Commentary PowerPoint on Machines and Technology

Hello Everyone!

Today I have passed out a handout and rubric for your end-of-unit assignment to create a PowerPoint slideshow about the machine or technology you believe has been the most influential on humanity and the world.

During this project you will:

  • Create a minimum of 10 separate slides (not including your title or citations page at the end) to answer the questions provided below.
  • You need to discuss the positive and negative impacts of your machine or technology on humans and the world. Be specific.
  • Each slide should have a subtitle at the top, a picture, and a one sentence comment at the bottom that will give us an idea of your commentary about the machine or technology. It is a good idea to make the subtitles match the questions I have asked you to answer.
  • On separate paper, or in the notes section of the PowerPoint, create commentary for each slide that you can use to make a presentation during the slideshow.
  • Write commentary that answers the questions.
  • Provide copies of your notes, your PowerPoint, and your commentary to the teacher in Google Drive.
  • Practice saying the commentary out loud so you can present it to the class.

Questions you need to answer. Use these to guide your notes.:

  • What is the machine or technology you plan to discuss?
  • How is this machine or technology used? 
  • How does the machine or technology work?
  • When was the machine or technology invented? What is its history?
  • Why is this machine or technology the MOST influential on humanity and the world?
  • What are the positive impacts of this machine or technology?
  • What are the negative impacts of this machine or technology?
  • What is a summary of your key points on why this machine or technology is the most influential?
  • What is your bibliography of resources?

Do use:

  • Persuasive language to convince us this machine or technology is the MOST influential
  • Pictures that show you did some research
  • Captions under pictures to tell me what the picture is
  • Specific facts about where the machine or technology comes from that show some effort and research
  • Proper C.O.P.S. throughout the presentation
  • Basic transitions
  • One sentence of text

Please do not use:

  • Emoticons. At all.
  • Cartoon pictures.
  • Lots of text. Follow instructions. Only one sentence please.
  • Fancy transitions that increase the overall time of the slideshow, as they are not needed
  • Pictures from Google that have nothing to do with your topic
  • Pictures that have any copyright symbols or writing on them
  • Goodbye slides. If you want a slide at the end, simply say “Thank you and Questions?”
  • Black, red, neon colours that are hard to look at
  • Tiny fonts no one can read
  • Jokes in the middle of your PowerPoint. You are trying to prove a case. Convince me. Be professional.

Thank you!