Transcript Lifeline -Presentation Project Spring 2014

 Groups of 2, 3, or 4 have already been selected for
you on Moodle. The presentation will be on the topic
picked for you last week.
 There are three parts to this presentation
 Approval
 Presentation
 Critique and Survey
Approval
 Once you and your group have decided how you will
present your topic it must be approved by your
Lifeline leader.
 You must have your assignment approved no later
than February 21st. You may do this by:
 Simply telling your Lifeline leader in class
 E-mailing your Lifeline leader
 Posting it on Moodle under the supplied link
Unapproved presentations receive an
automatic 3 point deduction!
Presentation
 With your group members you will be making a 4-
minute presentation on your assigned topic.
 You will be required to present your topic as a
group to the class on the week of March 10th14th . You must be present in your lifeline class on
the week of the 10th. There will be no make-ups!!!
 If you are absent you will receive a ZERO for
the project and NOT be allowed to do the
critique
Presentation
 The presentation will be worth 10 points. However,
there will be a 5 point extra credit opportunity for
students that do an amazing, completely original, and
extraordinarily creative job!
 Please be advised that this lab uses a PC. If a group
chooses to make a presentation on a Mac computer, they
should preview their presentation on a PC to check
compatibility.
 It is up to you on how to present the material, but be
creative! The following are some examples to get you
started. First, you will see a run-of-the-mill PowerPoint
presentation, and then you may click on links to see
more interesting examples using additional media.
Critique and Survey: Worth 7 Points
 Take notes while the other groups present since you will
be doing a critique of the other presentations from your
class
 The Critique will be up on Moodle for you to download,
fill in, and upload back on to Moodle.
 The Survey is for you to say what you and your group
mates did for this project. This will also be available up
on Moodle in a link under Social Activities.
Critique and Survey
Both the critique and the survey are due
April 4th for Monday and Tuesday students,
and
April 6th for Wednesday through Friday
students
If you don’t do the Critique and Survey YOU WILL
LOSE ALL your presentation points.
Phospholipids
Phospholipids
 Phospholipids make up most of the cell membrane
 They are amphipathic, containing a hydrophilic polar
head and hydrophobic nonpolar tail.
Phospholipids
 Due to their amphipathic nature, phospholipids can
form micelles in water.
 Micelles are spheres with the hydrophillic head of the
phospholipid toward the outside and the
hydrophobic tails towards the inside.
Phospholipids
 The amphipathic property of phospholipids allow
cell membranes to form.
Extracellular Side
Cell
Membrane
Cytoplasm Side
Now Be Creative!!!
Creating a More Interesting Presentation
 Here is an example using an animation software (www.xtranormal.com) to help make
your presentations more interesting.
 Click here for an example of xtranormal video.
 You can also use voicethread to make a integrated image, voice and video
presentation.(www.voicethread.com)
 Click for an example of voicethread
 Click here for an example of how to use voicethread
 Another way to spice up your presentation is to use the software
animoto.(www.animoto.com). You should be aware that the example of Animoto you
will see runs faster than is advisable for a good presentation, unless you pay for it.
 Click here for an example of Animoto.
 You could also find images to help illustrate your topic by using the VUE program to
create a concept map to explain your topic. (www.vue.tufts.edu)
 The subsequent slides contain information on how to use the VUE program.
Creating a More Interesting Presentation
 Do not limit yourself to these programs.
 Some other options include Google docs, wiki spaces,
and pixton.
 You can make poster boards, puppet shows, and a
mini skit.
 Your options are endless in the way you can present
your topics. So be creative.
How to use VUE
Download the
Concept Map Tool
Here
Go to “Sign up for New Account”
Click here to make new
account!
Download Appropriate Version
Instructions
This is what you will see when you first open Vue.
To add a picture, open your web browser, go to your image’s link
(URL).
You can format the
color, font and shape
of your boxes (nodes)
using the Formatting
Palette found in the
Windows Tab
Adding Images to VUE
Drag the link down to the
toolbar, to “VUE: New Map”
Instructions
Once you drop the link into VUE, the picture will show up on your Map.
You can repeat this until you have added all the pictures.
To connect the images, you can use the “Link Tool”.
This is a “NODE”
• To create a link between two nodes click on the first node and
“Link Tool” drag your mouse to the second node. Once a successful link
has been created the second node will glow green.
Then you can release the mouse.
• You can then write on the link to describe the connection
between the two images.
When connecting two images, it should look like this:
Sample of
Concept Map
in progress:
SAVE YOUR WORK!


Go to File>Save As.
Name your file as follows Group
Number_Concept Map_Draft. From the format
dropdown menu select VPK (VUE Package). Click
Save. (NOTE: If you select VUE your images
will not be visible on any other computer. If
you select any other file type your concept
map will not be able to be edited by others.)
After you’ve saved
your concept
map, it will look
something like this
DO NOT FORGET TO
SAVE
AS A .vpk file
Save your final draft
as both a .vpk file
and
.jpg file.
Don't Procrastinate!!