Description
Instructions
The final project will be a multimedia presentation. Imagine that you’re giving this presentation to your colleagues/employees/employers/stakeholders as a way to reach middle ground and resolve a problem.
Although this is to be completed as a multimedia presentation, you will still need to show a strong use of the middle ground structure and argument. Persuade your audience that a compromise will work well.
Choosing a topic:
For this project, you’re not trying to take a stance and prove your stance, rather you’re trying to solve a problem within your field of study (or workplace or home or community). Focus on what problems need to be resolved, and also make sure that it has wider relevance so you can find scholarly research to support your proposed solution. Explore the proposed solutions from various viewpoints. Propose the “best” solution that would offer a middle ground for all stakeholders. Much of the challenge with this project is that you must demonstrate you’ve analyzed multiple solutions from multiple perspectives and found a solution that offers a compromise between those perspectives.
Structure of presentation:
Make sure to include the following sections in your presentation:
an introduction and claim,
background,
body,
and a conclusion.
Make sure your presentation includes the following:
A brief background for your topic and the problem you’re addressing,
A discussion of the various sides of the debate, including core values or warrants underlying their arguments
Your compromise solution/claim
An explanation of how that middle ground claim can resolve the core issue for all presented sides (the compromise).
A few apps you might consider using on their own or in combination:
Powtoon
Prezi
Animoto
Storbird
PowerPoint
Screencast (Jing)
Google Sites
Canva
Expectations
Your project should in some way incorporate the following:
Introduce key issues of this problem—why is it a problem? Why has the problem not been resolved already?
Consider key limitations and barriers to solving the problem.
Address key voices within the conversation—what has been proposed so far? Why have those proposals not been implemented?
Address the commonalities of the viewpoints on how to resolve the problem while also addressing the key differences.
Offer your opinion or impression of the proposed resolutions based on close analysis.
Tempt your audience to consider the solution you’re proposing, which should take into consideration the existing proposed solutions, as well as the limitations and barriers.
All projects should have:
A title slide.
APA works cited/reference page.
The project’s text should be 500-1000 words long (There needs to be text in the presentation, but don’t let it dominate the slides. Be choosy about what is displayed on the slides/screen. This is a presentation, not an essay. The majority of your text will be in a typed speech to accompany the presentation, in presenter notes)
