Oral
Presenta+on
Rubric
:
A
Vision
for
a
Flat
Classroom
that
Will
Change
the
World

Completed
by:

Flat
Classroom
Conference
2009
Team
Name:

Student
Name(s)
and
Schools:

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Notes/
Feedback
The
Idea
/
Vision
 Idea/Vision
presented
 Idea/Vision
presented
 Idea/Vision
has
some
 Idea/Vision
presented

was
clearly
idenMfied
 has
clearly
idenMfiable
 merit
but
there
are
 could
not
be
clearly

and
explained,
doable
 merit
but
some
quesMons
 gaps
in
whether
 idenMfied,
nor
could

and
innovaMve. remain achievable
or
of
worth approach
Content Shows
a
full
 Shows
a
good
 Shows
a
good
 Does
not
seem
to

understanding
of
the
 understanding
of
the
 understanding
of
parts
 understand
the
topic

topic. topic. of
the
topic. very
well.

Accuracy The
facts
shared
in
the
 The
facts
may
be
 Some
facts
are
 The
facts
shared
are
not


story
are
accurate
and
 accurate
but
some
are
 quesMonable
and
not
 accurate
and
not

backed
up
with
the
 not
backed
up
with
 backed
up
with
sources
 backed
up
by
accurate

sources
of
informaMon. sources
of
informaMon. of
informaMon. informaMon.
Stays
on
Topic Stays
on
topic
all
 Stays
on
topic
most
(99‐ Stays
on
topic
some
 It
was
hard
to
tell
what

(100%)
of
the
Mme. 90%)
of
the
Mme. (89%‐75%)
of
the
Mme. the
topic
was.

Comprehension Students
are
able
to
 Students
are
able
to
 Students
are
able
to
 Students
are
unable
to


accurately
answer
 accurately
answer
most
 accurately
answer
a
few
 accurately
answer

almost
all
quesMons
 quesMons
posed
by
 quesMons
posed
by
 quesMons
posed
by

posed
by
expert
 expert
advisors
about
the
 expert
advisors
about
 expert
advisors
about

Pitch advisors
about
the

Pitch
was
o\en
used
 topic.
Pitch
was
o\en
used
but
 the
topic.
Pitch
was
rarely
used
 the
topic.
Pitch
was
not
used
to

and
it
conveyed
 the
emoMon
it
conveyed
 OR
the
emoMon
it
 convey
emoMon.
emoMons
appropriately. someMmes
did
not
fit
the
 conveyed
o\en
did
not

content. fit
the
content.
Pauses Pauses
were
effecMvely
 Pauses
were
effecMvely
 Pauses
were
 Pauses
were
not

used
2
or
more
Mmes
to
 used
once
to
improve
 intenMonally
used
but
 intenMonally
used.
improve
meaning
 meaning
and/or
dramaMc
 were
not
effecMve
in

and/or
dramaMc
 impact. improving
meaning
or

impact. dramaMc
impact.
Enthusiasm Facial
expressions
and
 Facial
expressions
and
 Facial
expressions
and
 Very
li^le
use
of
facial

body
language
generate
 body
language
 body
language
are
used
 expressions
or
body

a
strong
interest
and
 someMmes
generate
a
 to
try
to
generate
 language.
Did
not

enthusiasm
about
the
 strong
interest
and
 enthusiasm,
but
seems
 generate
much
interest

topic
in
others. enthusiasm
about
the
 to
lack
authenMcity. in
topic
being

topic
in
others. presented.
Preparedness Student
is
completely
 Student
seems
pre^y
 The
student
is
 Student
does
not
seem

prepared
and
has
 prepared
but
might
have
 somewhat
prepared,
 at
all
prepared
to

obviously
rehearsed. needed
a
couple
more
 but
it
is
clear
that
 present.
rehearsals. rehearsal
was
lacking.
Time‐Limit PresentaMon
is
4‐5
 PresentaMon
is
3
minutes
 PresentaMon
is
2
 PresentaMon
is
less

minutes
long. long. minutes
long. than
2
minutes
OR

more
than
5
minutes.
Props Student
uses
several
 Student
uses
1
prop
that
 Student
uses
1
prop
 The
student
uses
no

props
(could
include
 shows
considerable
 which
makes
the
 props
OR
the
props

costume)
that
show
 work/creaMvity
and
 presentaMon
be^er. chosen
detract
from

considerable
 which
make
the
 the
presentaMon.
work/creaMvity
and
 presentaMon
be^er.
which
make
the

presentaMon
be^er.
Posture
and
Eye
 Stands
up
straight,
 Stands
up
straight
and
 SomeMmes
stands
up
 Slouches
and/or
does

Contact looks
relaxed
and
 establishes
eye
contact
 straight
and
establishes
 not
look
at
people

confident.
Establishes
 with
everyone
in
the
 eye
contact. during
the

eye
contact
with
 room
during
the
 presentaMon.
everyone
in
the
room
 presentaMon.
during
the

presentaMon.
CollaboraMon
with
 Almost
always
listens
 Usually
listens
to,
shares
 O\en
listens
to,
shares
 Rarely
listens
to,
shares

Peers to,
shares
with,
and
 with,
and
supports
the
 with,
and
supports
the
 with,
and
supports
the

supports
the
efforts
of
 efforts
of
others
in
the
 efforts
of
others
in
the
 efforts
of
others
in
the

others
in
the
group.
 group.
Does
not
cause
 group
but
someMmes
is
 group.
O\en
is
not
a

Tries
to
keep
people
 "waves"
in
the
group. not
a
construcMve
team
 construcMve
team

working
well
together. member. member.

Volume Volume
and
variance
is
 Volume
and
variance
is
 Volume
and
variance
is
 Volume
o\en
too
so\


strong
enough
to
be
 strong
enough
to
be
 strong
enough
to
be
 to
be
heard
by

retain
the
a^enMon
of
 retain
the
a^enMon
of
 retain
the
a^enMon
of
 audience
members.
all
audience
members
 most
(99‐90%)
of
the
 many
(75%+)
of
the

throughout
the
 audience
members
 audience
members

presentaMon. throughout
the
 throughout
the

presentaMon. presentaMon.
Persuasiveness The
arguments
 The
presentaMon
has
 The
presentaMon
has
 This
presentaMon
is
not

presented
are
very
 some
persuasive
points
 marginal
 persuasive
nor

persuasive
about
the
 and
the
potenMal
impact
 persuasiveness
and
the
 impacdul
on
the

social
issue
and
the
 of
this
project
on
a
social
 impact
of
this
project
 selected
social
issue.
potenMal
impact
this
 issue
is
somewhat
 on
a
social
issue
is

project
could
have
on
 convincing. doubdul.
that
social
issue.

Total
Points
out
of
56
Notes/
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