ATTENTION METHOD KEYNOTE POEM PROJECT
You will be creating a short animated and recorded Keynote presentation which exemplifies the Attention Method. DO NOT spend too much time choosing a poem. This is meant to be a short assignment to teach you a few crucial skills you will need to do your Grad Portfolio presentations in Attention Method style.
You must demonstrate mastery of the following skills:
What's the "Attention Method" again?
Your Assignment:
Choose a short poem [quickly!] or use one of your own. Content is not as important as mastery of the skills. Annotate the poem in the way I demonstrated (bold for word slides, [p] for "put a picture here") and create a keynote which follows your plan. Some poem selections are below.
A nice collection of short poems (don't let the bad web design fool you. There are some good poems here).

You will be creating a short animated and recorded Keynote presentation which exemplifies the Attention Method. DO NOT spend too much time choosing a poem. This is meant to be a short assignment to teach you a few crucial skills you will need to do your Grad Portfolio presentations in Attention Method style.
You must demonstrate mastery of the following skills:
- Using a formal and inobtrusive theme, and using the centered master slides
- Writing a script and noting where pictures and word slides will appear
- Using the Magic Move slide transition correctly
- Using other tasteful transitions to emphasize readability and comprehension
- Creating a presentation in Attention Method style
What's the "Attention Method" again?
- Every moment of the speech is scripted
- All words and slides are timed to coincide and enhance one another.
- Using the "Title-Center" Keynote slide Master
- Having one word per slide to emphasize the main point of what you're saying
- NO BULLETS. EVER.
- Using lots of slides, only a few seconds each, to reinforce what you're saying
- Use images which clarify ideas or provoke a reaction, then take them down when you're done
Your Assignment:
Choose a short poem [quickly!] or use one of your own. Content is not as important as mastery of the skills. Annotate the poem in the way I demonstrated (bold for word slides, [p] for "put a picture here") and create a keynote which follows your plan. Some poem selections are below.
Top 10 American Poems of the 20th Century
A nice collection of short poems (don't let the bad web design fool you. There are some good poems here).

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