Welcome back! TED Talk final push!!!

Guidelines for RE-Submission of your Senior Thesis:
I will hand back your senior thesis paper at your TED Talk.  Once you have received your final grade for your paper, you will have the option to rewrite it based on my comments.  Your revised paper grade will REPLACE your original grade (although if it was turned in late for the March 11th deadline, that late penalty will remain in place).  In order for your re-submission to be accepted, you must follow the guidelines below exactly. 

• Deadline:  ONE WEEK after the day you received your thesis back from me.
• Email/share with me your revised draft
• Submit your previous draft and the graded rubric (put your old draft and rubric in my inbox).
• Your final draft must demonstrate improvement between drafts
• I will not be commenting on revised drafts, and the revised grade will replace your original grade
• Important: Annotations on your final draft  are REQUIRED.  Feel free to highlight, underline, comment, or draw arrows to specific points made, new evidence used, new phrasing etc.  Your final grade depends in a large part on your ability to show growth between drafts in the categories I have outlined in the rubric.  Make it easy for me to see this growth with your annotations.  Even better if your comments are coded to rubric categories.  Annotate as you revise to make this easier on yourself!

Other Announcements

1. Today and Tomorrow: Go to your normal math class to be working on TED Talk refinements! Today and tomorrow in my room will be devoted to critiques and then setting up the room so it won't be a great space for working on refinements.
2. Any students for whom I ONLY have en electronic copy: please PRINT your thesis paper AND complete the student-self assessment on the rubric and attach that to your thesis and turn it in by the END OF TODAY.
3. Heads up about All School Exhibition on May 16th: We've won an award for Senior Project. We will display TED Talks and papers/projects.  We will want at least 5-10 papers and projects to showcase so be thinking about if you're up to presenting then!  Just keep that in the back of your head.
4. Graduation Awards: Best Thesis, Talk and Project!
5. Share this facebook event about TED Talks with your network!

Final Stretch Review

• TED Talk Schedule
• Panel Schedule and Expectations
• Cohorts after TED Talks-- Beginning Monday, April 15th, you'll only go to electives and the Humanities section your assigned cohort is meeting.  Please check this document and make a comment if necessary.

TED Talk Setup Committee Sign-up 

• Design team: Sketch the layout for our TED Talk set-up; develop "materials" list (afternoon pod only)-- see below for some guidelines for setup.
• Hunters and Gatherers: Hunt for and gather all materials
• Set-up: All hands on deck (afternoon pod only)

IMPORTANT TED TALK REMINDERS

1. Tech (slides)- If you are running a slideshow for visuals, email or share it with me before you present.  It's easier to run the tech off one computer so we don't have to swap the clicker tech back and forth.
2. Professional Dress- You should be going all out here!  Look sharp and professional.  You know what that means.
3. Breathe!  Relax!  But practice!  Have faith that you know this stuff inside and out, because you do.  But also, take the time to practice frequently so that your presentation is polished and impressive.

Room Setup Guidelines

1. Sheets/curtains hung
2. Lights arranged to highlight the speaker
3. Posters/Schedules around the school
4. Stage space clearly marked
5. Speakers/Screen/Projector/Clicker found and set up for easy use
6. Video Camera + Tripod
7. Tables and chairs set up with tablecloths for panelists (need 6 tables for this, in 3 rows)
8. Chairs set up for other audience members
9. Rest of room is clean, organized, ready for TED Talks!

TED Critiques
Follow the above linked protocol for critiques

TED practice
Practice that sucker!  You should aim to practice at LEAST once a day.  And do it in front of other people. Good luck!