Assignments -> First Team Assignment/Presentation

In class presentations will be Monday October 20. Each team should schedule practice, with Emily, in room 147B in the Knight Library to at least get organized, rehearse, etc.

Group Dynamics/Presentation:

  • Communication is everything. Someone needs to be a project coordinator/leader to insure that individual tasks are coordinated.

  • Before even proceeding, everyone needs to get on the same page about the focus and intent of your presentation.

  • Assign individual research tasks; set timelines; meet those timelines.

  • Your "graded" on overall team performance - not every individual needs to talk on every presentation. Organize your presentation as you see fit.

  • Presentations should be 17-18 minutes in duration. To leave time for discussion after words.



Premise: Holy crap Batman, we seem to be running out of energy - what to do, what to do. All these adds on TV, who to believe, who to believe?

For this assignment, each team has been arbitrarily assigned a specific topic. Your team is appearing in front of Congress and your goal is to sell your solution as the only sensible one that America should invest in. Elements of your presentation should include:

  • A coherent description/explanation of the underlying assumptions of your solution and the timescale over which it needs to be implemented.

  • A strong argument why your solution is most likely the correct one for America. Make sure you talk about job creation here, afterall, this is the US congress ...

  • An examination of what is faulty about the other three solutions that the other teams are presenting.

Assigned Solutions: