Vocational oral presentations on 'home turf'

As part of the curriculum for the NQ Sports and Exercise students we are working on the 'Oral Presentation Skills' Unit. One of the assessments is to plan for and deliver a talk which provides information and/or instruction. When I discussed this brief we looked at possible topics related to their vocational area that the students could talk about.

Some students wished to deliver their talks in the classroom using PowerPoint and those topics were on the following broad subjects: nutrition, how to take a corner at football, first aid focusing primarily on the recovery position, tumbleturns, the rules of dodgeball, trampolining techniques, the rules of flag football, the kayak roll, how to putt successfully, touch rugby rules, kung fu techniques and free kick taking.

Five of the students wanted to present their talks in an environment where they felt very comfortable and this was identified as the Games Hall. The final five talks covered the following subjects: cover drive techniques in cricket, volleyball smashes, taking free kicks, badminton smashes and penalty kick techniques. In these presentations the students were not reliant on PowerPoint but rather, they were able to physically demonstrate their techniques, involving everybody in attendance whilst still adhering to clear structure.

Student feedback was delivered to all students verbally and the feedback from the learners themselves was very positive. Learners identified that both methods could be equally successful and the final scoreline was 17-17. That's 17 students sat and 17 students passed! Below is an example of one of the PowerPoint presentations and also some photos that were taken in the Games Hall.

Kayak Roll - instructional talk

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