Colloquium Assignments - Group Presentation and Final Project Presentation

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Group Work and Presentations:

Students will work in small groups to present information about their assigned Chapter in State of the World 2012- Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity.

• In addition to presenting the information from the text, students will be expected to find and present information that shows National, Regional and Local applications of the issues being addressed.
• Additionally, each student in the group must offer at least one 'sustainability' concept in their career or discipline that is meaningful to them.

This will take effort to identify applicable resources so be sure to start working on this as soon as groups are assigned.

There will be a single grade awarded to the entire group unless any member of the group requests otherwise. The request must be received in writing BEFORE the group presents.

Final Project Presentation:

The goal of the projects is to demonstrate how this course has had personal, academic, and/or professional meaning to you.  In doing your project, consider the themes of sustainability, sense of place, environmental education, and ecological perspective. The final presentation is to be a creative expression of work that combines all the course outcomes and experiences into a brief (5-7 minute) presentation that shows how the course has helped you meet the student learning outcomes. Ideally it will containt an 'action' component and something you will find to be useful to you in the future. Each person should present as an individual unless prior approval has been given for group presentations.

Make sure your final project presentation addresses the following:

• How did my project help me connect with the natural world, sense of place or understanding of sustainability and the natural environment?
• How did my project connect with what I learned in Colloquium? Be specific and emphasize specific class activities, field experiences, assignments, discussions or readings.

• The presentation can be in any appropriate format or media you choose.
• The focus can be intellectual, hand-on project, or artistic impression.
• You are expected to spend the equivalent time as would be required to prepare one of the course papers
• Be sure you cite all your sources.
• Make your presentation visually and audially appealing

Projects may be:

• Application of the concepts from the course for your discipline
• Curriculum for environmental education
• Recycling program at your work place
• A ‘colloquium’ for new residents to SWF
• A script for public service announcements that raise awareness
• A suggested change in current laws or regulations
• Plan for having your family raise sustainably
• Poetry, music, or art that interprets your sense of place or ecological perspective
• Business plan for a green technology
• Solution to a sustainability problem on our campus

Early in the term you will have to submit your a Final Project Presentation Proposal (2% of your entire course grade).

The Proposal will be simply a telling of what you intend to do, how you will proceed and how it meets the criteria described above.

For the progress report you will tell what you are doing for your final project AND provide details about what you have already accomplished.  This progress report will be graded based on the plan, how it shows progress toward the learning outcomes, what its relationship to your major is, and especially the progress that you have made to date. 

Here are some examples from previous semsters:

Spring 2013

Summer 2012

Fall, 2012

Spring, 2011

Summer 2010 resources

Summer 2008 student presentations, current issues, etc

Summer 2007 student presentations

Some of my favorite student presentations:

Summer 2010 Group 'Waitin' on the world to change at FGCU'

Recycle for Kids, By Kids a video produced with the Children's Theatre by Rachel Carden Summer 2007

A video for appreciating sense of place- through the University Colloquium lens- a view of  Miami-Dade County by Carlos Calante Summer 2007

Summer 2011 Final Projects (vampire walk, recycling at Coastal Village, at Naples-Fort Myers Greyhound Track, at Highland School, Hope United Church goes green, Orange River Hills Beautification,

Summer 2010 Group 'Waitin' on the world to change at FGCU'

Recycle for Kids, By Kids a video produced with the Children's Theatre by Rachel Carden Summer 2007

A video for appreciating sense of place- through the University Colloquium lens- a view of  Miami-Dade County by Carlos Calante Summer 2007