership for 2 golf courses (1 in Canada, and 1 in the U.S.A.), 2 luxury vehicles, and a yacht club membership, Fourth worst offender who was also again in the fourth spot, for every year since this information has been made available, World Vision.  Only about $0.52 of earned income per dollar is available for charity causes. The President (Canada) receives $300,000 base salary, plus supplied $800,000 home included are all housing expenses and taxes, and has a $125,000 expense account. Of the sixty some odd "charities" we looked at, the lowest paid (President/C.E.O/Commissioner) was heading up a charity group right here in Canada. We found, believe it or not, it was...... Ready for this... I think you might be surprised... It is, none other than...  The Salvation Army's Commissioner Todd Bassett receives a salary of only $13,000 per year (plus housing) for managing this $2 Billion dollar organization. About $0.93 of every dollar earned, is readily available and goes back out to local charity causes.  Truly amazing... and well done "Sally Anne" No further comment is necessary..."Think Twice" before you give to your charity of choice as to which one really does the best for the most - or the least for the most, for that matter.

Feedback

Carolyn & Sheena (Economic Materialism)

-great teaser introduction
-i liked the cost and production comparison between the cheap and expensive blue shirts
- most graphs were well balanced
- good use of referencing (site and date accessed)
- nice explanation of Canadian debt ratio
-look into average Cdn. debt per person (excluding mortgage) is $27,000
- slow down the slides with data so that clas can interpret
- careful with the language "meta-analysis" - know what it means if you are going to reference it or just paraphrase the slide
- good interpretation of data
- good interaction with audience and use of notes

Bill, Ryan, Michael (Aid Organization Truth)

- lost of good information
- take your time and try to focus more carefully on topic
- a little less background info (examples of corruption) will shorten presentation and clarify focal points
- tweak your choices on frequency tables (fewer choices or condense results) to improve graphs
- great slide transitions but when your audience "oohs and ahhs" more over the transition than the presentation, it's a sign.
 - Careful with your notes, there was a fair bit of reading
- do your best to organize before you present.  Rehearsals or practice walk through of presentation will help
- try not to cluster together when presenting, make sure you are all visible

Sample Slides

Too Much Information 

 Keep It Simple

Follow checklist.

Need a bit more information? Just google "bad graph data" and then choose images and look at the array of bad graphs.  Next, change bad to excellent and check out the graphics.

More Presentation Feedback

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Materialism vs. Self Esteem
Dawn Loggins
Trayvon Martin
Golden Ratio
Adolescent Interest in Education (dry but interesting)
Blockbuster movie on a budget
Modern Books 2 Blockbuster Hit
Exercise & Weight Loss truth
Food Inc. (fast food revealed)
Fast Food Nation
Teen Depression

Flora, Yolanda & Athena (Visual Perception & body Image)

*good use of cue cards
* does the idea of perception an better pay apply to grades and academics?  Meaning, do teachers give more attractive people better grades?
* Timing was good in presentation
* Check out the golden ratio as it relates to the human body
* Check out Dawn Loggins' story
* Is her story supported by your research findings?
* Careful when you explain cosmetic and/or plastic surgery changes to the body. Genetics is pre-determined and has a much broader impact on appearance.
8 well done overall.

Jeremy & Wynnie (justifiable homicide)

* careful when comparing Canadian and US legal systems
* consider good samaritan laws in both countries
* colour code graphs between boys and girls for clarity
* careful using a US case (Trayvon Martin) when discussing Canadian law
* good delivery and presentation
* balance size of graph with information in the key
* how does wartime play into this topic (WWI or WWII)
* avoid using wikipedia as a primary source
* good paraphrasing and not reading slides, facing the audience

Ashwin & Malcolm (fast food crackdown)

* great delivery
 * good video clip
* nice comparison of costs, salt & sugar content and percentage of daily nutritional intake
* balance size of graph with information in the key
* "golden brown food" and product marketing
* Fast Food Nation book for your reference
* I didn't see a frequency table in your data
* good paraphrasing and not reading slides, facing the audience

Celina, Melanie, Simona (Teen Depression)

* good paraphrasing and not reading slides, facing the audience
* careful with language like bipolar (clarify when needed)
* balance size of graph with information in the key
* great intro with questions and facts around risk factors  - it drew student attention to the topic
* great compare and contrast of the facts and figures
* good use of predictions with your survey results
* The Q&A at the end revealed good understanding of the topic
* Great choice of video clip
* Nice connection between depression, suicide and substance abuse

Jamie, Susan, Lucas (exercise)

* balance size of graph with information in the key
* lots of great info
* try to balance response to Q&A at the end
* reduce distracting animation by group members
* fun video clip but try to highlight the research findings in a slide after presentation
* good paraphrasing for the most part

Feedback Response - What is it?

As we discussed in class today, the last piece of this project is your feedback submission from your group. I would like you to prepare a response to the feedback that has been provided by classmates and me following each of your presentations. The purpose or goal in this feedback is for your group to demonstrate that you understand how you could improve on your presentation in the future. You need not respond to every question and comment but you should have an overall idea of the shortcomings of your work and share them in this submission. While you are not required to submit a feedback response, those received will be evaluated and will in no way reduce your mark for this unit. Please seek clarification from me as needed on this.

Presentation Feedback

Good job to both groups who presented today. It's very difficult to go first. Topics were both interesting and insightful but you can always do more. Be sure to provide a response to your class feedback by Friday.  For the rest of you, have a look at death by powerpoint.

Wilson - (Education Motivation)
Use titles on all slides and graphs
Make connections between your survey results and inferences you have drawn from the data
Slow down when you speak, look at your audience
Try to avoid reading slides
List all references from research
Remove personal information form graphs (names)
Clarify graph results and responses where appropriate. Some graphs referred to 25 respondents with 1 vote/choice and other charts allowed for multiple choices.

Alvin & Nick - (Blockbuster Movies)
Compare and contrast smaller budget films with low cost but big gains (Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity)
Provide your reference list
try to avoid reading slides
draw inferences from your results
use movies from different genres
consider movies that are based on books and compare/contrast them with your blockbusters