Week 9 Presentations Week

The Decades of Gaming - Group Presentations (1970s - Present)

This week its time to present your findings as a group as required by Assignment Task 1

Please refer to these docs for guidance regarding your approach to presenting, remember YOU are being assessed as an INDIVIDUAL LEARNER. This means there must be a clear and defined set of evidence which shows YOUR contribution to the group project, this can include planning documents  meeting notes, delegation of tasks and research, proper references in your notes to sources of information and images used in your slides and any supporting documents/handouts etc 

Presentation Assessment Form :

Oral Presentation Assessment Criteria and Guidance :

Also remeber to refer back to last weeks post for a brief video which deals with effective presentation techniques.

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Self Directed Study and Preparation for next week's session

You have a draft version of your essay/report Task 2 due in next weeks session.
Please make sure you have produced at least 300 words and have attempted to reference (using the 'Harvard' system) at least one (1) source which you intend to paraphrase or directly quote from as part of your work.

There will be a brief recap/reminder in next weeks session on how to go about this, also refer to the  previously provided Research Methods document (available on your shared drive).


To further help with this the following template can be used as a basic Essay/Report Plan for use in producing your first draft, remember to achieve the higher grades M & D you should look to expand on this which is representative of a P grade piece of planning documentation.

The following uses whats known as the (SEXI) structure:

Intro - Of your subject and your intentions with the essay/report

Paragraphs - MUST use fully formed paragraphs and appropriate writing structure and presentation i.e. no text speak or crazy unreadable fonts)


Topic Sentance - This tells the reader what the paragraph is 
going to be about. You only need to write down the jist of the 
topic sentence for each paragraph in your essay plan.

Explaination - A full Explanation of the point you’re making in this 
paragraph. This should make up the bulk of your paragraph. In 
your essay plan jot down what you’re going to explain.

EXamples -  or justifications that back up what you've said in 
that paragraph. Jot down what examples you’re going to 
include in your essay plan so you don’t forget to include them 
in your essay! (references and citations)

Importantnce - Why is this point Important? A really amazing essay 
would also explain why this point is important to the essay as a 
whole. What’s the significance of this point to the essay topic?


Conclusion - Every essay needs a conclusion that briefly 
summarises what’s been said in the essay. You can just write down 
conclusion or conc in your essay plan to make sure you write one.

Week 8 Assignment Brief & Powerpoint Group Task [cont]

Please see this link: Unit 36 Assignment Brief for your Assignment Brief for the Unit

Use this weeks sessions to work in your 'decade groups' and put together your group PowerPoint presentations ready for presentation to the group and myself as a whole next week. (Brief Task 1)

You will be assessed for subject engagement, overall appreciation of the subject, and preparation of your notes and final slides etc

Remember you MUST record and provide you OWN set of evidence for all the tasks including this one, so even though you are working in a group you have an 'individual' evidence trail.

At the end of this unit you will have an opportunity to provide some feedback about how you felt the group worked together (questionnaire and form). All individuals are graded as such so don't have concerns if the group participation seems unequal at the moment.


You were also made aware of the your 1st Draft deadline for Task 2 the 800 word report on the relationship between hardware and software within a gaming platform/s

This first draft should be 300 words minimum and have at least one correctly referenced information source (refeer to the guidance document/research mini task you were given back in week 2 (also available in your shared space folder) on the college S: Drive

As usual here are some videos which may help with your studies this week and going forward.