Monday, April 27, 2009

12th Grade Keynote Poem Project

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:

  1. Using a formal and inobtrusive theme, and using the centered master slides
  2. Writing a script and noting where pictures and word slides will appear
  3. Using the Magic Move slide transition correctly
  4. Using other tasteful transitions to emphasize readability and comprehension
  5. 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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