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GEED 162 : 

GEED 162 Choosing Your Topic for the Semester Project

What you will do with the topic : 

What you will do with the topic Produce a Powerpoint Presentation. Produce a Video Presentation. Write an Essay. Include these materials on your website. 40%

Preparation Task I : 

Preparation Task I Write down at least six topics you feel strongly about with respect to: The world in general Your country Your town or village Your university Your degree subject area Any other subject areas (e.g. politics, health, environment, social issues etc.)

What Kind of Topic? : 

What Kind of Topic? An Argumentative or Persuasive Topic Something You Feel Strongly About

Producing a Good Project : 

Producing a Good Project Choose a topic you really care about Choose a topic that you have personal experience and knowledge of. Choose a topic that is original and may be of interest to other students. Choose a topic suitable for videos, essays, powerpoint and web presentation.

Preparation Task II : 

Preparation Task II Go back to Preparation Task I, and put your six topics in order from most suitable to least suitable, according to the ideas for producing a good project (in the last slide).

Specifying Your Topic : 

Specifying Your Topic Try and narrow down your topic so that it has personal or local content and allows you to express original ideas…. Smoking… (???????) Smoking is bad for you… (Everyone knows that!) Why smoking is bad… (Lots of books, sites, doctors will tell me more than you can!) Banning smoking at EMU (Local, has argument)

Preparation Task III : 

Preparation Task III Go back to your six topics. Make sure each topic is narrowed down. Make sure each topic has a clear argument and / or solution. Change the order of your topics if necessary.

Choose a Title : 

Choose a Title Focus your attention by thinking of an eye-catching Title for your project. See if you can make sure that your title includes your topic, your argument as well as getting the attention of your reader… Consider using some simple rhetorical techniques (such as alliteration, assonance, questions…)

Preparation Task IV : 

Preparation Task IV See if you can write eye-catching titles for each of your six topics… Stubbing Out Student Smoking Acting for a Cleaner and Healthier Eastern Mediterranean University

Finalise Your Choice : 

Finalise Your Choice Decision Time: Which topic interests you most? Will you be able to write an original essay, produce a video, and powerpoint? Is the topic ‘about right’ – not too big, and not too small? Is it YOU?

Brainstorming : 

Brainstorming Brainstorming is a little different to planning. In brainstorming you put all your ideas onto paper as quickly as possible… Sometimes people do this with mind maps…

Preparation Task V : 

Preparation Task V Write your project title in the middle of a page and put a circle round it – then add anywhere on the paper all your ideas for your essay, powerpoint, video and cv….

Sometimes you can use a quote as a supplementary heading for an essay or project… : 

Sometimes you can use a quote as a supplementary heading for an essay or project… Stubbing Out Student Smoking Acting for a Cleaner and Healthier Eastern Mediterranean University ‘A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the the pit that is bottomless.’ James I of England

WikiQuote : 

WikiQuote http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/ Is a great source for quotes about any subject…

GOOGLE IMAGES may also help with finding powerful ways of communicating your message… : 

GOOGLE IMAGES may also help with finding powerful ways of communicating your message…

Introduction : 

Introduction Finally give some thought to an introduction What is your reason for choosing this topic? What is your aim? Who is your audience?