STUDENT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"My senior talk is a reflection of my time in Boy Scouts. I've been in scouts since first grade and it's always been a huge part of my life. I've recently made my Eagle Scout rank and need to write a speech to give at my Court of Honor. My senior talk will either be the speech directly or a version revised to meet the criteria for this assignment. I'm hoping for this speech to inspire the younger boys in the troop to stick with it and maybe even get Eagle. I hope that when people listen to my speech they understand how much I enjoyed my time in scouting, and I hope they can learn a lesson of persistence from it."

STUDENT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"Assumption by defention is the act of laying claim to something without proof. In our podcast we talk about blame and assumption when it comes to someone we care about, and how that can carry on to social media. Blame and anger when it comes to the topic of our podcast is very essential because our topic explains how a personal situation could have been diffused or gone in a different way that could've resolved the issue if both people were able to identify and talk about each other's faults and and how both people felt about it. "

STUDENT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"Speedruns have been in generations for many years. Many people always try to see who can get the fastest time in a game. There are always new records being broken in speedruns it never ends. Being the fastest at something is an easy qualification able way to measure a player's greatness, not unlike meaning a high score. Speedrunning is a way to prove your talents in the game. "

STUDENT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"[Our]" senior ted talk is very important and very valuable for various reasons there is the main idea that is trying to show my peers how the car industry works helping them out facilitating them with some knowledge that our group has about them. It's worth everyone's time to know the cons and pros about cars, safety measurements, and how to purchase a car!"

Note that Alan presented live, recorded the presentation himself, and then opted out of showcasing that recording here. This is an excellent example of student agency and control: Students share what they wish to share, to the extent they choose, and with an audience particularly in mind.

The live presentation of this was done without recording, and Brayan was comfortable sharing why: He did not want to focus on the delivery of his message, but on the message itself. Stumbles, stutters, etc., were not the goal; an interesting and engaging presentation was. Note the use of GIFs in the slideshow to highlight the points made.

This duo offered an ENL perspective on the common difficulties that young people face in high school. They also piloted a small-scale presentation, which we ran in the school's library for a select group of peers. In this way, the pressure of a large audience did not get in the way of delivering an excellent message.

It is worth noting that John had his presentation cut in half by a false lockdown drill, recovering to finish at a later date. This is one of the reasons in-person presentations that have no filmed or pre-filmed aspect are going out of style: When the goal is to share student voices, we need to use the most resilient and flexible methods to do so.

STUDENT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"Covid-19 has affected everyone's life in one way or another. Whether you lost someone you know or love to covid, you or someone you know getting covid, working or knowing someone who worked in health care, or you just simply living through the world wide pandemic. We all were affected. My main focus for this ted talk is to focus on the healthcare workers who struggled while we were all inside our homes quartining. How their lives were affected/ changed by this pandemic."

BACKGROUND & PURPOSE

Another example of a presentation that does well enough without the live recording, which is a testament to the information and analysis within it. This one deals with a critical, ongoing question, and it avoids the obvious answers.

Recording live presentations like this allows students to stop and start over while retaining the high-stakes weight of a traditional presentation. There is also an opportunity for the student to reflect on the performance more specifically through a rewatch.

This student chose not to record the live presentation of the Senior Talk. The work is effective and interesting, though, and worth sharing here. His presentation in person was also one of the more polished and practiced that we saw.