The+Next+40+Years

=Wed. May 4 - Thurs. May 5=

Dear Humanities Class,

On Friday, you are going to teach each other and me about one of "The 40 Things You Need to Know about the Next 40 Years" according to [|this special issue of The Smithsonian magazine]. There are 5 paper copies of the magazine on my front table. Feel free to pass these around and read them if you like.

Based on your "expert disciplines," I've assigned each of you to one of the "40 Things" that best matches your interest. A couple of them are a bit of a stretch, but I think you'll see the connections.

Everyone will read about a different prediction for the future and prepare a two-minute presentation on that topic. We will be using a mini-version of a special presentation format called Pecha Kucha! (See below.)

__1. First, read your assigned article.__
 * The link to your article is at the bottom of this page.
 * Be sure to read the entire article (click "Next" at the bottom of each page).
 * Follow all the hyperlinks in the article (press the Control button to open them in a new tab and keep the article open, too).
 * View all the photos related to the article (click "View More Photos" at the top of the lead photo).
 * View ALL the photos (keep clicking "Next") and read the captions for each.
 * View any related videos (I think this only applies to Paulo, Foster and Johanna).

__2. Next, do some additional research.__ Please use Creative Commons licensed photos only and add a text box with the appropriate citation: "image title" CC by username on website (Flickr, etc.)
 * Learn more about the person/people and key ideas featured in the article.
 * Find additional photos to use in your presentation.
 * Important Note:**

__Search Engines for finding__ __Creative-Commons-licensed images:__ [|Google Advanced Image Search] (select Usage Rights and pull down the licensing options in the bottom right-hand corner) [|Flickr's Creative Commons Portal] [|Flickr Creative Commons - Attribution Only Search] [|Compfight] (be sure to select CC next to the search bar) [|Behold] [|FlickrStorm] (save CC images with a URL) [|FlickrCC]

__3. Then, put together you mini Pecha Kucha presentation.__ Read about the [|Pecha Kucha] format. If you want to see an example, grab some headphones, and [|choose one of these] (they're in various languages!) We will modify the format as follows:
 * Important Note:**
 * 8 slides
 * 15 seconds for each slide
 * each slide must include at least 1 image (more than 1 is fine, too)
 * at least 1 image, but no more than 4 images may come from the Smithsonian article
 * each image must have an appropriate credit (see step 2 above)
 * each slide may include no more than 6 words (zero words is okay, too)

__Please use the slideshow provided.__
 * I have already shared a blank slideshow to you in your Google Docs.
 * Find the slide with your name on it. This is your first slide; feel free to change the layout.
 * Add 7 additional slides as you create your presentation.
 * If you want to practice your timing, you can talk through your presentation with the slideshow running below.
 * The transitions are set to 15 seconds :)

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I'm really excited to learn from you on Friday - do good work!

See you soon, Ms. Moorman


 * **Dear Student,** || **As our Expert on . . .** || **Please teach us about . . .** ||
 * Victoria || Archaeology || [|Embedded Technologies: Power from the People] ||
 * Marisa || Architecture || [|With Ancient Arches, the Old is New Again] ||
 * Paulo || Art || [|Art's Bold New Direction] ||
 * Helena || Cultures || [|George Lopez on Comedy and Race] ||
 * Megan || Cultures || [|A Youth Renaissance for Native Americans] ||
 * Priscilla || Cultures || [|Sabiha Al Khemir on Islam and the West] ||
 * Kaitlyn || Dance || [|Organs Made to Order] ||
 * Brittany || Film || [|James Cameron on the Future of Cinema] ||
 * Johanna || Film || [|Vinton Cerf on Where the Internet Will Take Us] ||
 * Taylor || Linguistics || [|Reading in a Whole New Way] ||
 * Tori || Literature || [|Rita Dove on the Future of Literature] ||
 * Foster || Music || [|Tod Machover on Composing Music by Computer] ||
 * Katie || Music || [|Laurie Anderson on the Sounds of the Future] ||
 * Zach || Philosophy & Ethics || [|The Age of Peace] ||
 * Sarina || Photography || [|Asteroid Hunters] ||
 * Edward || Social Sciences || [|Carl Hiaasen on Human Weirdness] ||