NORTH PAULDING HIGH SCHOOL

Presentation Skill Activities

for Introduction to Digital Technology
Skill
Introductions

Presentation &
Speaking Skills

Presentation Assignment
Students were taught to introduce themselves in
various ways:
Proper handshake, posture, and eye
contact in a personal greeting
30 second elevator speech
15 second topic introduction

Speaking Beyond Your PowerPoint Activity

Presentation Rubrics (See FBLA Presentation)
Presentation Timeliness (KISS Keep It Simple
& Succinct)
Eye Contact & Hand Gestures

Resources Used
Teacher demonstration and class
participation for handshake
Class handout on What is an Elevator
Speech?
Student Participation students located a
topic and introduced it in pairs and squares
(Think, Pair, Share, Square) Stress
Enunciation, Voice Projection, and Eye
Contact
Teacher demonstrates display a
PowerPoint Slide following the 24 x 7 x 7
Rule and then speak about an example,
story, or interesting fact beyond the slide.
Share FBLA Presentation Rubrics with
Students to Integrate FBLA and to Evaluate
Presentation Skills. Include the time factor.

Conclusions

Sharing Big Ideas at the End of Your

Presentation
Summarizing in Memorable Ways

Identifying
Awkward
Practicing Your
Presentation
Skills

Show students video clips of poor presentation

techniques and ask them the problem
Presentation Activity 1: Students Presented in
Groups of 4 They used a Product and a Skit for
the Visual Aid
Presentation Activity 2: Partner Presentation
for Internet Security and Safety in Groups of 2
They used a PowerPoint or Prezi for a Visual
Presentation Activity 3: Individual
Presentation for Computer Hardware to Senior
Citizens Students were allowed a choice of a
PowerPoint, Booklet, or Video

Show a video on presentations with too

many and too few gestures. - Stress
Enunciation, Voice Projection, and Eye
Contact
Teacher Demonstration on Sharing Big
Ideas
Students research a current event or
technology innovation and summarize it for
the class.
Video Clips and paper
Graded on a Rubric Provided for each
Activity.

NORTH PAULDING HIGH SCHOOL

Presentation Skill Activities
for Introduction to Digital Technology
Skill
Introductions

Presentation Assignment
Students were taught to introduce themselves in
various ways:
Proper handshake, posture, and eye
contact in a personal greeting
30 second elevator speech

Resources Used
Teacher greeted each student with a
handshake at the beginning of the year to
determine where students were in the
process and reviewed greetings with the
class.
Class handout on What is an Elevator
Speech?

Presentation Rubrics (See FBLA Presentation)

Presentation &
Speaking Skills

Catering Your Presentation to Your Target

Audience

Speaking to a
Target Audience

Pitching a
Proposal
Practicing Your
Presentation
Skills

Share FBLA Presentation Rubrics with

Students to Integrate FBLA and to Evaluate
Presentation Skills. Include the time factor.
Target Audience Discussion, Target
Audience Demographics, Target Audience
Research

How to Pitch a Proposal vs. Giving a

Presentation

Video Clips and a Venn Diagram on

Proposals vs Informational Presentations

Presentation Activity 1: Students Presented in

Groups of 4 They used a Product and a Skit for
the Visual Aid

Graded on a Rubric Provided for each

Activity.

Presentation Activity 2: Group of 3

Developing and Presenting a Proposal for a
CTAE Video to the Work-based Learning
Coordinator and Department Chair
Presentation Activity 3: Proposal Pitch Team
of 4 Presenting at End-of-Year Video Proposal
to the Acworth Business Association President