1. Overview of Group Presentations & Counterarguments

2. Presentation Time Sit with your presentation team
Look at any new information and share it
Brainstorm
Ask questions
10 Minutes Only

3. GROUP PRESENTATION INTRODUCTIONS

4. Introductions
Greetings
Welcome your audience
Member Introductions
Hook

5. Introductions Good morning ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you so much for coming to
our presentation
My name is _____, and my team
consists of ____, ____, and ____.
Does anyone know what percent university
students have smartphones? Over 98%!
As well, nearly 45% of all smartphone
users are addicted to some kind of SNS!

6. SPEAKER TRANSITIONS

7. GROUP CONCLUSIONS

8. Conclusion
Summary Hook So, while the rest of the world is consumed only with smartphones, keep in mind that you have a choice. You don’t need to be dependent on those devices. Thank Audience Thank you so much for coming and listening. Questions We would love to answer any questions you may have. Thank you.

9. Begin INTRODUCTIONS / TRANSITIONS / CONCLUSION practicing
Practice
Stay in presentation teams
Brainstorm your REAL presentation topics (if you haven’t yet)
Begin mapping
Organize your map when finished
Begin INTRODUCTIONS / TRANSITIONS / CONCLUSION practicing

10. Good Discussion Questions

11. Creating Discussion Questions
Good discussion questions are not answered by “yes” or “no”.
They lead to higher thinking.
They allow for multiple answers to be “correct”

12. What’s “higher order thinking” mean?
Higher-order thinking requires people to
Manipulate information and ideas
New and/or deeper understandings.

13. What’s “higher order thinking” mean?
This transformation – or change – occurs when:
You combine facts and ideas in order to synthesize, generalize, explain, hypothesize or arrive at some conclusion or interpretation.

14. INSTEAD Variety of Responses
Good discussion questions call for more than facts
INSTEAD
They are open-ended, leading to a variety of responses.

15. What’s an “open-ended” question?
designed to encourage a full, meaningful answer using the subject's own knowledge and/or feelings.

16. What’s an “open-ended” question?
Open-ended questions typically begin with:
"Why" and "How", or phrases such as "Tell me about...".

17. Allow for Different Perspectives
Good discussion questions recognize that readers will have different perspectives and interpretations
Such questions attempt to engage readers in dialogue

18. What does “higher order thinking” involve?
Higher Order Thinking involves dealing with questions that force you to
Analyze
Synthesize
Evaluate
Apply
Everything you think is true.

19. Analysis – to examine the structure
What evidence exists for . . .
How does compare/contrast with ?
What patterns or relationships do you see in ?

20. Synthesis – combining ideas to form a theory
What would you infer from . . .
What ideas can you add to . . .
How would you design a new . . .
What might happen if you combined . . .
What solutions might you suggest for . . .
How many ways can you think of to ?
Conclude what the result would be if
What generalizations can you make?
If you could pull this all together in 3-4 sentences, what you would say?

21. Evaluation – Forming an idea by assessing the situation
Do you agree that ?
What do you think about ?
What is the most important ?
Place the following in order of priority And explain why you placed them that way.
How would you decide about ?
What criteria would you use to assess ?

22. Application – putting it into operation
How is an example of . . .?
How is related to ...?
Give some instance which ?
How is related to ?
How would you use this information?
What do you need to solve this problem?
What are possible solutions to ?

23. How & Why Not Who What When or Where Tips to keep in mind:
“How” and “why” questions generally require more analysis than “who,” “what,” “when,” or “where” questions.

24. Key Words Not Yes or No Higher Level Thinking
Multiple Correct Responses
Open-Ended
Manipulate Information
Combine Facts & Ideas
Deeper Understanding
New Understandings
Careful Reading of text

25. Homework Prepare for the presentation Follow the instructions
Make sure to send the PPT on time