When I announced that the CTE would come by to take photographs, the
students who were going to present that day were thrilled that they would be included in the portfolio. They really enjoyed the moment, which was apparent
in their clothing choice (they dressed in matching outfits of blue pants and pink shirts) to the candy that they brought along to give to classmates who did well on the activity they presented and up to their follow-up activities.
What I noticed, in addition to glad-handing for the photographer, was that the presentations were successful. There was not a bad one, and the range of
grades was from B (5 students) to B+ (9 students) to A (2 students). This high range of grades had a positive impact on the final grade of several students who were borderline between a C/B and between B/A in their overall performance for the course.
I attribute this success to having good models of oral presentations from which the next group of presenters could learn. This stemmed from using the model that we created through the class rubric work, and the students enjoyed successful results because they knew the covert and overt angles of this project.
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